Moonlight Sonata and Rhapsody in Blue by Candlelight
Programme Beethoven – ‘Moonlight’ Sonata Chopin – Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2 Chopin – ‘Funeral March’ from Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Chopin – Mazurka in A minor Op 68 No 2 Clara Schumann – Romance…
Serenade for Strings
Programme Mozart – Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239, ‘Serenata Notturna’ Poulenc – Organ Concerto in G minor Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 Performers Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Darlington Organ John Lubbock Conductor There can…
Music from Amadeus
Programme Salieri – Sinfonia Veneziana Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299 Mozart – Divertimento in D Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 Performers Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Anthony Robb Flute Sally Pryce Harp…
Shakespeare in Music
Join us for an evening of wonderful music influenced by and written for Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. Beguiling and atmospheric music by Henry Purcell, Fredrick Handel and William Walton will be interspersed with readings from Shakespeare’s comedies and historical plays including A Midsummer…
The Sixteen: Duruflé Requiem
Maurice Duruflé’s haunting Requiem – one of the most beautiful of 20th century choral masterpieces – performed live by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Amid the terrors of wartime France, Maurice Duruflé imagined a music that seemed to exist outside of time…
The Sixteen: Messiah
Handel’s Messiah gets the Sixteen treatment: a virtuoso performance from a chamber choir of unrivalled insight and skill. Sing Hallelujah! Handel’s Messiah is infinitely more than just a British seasonal fixture – and The Sixteen is more than one of the world’s…
Mostly Vivaldi and Bach by Candlelight
Programme Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ from The Four Seasons Vivaldi – Flute Concerto ‘The Goldfinch’ Tartini – Sinfonia in D Mozart – Salzburg Symphony Bach – Flute Suite in B minor Bach – Air on…
Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart by Candlelight
Programme Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins Mozart – Adagio and Fugue Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ from The Four Seasons Bach – Air on the G string Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik Bach – Concerto…
Baroque Classics by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble and violinist Richard Milone for a performance of Baroque gems, including selections from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Handel’s Water Music suites. Originally composed for a royal boating excursion on the River Thames in 1717, Handel’s orchestral suites…
