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It gives me great pleasure to present to you the programme for the 2012 Chipping Campden Music Festival. Artistically 2011 was going to be a hard act to follow but I hope you agree that we have another exciting programme for you. Our president Paul Lewis is still involved in his two year exploration of the late piano music of Schubert and, in addition to having two appearances from him in 2012, we have taken the opportunity to extend this theme to include two of Schubert’s finest chamber works, the C major quintet and the Octet. Over the years we have welcomed some of the world...
We are delighted to be bringing classical music back to Cornerstone, and what a lovely way to start. These professional, talented musicians are playing a delightful programme. Formed by members of the Southbank Sinfonia, the Ensemble takes its name from father and son Sir Lennox and Michael Berkeley. They champion unusual British music alongside the standard chamber music repertoire. Here playing Bach’s Prelude and Fugue arranged for string trio, Lennox Berkeley's String trio and Beethoven's String Trio Op.9 No.1, this is a beautiful afternoon of music.
Following the huge success of Michael Bochmann’s history of the violin at the same venue last year, ESO regular and published author Alice McVeigh will reveal the story of her own instrument, with illustration. She will be accompanied by ESO sub-principal cellist Anna Joubert, who will be there to "put Alice in her place if necessary..."
Tickets
£13.50, ESO Friends £12.50, Students £6.50.
Available from John and Jan on 01684 576988 and from ESO Box Office 01386 791044
The English Music Festival celebrates Britain’s rich musical heritage by showcasing the brilliance, innovation and beauty of English music. A five day celebaration of the finest classical music written by English composers over the centuries in the wonderful setting of Dorchester Abbey and other venues in the vicinity. Highlights include the BBC Concert Orchestra presenting the world premiere of Vaughan Williams's Piano Fantasia and Moeran's 2nd Symphony.
Garsington Opera runs for a short summer season and produces opera of the highest professional quality in a setting of extraordinary beauty. It has championed rarely performed works of artistic interest and high musical quality as well as mounting productions of the core repertory. Garsington Opera gives performing opportunities to the finest young singers in the country and engages conductors and stage directors of distinction.
Mozart - Don Giovanni 5.50pm
Vivaldi - L'Olimpiade 6.05pm
Offenbach - La Périchole 6.05pm
All performances...
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto is tailor-made for the ‘in-house’ talents of the Philomusica as Music Director Marios Papadopoulos is joined by the Orchestra’s principal string players. The composer’s best known symphony is guaranteed to bring the concert to an exhilarating end.
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano, Op. 56
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Carmine Lauri violin
Peter Adams cello
Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor
The Orchestra of St John's prides itself in being different from other orchestras - it is not just part of the music scene, but at the heart of the community and part of the life surrounding it. Founded by John Lubbock, Artistic Director, the Orchestra has taken many exciting paths over the years - from performing spellbinding concerts across the UK, with world famous soloists such as Dame Felicity Lott, John Lill, Yuri Bashmet, Tasmin Little and Stephen Isserlis.
OSJ Proms at the Ashmolean
Wednesday 6 June 2012 at 7.30 PM
(Doors open at 7.00 PM)
Ashmolean...
We are delighted to be bringing classical music back to Cornerstone, and what a lovely way to start. These professional, talented musicians are playing a delightful programme. The Berkeley Ensemble return this time with wind instruments, playing Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Howells' Rhapsodic Quintet. What better way to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon?.
This year we will be recognising the British composer, John Ireland who died 50 years ago on 12th June 1962. Please be advised that the 2012 Festival will be a week later than usual owing to the altered. Spring Bank Holiday for HM Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Alissa and Jessica will play John Ireland's Cello Sonata in G minor and Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19. Their concert will also feature the World Premiere of 'De Profundis' by Elena Firsova!
The UK’s national ballet company English National Ballet and World Dance Champions Flawless come together in a spectacular combination of streetdance, acrobatics and ballet. The ten Flawless dancers and the ten ballerinas pit themselves against each other to show off their skills, admire each other’s talent, and celebrate all that is great about dance.
The internationally acclaimed ballet company and the stars of the UK number-one box office smash hit movie StreetDance 3D first joined forces in September 2011 when they performed at the Peace One Day concert at the O2 in...
Sought-after young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor joins Oxford's Professional Symphony Orchestra in one of the most overtly Romantic piano concertos ever written. The programme is completed by Carl Orff's colourful setting of medieval mores – life lived to the full under the inescapable shadow of fate – with the work's famous, vibrant choruses provided by the internationally acclaimed London Symphony Chorus.
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
ORFF Carmina Burana
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
London Symphony Chorus (chorus master Joseph...
We are so delighted to see the Philharmonia back again to close this season, and with what a programme! An English summer feast with an English conductor and leading English soloist to add to the mix. Julian Lloyd Webber’s recording of the Delius cello Concerto was described as ‘a version to treasure’ in Gramophone Magazine, a plaudit not often offered and hard to ignore. Martyn Brabbins and the Philharmonia have a strong affinity for this repertoire and the combination of orchestra, conductor and soloist should allow us to leave the Sheldonian for this season in great...
Benson Choral Society was established in 1949 in Benson and now has a membership drawn from a wide area including Wallingford, Dorchester, Watlington and the villages around. Its conductor is Christopher Walker, and he and the choir welcome new members without audition. There are three major performances a year normally in Dorchester Abbey. www.dorchester-abbey.org.uk.
Bruckner - Locus Iste
Knut Nystedt - Laudate
Vaughan Williams - Let all the World in every corner sing
Carter...
For our 2012 summer concerts, Cantores are teaming up with the early music ensemble The Six to perform a rich medley of choral and instrumental music from the Renaissance and Early Baroque period, when – very different from today – composers didn’t mind too much whether their music was sung or played.
After all, without our modern means to record or play back music electronically or mechanically, households and courts in the 16th and 17th centuries had to make do with whatever music-making tools they had to hand, whether voice or instrument.
To illustrate...
In the parish hall of St Michael’s Under Ware, the Rev Arthur Bender stages a night of the Pirates of Penzance, to raise money for church funds, with a cast of church wardens and audience members. In the first half, we revel in his rehearsals and in the second we watch agog the fruits of his labour. Hilarious, rollicking, with live music and a big set. You must see these Cornerstone favourites on a limited run!
Wednesday 20 June 8pm
£18, £16 (concs), £15 (members)
We are delighted to bring back the Orchestra of St John's to Cornerstone. This time, Artistic Director John Lubbock conducts the choral students of Christine Cairns in a programme of classical songs, arias and duets in English, French, Italian and German, as well as pieces of a lighter and more playful nature.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Thursday 21 June 7.30pm
£14, £12.50 (concs), £11.50 (members)
Special Performances:
11am SCHOOLS CONCERT - 11am
£5 per child, essential teachers go free
ADULTS WITH...
The Philomusica takes to the great outdoors of Christ Church’s Tom Quad in a memorable midsummer musical extravaganza to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. There will be a sense of history repeating as it is just over 50 years since a similar concert was first put on by students in Tom Quad in 1961. 2012 also marks the bicentenary of 1812, thus the concert’s finale of Tchaikovsky’s famous overture is entirely appropriate.
DVORAK– Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
WALTON - Crown Imperial (Coronation March)...
Mass in B flat (Mozart); Sing unto God (Handel); Requiem – a Thanksgiving for Life (Sir Philip Ledger). With the Cotswold Chamber Orchestra.
Oxford Philomusica’s first dedicated series of chamber music concerts will take the form of early evening hour-long concerts at Oxford’s Maison Française, featuring the distinguished principal players of the Orchestra: the Soloists of Oxford Philomusica.
This concert ends the season with a sequence of sonorities from the leading trio of French impressionists – Debussy’s intimate, introspective Sonata, Roussel’s engagingly exploratory Sérénade, and Ravel’s characteristically fastidious homage to his one-time mentor, Faur...
Oxford Harmonic Society will be performing Haydn's Creation in English. It is one of his greatest choral works and thrills audiences today just as much as it did at its first performance in Vienna in 1798. The concert also features the Orchestra of Stowe Opera and conductor Robert Secret.
For our 2012 summer concerts, Cantores are teaming up with the early music ensemble The Six to perform a rich medley of choral and instrumental music from the Renaissance and Early Baroque period, when – very different from today – composers didn’t mind too much whether their music was sung or played.
After all, without our modern means to record or play back music electronically or mechanically, households and courts in the 16th and 17th centuries had to make do with whatever music-making tools they had to hand, whether voice or instrument.
To illustrate...
From previous solo careers in the world of opera, theatre and recording, this fabulous trio - "Tenors with Attitude' - The Stage" bring their own blend of wit, charm and vocal arrangements to the classical crossover genre. The guys have performed with Sting, Hayley Westenra, Simply Red and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio, the Pearl Fisher's Duet, You Raise Me Up and original compositions will ensure this is a truly memorable night.
'Fantastic – a unique and wonderfully entertaining act' Lord...
A celebration of Venice in which Vivaldi’s four most famous violin concertos are preceded by rarely heard but colourful display pieces for trumpet, oboe and bassoon. Performed by the Soloists of Oxford Philomusica. ALBINONI Trumpet Sonata in C major, MARCELLO Oboe Concerto in D minor, ALBINONI Adagio in G minor, BISCOGLI Concerto for Trumpet, Oboe, Bassoon and Strings in D major, VIVALDI 'The Four Seasons'
The Tiffin concert returns with Sulki Yu, laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin competition 2007, who has appeared as soloist with orchestras across Europe. Lada Valešová is winner of the Alexander Wise Memorial Prize for the best performance of romantic music, and her recent debut CD of Czech piano music has won universal critical acclaim. Between them these rising stars present Schubert's Rondo Brilliante in B minor D895, Ysaye's Solo Sonata and Prokfiev's Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 94, for an afternoon of spine-tingling romance.
Sunday 8 July...
The Oxford Philomusica Soloists are joined by guest director and harpsichord virtuoso, Mahan Esfahani – who starred in a sold-out recital at last year’s Proms - for a dazzling programme which seems designed to confirm Bach’s famous observation that ‘everything must be possible’.
BACH Flute Suite No. 2 in B minor
TELEMANN Concerto for four Violins in D major
BACH Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E major
BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
PACHELBEL Canon in D major
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
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Jubilate performs a diverse range of music, sacred and secular, delighting audiences throughout the UK and in Europe. Our concerts can range from intimate recitals of unaccompanied singing to larger-scale works with guest soloists and chamber orchestra. Our Christmas extravaganza, The Joy of Christmas, is an annual crowd-pleaser with guest choirs, orchestra, readings and carols galore, with the occasional bag piper!
Under the direction of Ian Higginson, Jubilate Chamber Choir is one of Gloucestershire's leading chamber choirs.
The fabulous Battle Proms Concert is back for 2012! - Don’t forget that annual pass holders get an additional £2 discount – visit www.battleproms.com or call 01432 355 416 to book.
Every summer thousands of concert-goers pack up a picnic, stock up on fizz and join the party in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace for the Battle Proms Concert.
The 8th annual Blenheim Palace Battle Proms Concert will be on Saturday 14 July 2012, and will take place in its original setting overlooking...
Banbury Symphony Orchestra brings together local musicians and audiences to experience the music and the unique thrill of involvement with a full symphony orchestra. Orchestra members range from professional players and music teachers to enthusiastic and committed local players.
Regular members of our audience know that they will experience something special at each one of our concerts. Newcomers to our concerts are consistently impressed with the quality of our performances. We bring the best of the symphony orchestra repertoire to the heart of Banburyshire!
Elgar: Cockaigne...
A fascinating glimpse of musical life at the court of the great Emperor- Composer, featuring his own work, four solo sonatas by outstanding court musicians, and the Trio Sonata from Bach’s imperially inspired Musical offering.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012 - 8:00pm
Merton College Chapel
FREDERICK THE GREAT Trio Sonata
CPE BACH Harpsichord Sonata
JOHANN GRAUN Violin Sonata
FRANZ BENDA Cello Sonata
JS BACH Trio Sonata from the Musical Offering
The Soloists of Oxford Philomusica
The Orchestra of St John's prides itself in being different from other orchestras - it is not just part of the music scene, but at the heart of the community and part of the life surrounding it. Founded by John Lubbock, Artistic Director, the Orchestra has taken many exciting paths over the years - from performing spellbinding concerts across the UK, with world famous soloists such as Dame Felicity Lott, John Lill, Yuri Bashmet, Tasmin Little and Stephen Isserlis.
OSJ Proms at the Ashmolean
Wednesday 18 July 2012 at 7.30 PM (Doors open at 7.00 PM)
Ashmolean...
Bach’s brilliantly concise Magnificat is complemented by contrasting concertos. His own Third Brandenburg for strings is framed by two fine examples of Telemann’s inexhaustible inventiveness – the splendidly ceremonial trumpet-dominated Concerto in D and a Concerto in E for the delightfully intimate trio of flute, oboe d’amore and viola d’amore.
TELEMANN Concerto for Trumpets, Oboes and Strings in D major
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
TELEMANN Concerto for Flute, Oboe d'amore, Viola d'amore and Strings in E major...
A shamelessly chauvinistic programme of (nearly) all-English music spiced with an improbable Italian novelty and culminating in a rousing finale demanding full-throated audience participation!
HANDEL Suite from the Water Music
HANDEL Arias
BOTTESINI Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
PURCELL The Fairy Queen Suite
ARNE Rule Britannia
Julie Kogan soprano
Carmine Lauri violin
Thomas Martin double bass
Marios Papadopoulos director
In recognition of the 2012 London Olympics the Oxford Philomusica’s virtuoso trumpeters offer their own special salute – a selection from the rich heritage of brilliant baroque consort music for trumpets and organ from the English and French courts. The programme features works by Purcell, Handel, Lully and Rameau, and is completed by some timely music of John Williams.
Saturday, 28 July 2012 - 8:00pm
Christ Church Cathedral
The Soloists of Oxford Philomusica
Seminal works from the two leading Russian romantics come together in this evening of emotional highs and lows. Rachmaninov’s most popular piano concerto progresses to affirmative triumph whereas Tchaikovsky’s final symphonic struggle ends equivocally – at best an unanswered question.
Sheldonian Theatre
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique'
Sergei Babayan - piano
Marios Papadopoulos - conductor
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We bring you a very special treat for summer. The fabulous brass quintet from the Orchestra of St John's will create a wonderful concert in the town square outside Cornerstone for all to enjoy. Two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba will perform a varied programme of classical music from the 16th century to the present day, as well as fun numbers for a summer's afternoon.
Saturday 4 August 2pm
FREE
Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – understandably dubbed by George Grove ‘the greatest marvel of early maturity that the world has ever seen in music’ – is mirrored by his recollection of youthful touring experiences in the bright Mediterranean colours of the Midsummer. The centrepiece of this evening’s tribute to prodigies is Mozart’s emotionally finely nuanced last Piano Concerto with legendary soloist Menahem Pressler, founder and pianist of the Beax Arts Trio.
MENDELSSOHN Overture Op. 21 from 'A Midsummer Night...
Saturday 8 September 2012 at 7.30 PM (Doors open at 6.30 PM)
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Bach Suite No 2
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Performers:
Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway
Ticket prices:
£37.50 / £30
Sunday 9 September 2012 at 7.30 PM (Doors open at 6.30 PM)
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart Flute concerto No 1
Mozart Requiem
Performers:
Sir James Galway
Ticket prices:
£37.50 / £30
Book tickets online or call the Box Office on 0845 680 1926
Oxjam is Oxfam's month-long music festival. It runs all through October with hundreds of events around the UK, all organised by volunteers who know and love their local music scene, all raising money to save lives around the world. Oxjam – it's the sound of something happening… and it's happening near you.
Local music, global impact. Last year in Oxford Local acoustic acts performed at the Said Business School Rooftop Amphitheatre Line-up: We Aeronauts 'the old grinding young' (from UTE) The Dan Hutchins Band.
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The Orchestra of St John's prides itself in being different from other orchestras - it is not just part of the music scene, but at the heart of the community and part of the life surrounding it. Founded by John Lubbock, Artistic Director, the Orchestra has taken many exciting paths over the years - from performing spellbinding concerts across the UK, with world famous soloists such as Dame Felicity Lott, John Lill, Yuri Bashmet, Tasmin Little and Stephen Isserlis.
OSJ Proms at the Ashmolean
Wednesday 10 October 2012 at 7.30 PM (Doors open at 7.00 PM)
Ashmolean...
