University of Oxford
Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Search

Musical treasures from the Italian early Baroque: songs and dances from Milan, Bergamo, Venice and Rome

Featuring the voices and players of the Bate Collective, directed by Jonathan Williams

Bate Collective
28 November 2025 13:15
Magdalen College Chapel

Free entry, no registration required

Bate Collective

Come along and join the Bate Collective for their first concert of the year. This concert forms part of the Faculty of Music's Lunchtime Recital Series, in collaboration with Magdalen College Music Society. 

Programme:

Chiara Cozzolani : 'Domine ad adiuvandum a8' from I Vespri Natalazi (1650)
Tarquinio Merula : 'Ballo detto Gennaro' from Canzoni overo Sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, op. 12 (1637)

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti :  'Nisi Dominus a3' from Messa e salmi (1640)

Giacomo Carissimi : 'Plorate, filii Israel' - the final scene of the oratorio Jephte (ca.1650)

Plus organ works by Merula and dances by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Gasparo Zanetti

Oxford Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak, Martines and Owen

24 October
Oxford Chamber Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey are joined by pianist Idith Korman to showcase Marianna Martines' Piano Concerto in G alongside Morfydd Owen's atmospheric Nocturne and Dvorak's great Symphony No. 7.

Alex Ho Trio: Standards & Monk

25 October
A jazz concert with the Alex Ho Trio.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

29 October
From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea

OSJ Ensemble Launch Concert

29 October
Jan Schmolck, violin, and Howard Moody, harpsichord and piano

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

30 October
Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.

Strings masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones

02 November
An afternoon masterclass with Matthew Jones, Professor of Viola and Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, exploring repertoire, technique and the art of ensemble playing.