Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

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Free admission with retiring donations gratefully received - no registration required and seats will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Limited capacity.

Our popular Lunchtime Recital Series showcases the talent of our student performers. Each concert concert lasts around 40 minutes and offers a variety of repertoire from multiple performers. The series takes place on Friday afternoons throughout term.

 

Programme:

Maurice Ravel Nicolette
Hubert Parry There Rolls the Deep
Rebecca Clarke When cats run home and light is come
Paul Hindemith Six Chansons: I, II and III
Frank Bridge The Bee
Maurice Ravel Ronde
Francis Poulenc Salve Regina
Edward Elgar O Happy Eyes

Matilda Bates, soprano
Anneka Vetter, mezzo soprano
Sebastian Evans, tenor
Akbar Ali, bass

 

Cecilia McDowall Alma Redemptoris Mater
Jean Lhéritier Surrexit pastor bonus
Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum
Carlo Gesualdo Tristis est anima mea
Christopher Churcher There is No Rose
Joanna Marsh Evening Prayer

Alice Fisher, soprano
Joanna Barrett, soprano
Zachary Roberts, countertenor
Louis Benneyworth, tenor
Christopher Churcher, baritone
Ivo Sawbridge, bass

<speaks> | Tomomi Adachi

Adachi will talk about his wide-ranging practice spanning music, poetry and visual art. Topics will include human voice, composition, improvisation, performance technique (and its absence), site-specific work, technology and artificial intelligence. The talk may also include a short performance designed for the online format.

Brother Tree Sound

A journey through British folk music.

The Chamber Concerts: Beethoven with the Neruda Quartet I

2026 Tillett Debut Artists the Neruda Quartet perform string quartets by Mozart and Beethoven.

Phantom Melodies and Tangerine Trees: A voyage through the psychedelic musical experience

Using musical illusions, perceptual experiments and examples from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich and beyond, Prof. Milton Mermikides explores how music can evoke altered perceptions of time and self, the blending of senses and moments of transcendence, and why music relies on the very same perceptual mechanisms for its extraordinary power.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

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

Book launch - ‘The Networked Court: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Late Medieval Court Cultures’

Presentations by editor Karl Kügle and authors Jane Gilbert, Christophe Masson, and Helen Swift