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OCTOBER 2016–JUNE 2017

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Friday 21 October 2016, 7.30 pm

Imogen Cooper, pianoJanáček: On an overgrown path. Book 1 (Selection) Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 Debussy: La Puerta del Vino & La Soirée dans Grenade de Falla: Homenaje pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy Albéniz: Iberia (Selection)

Imogen Cooper brings to SJE International Piano Series a thoughtful and diverse programme that begins with the romantic, folkloric enchantment in Janáček’s On an overgrown path and leads to a second half with a Spanish theme – from Debussy’s evocative images of The Alhambra to the intense depiction of Seville’s Corpus Christi Procession in Albéniz’s Iberia.

Tickets: £35, £25, £18, £15. Students & Under 18s £10 discount

SJE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES

Welcome to SJE Arts’ 5th seasonWe have lots of really lovely concerts to tempt you, which we felt deserved more space and a bigger programme; we hope you like the new look. SJE International Piano series will be in its 4th year and, starting in January with Sean Shibe, guitar, look out for the SJE Next Generation series, to promote really exceptional young professionals as they launch their careers. We have taken note of the request for Sunday late afternoon concerts and you will see we have a number of those throughout the season and, if successful, we hope to include a regular spot next Autumn.

Michèle Smith, Artistic Director

Location and accessSt John the Evangelist church is on Iffley Road, between Marston Street and James Street and opposite the University Sports Ground. The no 3 bus from the city centre stops directly outside and the Oxford-London coaches stop in St Clements is just a ten minute walk away.

On-site parking is available for Blue Badge holders and, for some events, audience parking is available (see www.sje-oxford.org/events/tickets). There are public car parks nearby.

TicketsFor our own and many other events tickets are available through the SJE Arts website or The Oxford Playhouse. Some promoters/groups use other ticket outlets and festivals may have their own sites. Please always check for ticketing information on the SJE Arts website: www.sje-oxford.org/events

RefreshmentsOn site licensed bar. All profits go to the church Organ Restoration Appeal.

Further informationFor full details of all events please see the website www.sje-oxford.org. For enquiries either email concerts@ssho.ox.ac.uk or call SJE Arts on 01865 613507.

Photographs by: Hugh Palmer, Sussie Ahlburg, Ben Ealovega, C Maeder, Kaupo Kikkas, Clive Barda, Amalia Bastos, Mark Harrison, Marco Borggreve, Richard Crossley, Suzie Maeder.www.sje-oxford.org

Thursday 20 October–Saturday 29 October 2016

Oxford Lieder Festival 2016 The Schumann ProjectThursday 20 October 2016, 8.00 pmSpanisches Liederspiel Ann Murray, Sir Thomas Allen and pianist Malcolm Martineau

Saturday 22 October 2016, 7.30 pmSchumann, Liszt, Bruch Christoph Prégardien

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 8.00 pmKerner Lieder, Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven Mark Padmore and pianist Simon Lepper

Saturday 29 October 2016, 7.30 pmFestival Finale, with Ailish Tynan, Kitty Whately, James Gilchrist and Jacques Imbrailo

Tickets for all events: £40, £30, £20, £10, £5 from www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/tickets

Monday 21 November 2016, 7.30 pm

Javier Perianes, pianoSchubert: Allegreto D 915 Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat D 960 Debussy: Préludes. Book 1 (Selection) de Falla: Fantasia Baetica

Javier Perianes is established as one of the most talented pianists of his generation. Awarded the Spanish National Music Prize in 2012, Perianes’ 2015–6 season included his debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw and Chicago Symphony Orchestras in addition to acclaimed returns to the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Perianes will perform Schubert’s last, and most demanding, Piano Sonata before transforming himself into a poet of the piano for the Debussy and de Falla Fantasia Baetica.

Tickets: £20, £17, £15. Students & Under 18s £10 discount

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Saturday 5 November 2016, 9.30am–4.00pm

Come and Sing with the Oxford Bach ChoirA Sea Symphony – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Come and join the Oxford Bach Choir for an exciting day to rehearse and perform this great work with the well-known choral conductor Paul Spicer. This is an opportunity to learn a great choral masterpiece – one of the first symphonies to use a choir as an integral part of the musical texture throughout the work. It helped set the stage for a new era of symphonic and choral music in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.

Tickets: £20 (students £10). For a booking form, please see the website at www.oxfordbachchoir.org or email enquiries@oxfordbachchoir.org

Friday 4 November 2016, doors 7.30 pm

Neil Cowley TrioSpacebound Apes Live

Neil Cowley, piano; Rex Horan, bass; Evan Jenkins, drums

Neil Cowley Trio tour with their sixth studio album released September 2016. Spacebound Apes is a concept album: an inspiring story woven together with some of the most breath-taking music that pianist/composer Cowley has created to date: “This is a project I’ve been working towards for a long time,” Cowley says, “it takes themes of guilt, loss and longing with a few twists along the way. It’s been utterly immersive yet incredibly exciting. And yes, I’m not ashamed to say it, it’s a concept album!”

Tickets: £23, £20, £17

Saturday 10 December 2016, 7.45 pm

The Sixteen, Christmas Concert The Three KingsHarry Christophers, conductor

The annual visit by internationally renowned a capella group The Sixteen, has become an eagerly anticipated feature of the SJE Christmas Season. This year their focus is ‘The Three Kings’, the programme including settings of Palestrina and Lassus on the antiphone Videntes stellam Magi; traditional carols such as I wonder as I wander and The First Nowell; Three Kings of Orient composed by J.H. Hopkins Jnr. in 1857; contemporary settings by James Bassi and the choral anthem Long, long ago by Herbert Howells.

Tickets: £42, £32, £27, £22, £17, £10. Students & Under 18s £5

SJE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES

Wednesday 21 December 2016, 7.30 pm

Carols and Capers Maddy Prior and the Carnival BandA celebratory show of Christmas music on Renaissance and modern instruments. Maddy Prior – of Steeleye Span fame – and the Carnival Band put their inimitable stamp on familiar and not-so-familiar festive fare with a refreshing cavalier attitude and plenty of humour. Join Maddy and the boys for a Christmas Party to remember!

Maddy’s voice is clear as a bell. It actually sounds as if there’s a celebration going on (The Guardian)

Tickets: £22

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Sunday 11 December 2016, 7.30 pm

Handel: The Messiah Orchestra of St John’s OSJ Oxford Voices and soloistsHandel Messiah in its original scoring. The love affair that British classical music audiences have with this oratorio is quite phenomenal.

Hannah Davey: soprano Roderick Morris: counter tenor Christopher Turner: tenor Julien van Mellaerts: baritone John Lubbock: conductor

Tickets: £30, £25, £15

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Saturday 21 January 2017, 7.30 pm

Sean Shibe, guitarDowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy Arnold: Fantasy for Solo Guitar, Op. 107 Walton: Five Bagatelles for Guitar Berkeley: Sonatina for Guitar Op. 52 no. 1 Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70

The first ever classical guitarist to be admitted to the prestigious BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, 24 year old Sean Shibe has already appeared as soloist with major orchestras, given his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall, and collaborated with harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and cellist Isang Enders. His programme starts with 16th century lutenist John Dowland’s chromatic fantasia Forlorn Hope Fancy and ends with Benjamin Britten’s tribute piece, Nocturnal after John Dowland, composed for, and premiered by, Julian Bream.

Tickets: £35, £25, £18, £15. Students £5 off, under 18s 50% off Friday 27 January 2017, 7.30 pm. Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm

James Lisney, PianoThe Schubert Series I

Over four concerts, spread through the Series, James Lisney takes us on an exploration of Schubert’s eleven completed piano sonatas. Lisney has gained authority over this repertoire with acclaimed recordings and cyclic presentations at London’s South Bank Centre, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw; later this year he will be taking his innovative Schubertreise series to Mumbai. As with all four of the concerts, tonight’s programme draws from a wide range of Schubert’s thirteen year involvement with the piano sonata.

Tickets: £30, £25, £15. Students & under 18s £5. 20% discount (centre tickets only) for all 4 concerts in the Schubert Series.

SJE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES

The Schubert Series I Friday 27 January, 7.30 pm

Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 537, D 664 & D 959

The Schubert Series II Monday 6 March, 7.30 pm

Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 575, D 894 & D 958

The Schubert Series III Friday 5 May 7.30 pm

Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 157, D 845, D 960

The Schubert Series IV Friday 17 November, 7.30 pm

Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas: D 784, D 568, D 850

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Sunday 12 February 2017, 6.00 pm

From London to Vienna London Firebird OrchestraBenjamin Baker, violin; Suzanne Fischer, soprano; George Jackson, conductor

Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte, K.588 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Mozart: ‘Come Scoglio’ from Così fan tutte & ‘Porgi Amor’ from Le Nozze di Figaro Haydn: Symphony no. 103 in E-flat, ‘The Drum Roll’

London Firebird Orchestra’s Oxford debut is a musical journey taking us to the great cities of Europe. Commencing in Vienna, birthplace of Mozart’s operas, we travel to Leipzig, host to the premiere of Mendelssohn’s dazzling violin concerto, and finally to London for one of Haydn’s greatest London symphonies – the ‘Drum Roll’. Acclaimed for the vibrancy and passion of their performances, the gifted young professional musicians will be under the baton of 2015 Aspen Conducting Prize winner George Jackson.

Tickets: £25, £20, £15 Students and under 18s, £5

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SJE NEXT GENERATION SERIES

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 7.30 pm

Phoenix Piano TrioJonathan Stone, violin; Christian Elliot, cello; Sholto Kynoch, piano

Haydn Piano Trios Piano Trio in E-flat Hob. XV/30 Piano Trio in G Hob. XV/25 ‘Gypsy’ Piano Sonata in E-flat Hob. XVI/52 Piano Trio in C Hob. XV/27

Three musicians with independent careers combine to great effect in Phoenix Piano Trio. Pianist Sholto Kynoch is well known to Oxford audiences as the founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Oxford Lieder Festival; Jonathan Stone is a soloist, orchestral leader and the violinist in the Doric String Quartet, one of Britain’s foremost string quartets; principal cellist with many UK orchestras and also a successful composer, Christian Elliott is a member of the Zehetmair Quartet. Tonight the Trio’s programme is a tribute to Haydn’s lesser known genre, the jewel-like piano trios, which he composed for private performance and consequently with the freedom to show his true character.

Tickets: £25, £20, £15. Students & under 18s £5

SJE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES Saturday 25 February 2017, 7.30 pm

Corona Strings PastoraleJoin Corona Strings for a delightful musical journey through England’s treasured landscape. Vaughan Williams’s ever popular Gloucestershire tribute to Thomas Tallis features alongside Gerald Finzi’s intensely beautiful Clarinet Concerto.

Ireland: Downland Suite Finzi: Clarinet Concerto [Jack McNeill, soloist] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Ireland: Concertino Pastorale Holst: Brook Green Suite

Corona Strings (Leader, Catherine Leech) Conductor Janet Lincé

Tickets: £15–£20, £5–£17 (concessions)

Saturday 4 March 2017, 7.30 pm

Commotio and A440 Chamber OrchestraMacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings

The A440 Chamber Orchestra join Commotio to perform James MacMillan’s Cantata for Choir and Strings Seven Last Words from the Cross. Widely admired as one of MacMillan’s finest achievements, his Seven Last Words promises an absorbing and moving experience in concert, for performers and audience alike. This cantata follows Christ’s final utterances at the Crucifixion, meditating on each to form a dramatic and emotional sequence. Both the vocal and instrumental parts draw on characteristic models: Lutheran baroque techniques for the chorus, and the sophisticated British and Polish 20th century traditions of writing for the string orchestra.

Tickets: £12/£8 from www.commotio.org or on the door

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Sunday 5 March 2017, 5.00 pm

Savitri Grier, violin Richard Uttley, pianoEnescu: Violin Sonata no. 3, Op. 25 Brahms: Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Oxford Alumnus Savitri Grier’s recent engagements include her debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall and appearances as soloist with the Bournemouth Symphony, English Chamber and Sinfonia of Birmingham orchestras. Accompanied by Richard Uttley, their programme features two outstanding works rooted in East European folklore.

Tickets: £15. Students & under 18s, £5

Sponsored by Christopher and Wendy Ball

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Tuesday 21 March 2017, 7.30 pm

Steven Osborne, pianoBrahms: Intermezzo in C-sharp minor Op. 117 no. 3 Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E, Op. 109 Brahms: Intermezzo in B-flat minor Op. 117 no. 2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110 Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat Op. 117 no. 1 Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Steven Osborne’s formidably successful last season reached a climax with his performance of the Britten Piano Concerto at the 2016 Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. For his first and eagerly anticipated appearance in SJE International Piano Series he is presenting a programme that encapsulates the astonishing achievements of two giants of piano composition: Beethoven’s forward-looking harmonies and style in his last Piano Sonatas and the secret intimacy of Brahms’ Intermezzi Op. 117.

Tickets: £38, £28, £18, £15. Students & under 18s £5

SJE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES

Saturday 15 April 2017, 7.30 pm

Bach: St John Passion Orchestra of St John’s OSJ Oxford Voices and soloistsWritten for Good Friday in 1724, the passion was the centrepiece of Bach’s year-long cycle of liturgical cantatas. Perhaps the biggest joy of the St John Passion is that, for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it is a truly optimistic work, anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope.

Contralto: Charlie Tetley Soprano: Hannah Fraser Mackenzie Bass: Julien van Mellaerts Tenor: Christopher Turner Pilate: Henry Neill Christus: Jake Muffett Evangelist: TBC John Lubbock: conductor

Tickets: £30, £25, £15

Tuesday 25 April 2017, 7.30 pm

Barry Douglas, pianoBrahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 Book 1 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Last season saw Barry Douglas celebrating the anniversary of his 1986 victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition with a packed schedule and the release – to great acclaim – of the final CD in his series of the complete Brahms solo piano works. We are thrilled to have him at SJE and with a programme that is a tour-de-force: Brahms’ demanding Variations on a Theme by Paganini and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, the very first work Barry Douglas recorded.

Tickets: £38, £28, £18, £15. Students & under 18s £5

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Monday 6 March 2017, 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm

James Lisney, pianoThe Schubert Series II

Piano Sonatas D 575, D 894 & D 958

A presentation of the Schubert piano sonatas retains a large element of surprise and creativity: miracles of drama and lyricism are hidden behind anonymous Deutsch numbers. James Lisney’s life long devotion to the composer’s complete works makes him a trusted guide through the huge emotional range contained within these three sonatas.

Tickets: £30, £25, £15. Students & under 18s, £5. 20% discount (centre tickets only) for all 4 concerts in the Schubert Series

Wednesday 26 April–Monday 1 May 2017

Oxford May Music FestivalThe 10th annual Oxford May Music Festival will for the first time be fully resident at St John the Evangelist. This will allow many additional activities as well as our traditional mixture of Music, Science and the Arts but in a more comfortable and welcoming environment!

Oxford May Music continues its tradition of welcoming speakers who are world authorities in their fields combined with concerts from world-leading musicians. We are delighted to welcome back an old friend of the Festival, Professor Brian Cox, on Saturday 29 April 2017. Other events will include lectures on Einstein’s Universe with an associated concert of music associated with Einstein, Preventative Strategies Against Cancer and Future Energy Sources (but not your usual renewables!), The Musician’s Brain, plus other compelling talks.

Musical events will include Robert Hollingworth’s I Fagiolini, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons performed by Jack Liebeck, Trio Dali, Nicholas Daniel, Alexander Sitkovetsky and more.

The programme will be announced in full in early 2017.

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The Schubert Series I Friday 27 January, 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 537, D 664 & D 959

The Schubert Series II Monday 6 March, 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 575, D 894 & D 958

The Schubert Series III Friday 5 May 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas D 157, D 845, D 960

The Schubert Series IV Friday 17 November, 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm Piano Sonatas: D 784, D 568, D 850

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Friday 5 May 2017, 7.30 pm. Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm

James Lisney, PianoThe Schubert Series III

Piano Sonatas D 157, D 845 & D 960

Schubert first and last. James Lisney complements his traversal of the eleven completed piano sonatas by adding the incomplete Sonata in E from 1815 (the composer’s first sur-viving sonata project) as a counterpoint to the magisterial Sonata in B flat. The latter work is testament to Schubert’s profound confidence in drawing upon Beethoven’s heroic masterpieces without overwhelming his own unique voice.

Tickets: £30, £25, £15. Students & under 18s £5. 20% discount (centre tickets only) for all 4 concerts in the Schubert Series

Saturday 13 May 2017, 7.30 pm

Corona Strings Northern LightsEnjoy the special Nordic atmosphere of music from Scandinavia. Grieg’s famous Holberg Suite heads the programme , which also offers a rare opportunity to hear engaging works from Denmark and Sweden. Lars-Erik Larsson’s gorgeous Serenade is a winner!

Wiren: Serenade Grieg: Two Norwegian Airs Op 63 Lars Erik Larssen: Serenade Op 12 Gade: Novelletten Op 53 Sibelius: Romance Grieg: Holberg Suite

Corona Strings (Leader, Catherine Leech) Conductor Janet Lincé

Tickets: £15–£20 (£5–£17 concessions)

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Tuesday 6 June 2017, 7.30pm

Yevgeny Sudbin: Russian RomanticsScriabin: Vers la flamme Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in F major Tchaikovsky: June Barcarolle Tchaikovsky: November Troika Liszt: Harmonies du soir Scarlatti: Sonatas Medtner: Sonata Tragica Op. 39

Hailed as ‘potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century’ (The Telegraph), Yevgeny Sudbin burst upon the world stage ten years ago with an outstanding debut recording of Scarlatti Sonatas. For this eagerly anticipated appearance in the SJE Arts Piano Series, his programme focuses on Romantic works from his native Russia along with a selection from Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas.

Tickets: £38, £28, £18, £15. Students & under 18s £5

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Saturday 17 June 2017, 7.30pm

Oxford Bach ChoirFanshawe: African Sanctus Chilcott: Little Jazz Mass

The Oxford Bach Choir, under the baton of their new Music Director, David Crown, will be performing two highly original interpretations of the Latin Mass by British composers. In African Sanctus the composer and ethnomusicologist David Fanshawe juxtaposes the Mass with live recordings of traditional African music. In Little Jazz Mass, Chilcott embraces a variety of jazz styles.

Tickets: £10–£30 (student concessions available). For booking details please see www.oxfordbachchoir.org, email tickets@oxfordbachchoir.org, or call 01865 980220

Sunday 25 June 2017, 7.30pm

Tenebrae Spanish Glories of the Sixteenth CenturyTenebrae present its BBC Music Magazine award-winning interpretation of Tomás Luis de Victoria’s requiem mass for six voices. For many, it represents what Renaissance polyphony is, what it sounds and feels like, and how expressive it can be.

Alfonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum Tomás Luis de Victoria: Selection from Tenebrae Responsories and Lamentions for Holy Saturday Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem Mass, 1605

Tickets: TBC

Thursday 29 June 2017, 7.30 pm

Alexander Ullman, pianoJS Bach: Toccata in C minor BWV 911 Schumann: Papillons, Op.2 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite for solo piano (arr Mikhail Pletnev) Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, S173/3 Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer no. 2, S515 Liszt: Csárdás, S225/1 Stravinsky: The Firebird (arr Guido Agosti)

Since winning First Prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest, Alexander Ullman has developed an impressive performance record. Recent engagements include recitals at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and La Jolla Arts Festival, California; Chopin Concerto No.2 with Vladimir Ashkenazy at the Royal College of Music and appearances with orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra and London Sinfonia. His programme for SJE will showcase his virtuosity from J.S. Bach to Stravinsky, along with some of Liszt’s most poetic pieces.

Tickets: £20, £15. Students & under 18s, £5

Thursday 20 October 2016, 8.00 pmOxford Lieder FestivalSir Thomas Allen & Ann Murray

Friday 21 October 2016, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2016Imogen Cooper

Saturday 22 October 2016, 7.30 pmOxford Lieder FestivalChristoph Prégardien

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 8.00 pmOxford Lieder FestivalMark Padmore

Saturday 29 October 2016, 7.30 pmOxford Lieder FestivalFinale

Friday 4 November 2016, 8.00 pmSpacebound Apes live Neil Cowley Trio

Saturday 5 November 2016, all dayCome and Sing with the Oxford Bach Choir

Thursday 10 November 2016, doors 7.30 pmAnais MitchellUS singer-songwriter

Saturday 12 November 2016, 7.30 pmnewChoir with Corona Baroque Ensemble

Saturday 19 November 2016, 7.30 pmHaydn: Harmonie-messeOUP choir

Monday 21 November 2016, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2016Javier Perianes – Schubert, de Falla

Friday 25 November 2016, 8.00 pmWondrous Notes for Bright Cecilia three parts vied

Saturday 26 November 2016, 7.30 pmDebussy, Delius & Franck violin sonatas Sophie Rosa & Sholto Kynoch

Saturday 3 December 2016, 7.30 pmBritten: A Boy was BornCommotio

Saturday 10 December 2016, 7.45 pmThe Sixteen

Sunday 11 December 2016, 7.30 pmHandel: The MessiahOrchestra of St John’s

Friday 16 December 2016, 8.00 pmH NaturalSteve Hogarth

Tuesday 20 December 2016, 7.30 pmCandlelit Concert Adderbury Chamber Orchestra

Wednesday 21 December 2016, 7.30 pmCarols & Capers Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band

Saturday 21 January 2017, 7.30 pmSJE Next Generation SeriesDownland to BrittenSean Shibe, guitar

Friday 27 January 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017The Schubert Series IJames Lisney

Sunday 12 February 2017, 6.00 pmSJE Next Generation SeriesFrom London to ViennaLondon Firebird Orchestra

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017Haydn Piano TriosPhoenix Piano Trio

Saturday 25 February 2017, 7.30 pmCorona Strings

Saturday 4 March 2017, 7.30 pmCommotio

Sunday 5 March 2017, 5.00 pmSJE Next Generation SeriesSavitri Grier & Richard Uttley

Monday 6 March 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017The Schubert Series IIJames Lisney

Friday 10 March 2017, doors 7.30 pmGhosts tour Lewis & Leigh

Tuesday 21 March 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017Brahms & BeethovenSteven Osborne

Thursday 13 April 2017, 7.30 pmNational Youth Guitar Ensemble

Saturday 15 April 2017, 7.30 pmBach: St John PassionOrchestra of St John’s

Tuesday 25 April 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionBarry Douglas

26 April–1 May 2017Oxford May Music Festival

Friday 5 May 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017The Schubert Series IIIJames Lisney

Saturday 6 May 2017, 7.30 pmIntermezzo Chamber Choir

Saturday 13 May 2017, 7.30 pmCorona Strings

Tuesday 6 June 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017Russian RomanticsYevgeny Sudbin

Saturday 10 June 2017, 7.30 pmCommotio

Saturday 17 June 2017, 7.30 pmFanshawe & ChilcottOxford Bach Choir

Sunday 25 June 2017, 7.30 pmSpanish Glories of the Sixteenth CenturyTenebrae

Thursday 29 June 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017Stravinsky: FirebirdAlexander Ullman

Autumn highlightsSunday 17 September 2017, 5.00 pmSJE Next Generation SeriesSheku & Isaka Kanneh-Mason BBC Young Musician of the Year

22–24 September 2017SJE International Piano Series 2017Beethoven Plus! The 10 Sonatas for violin & pianoKrysia Osostowicz & Daniel Tong

Sunday 8 October 2017, 5.00 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017A Hungarian RhapsodyDaniel Lebhardt

Friday 17 November 2017, 7.30 pmSJE International Piano Series 2017The Schubert Series IVJames Lisney

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