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I N C L U D E S H O L Y W E L L M U S I C R O O M C O N C E R T L I S T I N G S
FACULTY OF
MUSIC Autumn/Winter Events 2016/7Michaelmas & Hilary Terms
www.music.ox.ac.uk/events
Bach project: A beginningSaturday 8 October
NEW! Lunchtime Student Recitals Thursdays 1pmFaculty of Music, St Aldates’sFree Entry
OCTOBER 18 GALLERY RECITAL: MIKE BARDSLEY ON THE GOERMANS HARPSICHORD 16OCTOBER 24-28 HALF TERM ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN 16NOVEMBER 13 BATE CONCERT: IMPROVISO, DIRECTED BY FATIMA LAHHAM 17NOVEMBER 15 GALLERY RECITAL: MIKE BARDSLEY ON THE TISSERAN HARPSICHORD 16NOVEMBER 19 THEREMIN WORKSHOP: LYDIA KAVINA 16NOVEMBER 19 FAMILY FUN DAY 16NOVEMBER 29 BATE CONCERT: PRINCE REGENT’S BAND 8
Welcome to a new year of musical events at the Faculty of Music and the Holywell Music Room.
This term we are delighted to launch Director of Performance Natalie Clein's Bach Project, which will spanthe next 3 years. The exploration begins early in October with distinguished guest performers giving talks,masterclasses, and shared conversations, followed by a concert of Bach's chamber music works.
We also welcome back the Villiers Quartet for the new year, and offer the first Oxford performance given by the Prince Regent's Band.
An exceptional opportunity is offered by The Impossible Gentlemen and Gwilym Simcock; they will give a public masterclassfor our jazz performers. Natalie Clein will also be working with her Oxford students, and new music features high on theagenda once more, with guest composers Robin Holloway and Rachel Portman.
As always, academic work is at the heart of what we do. So join the Tuesday research colloquia, the ethnomusicology lectures, the Medieval and Renaissance seminars or the Composer Speaks series to explore music of all times and places in the company of the Faculty's renowned staff or visiting international scholars.
The Faculty's numerous research projects are all offering public events in the next few months from the Balzan workshop andconcert given by Trio Khimaira to the Transforming 19th-century Historically Informed Performance wind concert in 2017;there is also the Spectralisms conference, the first of its kind featuring the London Sinfonietta in concert.
Finally the newest addition to this programme is the free lunchtime recitals held during term time in the Faculty onThursdays, showcasing our students' talents to the public of Oxford.
We hope you join us to one or more of these events.
Michael Burden, Chair, Board of the Faculty of Music
If you would like to be added to our mailing list please email [email protected] with your details.
OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: DAVID WATKIN 4OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: KATI DEBRETZENI 4OCTOBER 11 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: LAUREN REDHEAD 24OCTOBER 18 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: MARTYN HARRY 24OCTOBER 19 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: INGRID MONSON 23OCTOBER 20 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: MARGARET BENT 22OCTOBER 24 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: TIMOTHY TAYLOR 23OCTOBER 25 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: JULIAN HORTON 24OCTOBER 27 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: PEDRO MEMELSDORFF 22OCTOBER 31 COMPOSER SPEAKS: RACHEL PORTMAN 18NOVEMBER 1 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: URMILA BHIRDIKAR 24NOVEMBER 4-6 BALZAN MUSICOLOGY WORKSHOP 20NOVEMBER 8 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: HELEN DEEMING 24NOVEMBER 10 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: BONNIE BLACKBURN 22NOVEMBER 15 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: SEBASTIAN WEDLER 24NOVEMBER 17 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: FELIX DIERGARTEN 22NOVEMBER 22 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: DEREK B. SCOTT 24NOVEMBER 29 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: CAYENNA PONCHIONE 24DECEMBER 1 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: DAVID CATALUNYA 22
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OCTOBER 27 ENSEMBLE ISIS CONCERT: ROBIN HOLLOWAY - TWO COMPOSER HOMAGES 14OCTOBER 28 ENSEMBLE ISIS OXFORD LIEDER CONCERT 14NOVEMBER 10 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA EUGENE BIRMAN PREMIERE 14NOVEMBER 21 VILLIERS QUARTET: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14NOVEMBER 24 VILLIERS QUARTET: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14NOVEMBER 28 RICHARD CASEY SOLO PIANO COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14NOVEMBER 30 ENSEMBLE ISIS SOLO WITH ELECTRONICS COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14
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www.music.ox.ac.uk @MusicFac_EventsOxfordMusicFaculty
The Denis Arnold Hall and the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments are situated within the Faculty of
Music, on St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DB.
These premises are accessible to those with mobility difficulties, visual impairments, and
hearing impairments.
The Holywell Music Room is in Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3SB.
Further information about the Faculty of Music is available on our website: www.music.ox.ac.uk
Find us on our Facebook page ‘Music Faculty Events, University of Oxford’
Director of Performance:Natalie Clein
Concerts and Events Manager:Aloïse Fiala-Murphy
Events Office: Liz Green and Neta Rudich
Design and production:white space | www.white-space.net
Cover: Portrait of J S Bach, aged 61, by E. G. Haussmann, 1748
Other Photography: Peter Mays, Thomas Bowles, Charlie Troman,
The weeks indicated next to the dates relate to the University term.
OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: A BEGINNING 4NOVEMBER 5 BALZAN: TRIO KHIMAIRA CONCERT 21NOVEMBER 13 BATE CONCERT: IMPROVISO CONCERT 17NOVEMBER 20 VILLIERS QUARTET EVENING CONCERT 6NOVEMBER 23 VILLIERS QUARTET LUNCHTIME CONCERT 6NOVEMBER 29 BATE CONCERT: PRINCE REGENT’S BAND 8
OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT CELLO MASTERCLASS: DAVID WATKIN 5OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT MASTERCLASS: MAGGIE COLE AND KATI DEBRETZENI 5OCTOBER 13 JAZZ MASTERCLASS: THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN AND GWILYM SIMCOCK 15OCTOBER 29 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP: OCI JOHN TRAILL & CAYENNA PONCHIONE 15NOVEMBER 1 PERFORMANCE MASTERCLASS: NATALIE CLEIN 15NOVEMBER 21 ORIEL COLLEGE VISITING MUSICIAN: SARAH CONNOLLY MASTERCLASS 10FEBRUARY 28 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP 15MARCH 4 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP 15MARCH 7 ORIEL COLLEGE VISITING MUSICIAN: SARAH CONNOLLY MASTERCLASS 11
OCTOBER 10 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 10OCTOBER 16 ST HUGH'S COLLEGE: ENSEMBLE PEREGRINA CONCERT 10OCTOBER 21 SJE ARTS: IMOGEN COOPER CONCERT 11OCTOBER 22 ST PETER’S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13OCTOBER 20 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13OCTOBER 24 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 10OCTOBER 27 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13OCTOBER 29 MERTON COLLEGE CHOIR OXFORD LIEDER CONCERT 11NOVEMBER 3 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13NOVEMBER 3 WADHAM COLLEGE: MADELEINE RIDD AND MELANIE JONES CONCERT 10NOVEMBER 6 OXFORD UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT 12NOVEMBER 9-12 LINCOLN COLLEGE MUSICAL REVUE 11NOVEMBER 10 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13NOVEMBER 12 MERTON COLLEGE: OLIVIER LATRY ORGAN RECITAL 11NOVEMBER 17 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13NOVEMBER 19 ST PETER’S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13NOVEMBER 19 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC YOUNG ARTISTS' PLATFORM EMMA LISNEY 13NOVEMBER 19 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES WIND ORCHESTRAS 12NOVEMBER 21 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 11NOVEMBER 21 SJE ARTS: JAVIER PERIANES CONCERT 11NOVEMBER 17-19 NEW COLLEGE: NEW CHAMBER OPERA 10NOVEMBER 23 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIA CONCERT 12NOVEMBER 24 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13NOVEMBER 24 WADHAM COLLEGE: PETER SHEPPARD SKÆRVED AND DANIEL-BEN PIENAAR CONCERT 10NOVEMBER 25 OXFORD UNIVERSITY STRING ENSEMBLE CONCERT 12NOVEMBER 30 OXFORD UNIVERSITY SINFONIETTA CONCERT 12DECEMBER 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHORUS CONCERT 12DECEMBER 1 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13DECEMBER 7 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC YOUNG ARTISTS' PLATFORM 13JANUARY 21 ST STEPHEN’S HOUSE: SEAN SHIBE CLASICAL GUITAR 11FEBRUARY 2 WADHAM COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY 10FEBRUARY 18 ST PETER'S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13MARCH 5 ST STEPHEN’S HOUSE: SAVITRI GRIER (VIOLIN) AND RICHARD UTTLEY (PIANO) 11MARCH 6 ORIEL COLLEGE: SARAH CONNOLLY CONCERT 11
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CONCERTS | Bach Project
Bach Project: A beginningSaturday 8 October (0th Week)Holywell Music RoomDirector of Performance Natalie Cleingathers her expert friends tobegin exploring the music of JS Bach. She introduces theBach Project in her words:
“I have long wishedto have an open and in-depth exploration ofsome of the issues thatcontinually come upwhen performing Bachas I feel there are no easyanswers and multipleapproaches. I ambringing in severalmusicians –David Watkin,Maggie Cole and KatiDebretzeni – and hope toengage both students and thegeneral public in the debate. Oneof the joys of a life in music is thecontinual searching and wish for a deeper understanding of a score and its context and this day is a chance to do such deep sea diving!”
11am – 12pm Lecture recital by Violinist Kati DebretzeniThe question of speed in dance movements of J.S.Bach's unaccompanied works forviolin – a performer's approach
1.00 - 2.30pm Chamber Music Masterclasswith Harpsichordist Maggie Cole and Violinist Kati Debretzeni
2.30 - 4pm Cello masterclasswith Cellist David Watkin
5.15 – 6pm TalkBach and the cello; a talk on the iconic Suites for solo celloby cellist David Watkin
6.15 – 7pm In ConversationNatalie Clein, David Watkin, Maggie Cole, Kati Debretzeni
Concert8pm
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV1007 15’Natalie Clein, cello
Sonata in G major BWV 1019 18’Kati Debretzeni, violinMaggie Cole, harpsichord
Art of FugueBWV 1080 Contrapunctus 18 – 8’Instruments of Time and Truth
Harpsichord Concerto No.4 in A major, BWV 1055 – 14’Maggie Cole, harpsichord solo with Instruments of Time and Truth
HILARY TERM 2017Bach Project: Three minds in counterpointThe Goldberg variations arranged for string trioFriday 27 January (2nd Week)8pmHolywell Music Room
ConcertBach Goldberg variations (Arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
Henning Kraggerud, violin Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola Natalie Clein, cello
TicketsConcert alone£15/£10Students £5 Individual event £6Whole day pass £40 concessions £25 students £15 www.ticketsoxford.com01865 305 305In person at the OxfordPlayhouse or on the door
Tickets£15/£10Students £5 www.ticketsox-ford.com 01865 305 305In person at the OxfordPlayhouse or on the door
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Radcliffe Chamber Music Residency 2015-18The Villiers Quartet are in their second year of the Radcliffe chamber music residency at theFaculty of Music presented in association with Music at Oxford. Following a successfulcouple of residencies in the fabulous Holywell Music Room last year, they offer a richvariety of music in their four public performances over the 16-17 season.
They also work with students at the Faculty in composition workshops and coaching sessions.
ConcertSunday 20 November (7th Week)7.30pmHolywell Music Room
Henry Purcell Fantasias
Carl Nielsen At the Bier of aYoung Artist
Robert Saxton Fantazia for StringQuartet
Jean Sibelius Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 "VocesIntimae"
Tickets £15 (students £5)
Lunchtime ConcertWednesday 23 November (7th Week)1pmHolywell Music Room
Jean Sibelius Adagio in D minor
Kui Dong “Spring”
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyQuartet No. 1 in DMajor, Op. 11
Tickets £10 (students £5)
HILARY TERM 2017Lunchtime ConcertWednesday 1 February (3rd Week)1pmHolywell Music Room
Finn Shields Neuvoton
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet no. 3 in Fmajor, Op. 73
Tickets £10 (students £5)
ConcertFriday 3 February (3rd Week)7.30pmHolywell Music Room
Schubert Quartettsatz
Schoenberg Quartet No. 2, Op.10 with MusicAlumna JuliaSitkovetsky, soprano
Webern Langsamer Satz
Brahms Quartet in C minor,Op. 51, No. 1
Tickets £15 (students £5)
CONCERTS | Villiers Quartet
Tickets for all events onthis pagewww.musicatoxford.com01865 244806On the door
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CONCERTS | Prince Regent’s Band
Bate Concert
Tuesday 29 November (8th Week)7.30pmHolywell Music Room
Richard Fomison: contralto saxhorn and cornetsRichard Thomas: contralto and tenor saxhorns and cornetsAnneke Scott: tenor saxhorn and ventil horn Phil Dale: baritone saxhornJeff Miller: contrabass saxhorn
The Celebrated Distin Family
The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments has invited the Prince Regent’s Band for a concertcelebrating the Distin Family and exploring nineteenth century music for brass instruments.
The Distin Family was one of the earliest and most famous of brass ensembles.
After travelling to Paris in 1844 where they discovered a new valved brass instrument byAdolphe Sax in a concert organised by Hector Berlioz, the family quickly acquired a full set offive of the new instruments which they claimed to be the first to call "sax horns".
These instruments are today the instruments that make up the modern brass band.
The Distins were resourceful arranging and rearranging popular works of the time, includingmany works from the genres of opera, ballad and folk song. Their programmes often advertisedworks by composers such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Meyerbeer, Handel and Beethoven.
Programme to include works by Verdi, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Grétry, Fauconnier, Berlioz, Arne, Kent, Handel and compositions by the Distin Family
“The virtuosity of The Prince Regent’s Band is there for all to hear. In “The Celebrated Distin Family”PRB have successfully achieved a harmonious soundscape on historical cornets and saxhorns –eloquently demonstrating the beauty and versatility of the smooth, mellow tones of these original instruments.” (Andrew Lamb, The Bate Collection, Oxford)
Tickets£12/£6www.ticketsoxford.com01865 305 305In person at the OxfordPlayhouse or on the door
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WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSESCOLLEGE MUSIC
Wadham College Thursday 3 November (4th Week)8pm
Holywell Music Room
Wadham College Music SocietyMusic for cello and piano Madeleine Ridd and Melanie JonesFree admission with retiring collection
Thursday 24 November (7th Week)7.30pmHolywell Music Room
Concert of Mozart Violin Sonatas by PeterSheppard Skærved (violin) and Daniel-BenPienaar (piano)Tickets £12/£8 on the door
Thursday 2 February8pmHolywell Music Room
Wadham College Music SocietyMusic for percussion and pianoGeorge Barton and Siwan RhysFree admission with retiring collection
New College 17, 18, and 19 November (6th Week)8.30pm
New College Antechapel
New Chamber OperaHenry Purcell Dido and AneasConductor: James OrrellDirector: Michael BurdenTickets £12/£7 concessionswww.ticketsource.co.uk/newchamberopera
Mondays 10 & 24 October, 21November (Weeks 1, 3, 7)9pmNew College Chapel
Robert Quinney (Organist, New College) Recital seriesFree admission – open to the public
Thursday 15 December 7.30pmSheldonian Theatre
J S Bach, Christmas Oratorio, Pts 1-3Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra The Choir of New College, OxfordRobert Quinney conductorNicholas Mulroy EvangelistTickets £42 £30 £20 £10 www.oxfordphil.com01865 305 305
St Hugh's College Sunday 16 October (2nd Week)6.30pm
Ensemble Peregrina Beginning with the visionary 'Sybil of the Rhine',Hildegard of Bingen, the singers of EnsemblePeregrina will present an innovative tour, rangingacross Europe, of medieval music from women'smonasteries for women saints. This event is supported by Barden and Flavia Galein honour of Eloise Susanna GaleTickets £10 contact [email protected] Students free
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Merton College Saturday 29 October (3rd Week)4.30pmOxford Lieder Festival
Requiem: Mozart and SchumannRosalind Coad (Soprano)Rozanna Madylus (Mezzo-Soprano)Josep-Ramon Olivé (Baritone)Benjamin Nicholas (Conductor)Merton College ChapelTickets £12 (Nave), £5 (restricted view)www.oxfordlieder.co.uk or 01865 591 276
Merton College Saturday 12 November (5th Week)7.30pmOrgan Concert by Olivier LatryLiszt Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam'Widor Andante sostenuto (from the Symphoniegothique)Vierne Organ Symphony No. 4 in G minor - finalmovementDebussy La Cathédrale engloutie (transcription:Léon Roques)Dupré Prelude and fugue in G minor, op. 7Latry ImprovisationMerton College ChapelTickets £15, £10 (students) from the OxfordPlayhouse 01865 305305 www.ticketsoxford.com
St Stephen’s House Friday 21 October (2nd Week)7.30pmSJE Arts International Piano Series 2016
Imogen Cooper (piano) Janácek, Schumann and AlbénizSt Stephen’s House, accessed via SJE ArtsAdmission £35-£15 from the Oxford Playhouse01865 305305 www.ticketsoxford.com
Monday 21 November (7th Week)7.30pmSJE Arts International Piano Series 2016Javier Perianes (piano) Schubert, Debussyand De FallaSt Stephen’s House, accessed via SJE ArtsAdmission £20-£10 from the Oxford Playhouse01865 305305 www.ticketsoxford.com
HILARY TERM 2017Saturday 21 January (1st Week)7.30pmBBC New Generation Artist Sean Shibe (classicalguitar) Dowland, Arnold, Berkeley, Walton, BrittenSt Stephen’s House, accessed via SJE ArtsAdmission £35-£15 Open to the public
Sunday 5 March (8th Week)5pmSavitri Grier (violin) and Richard Uttley (piano)Enesco and BrahmsSt Stephen’s House, accessed via SJE ArtsAdmission £15 Open to the public
9 - 12 November (5th Week)7.30pmOakshott Room, Lincoln College
'I love you, you're perfect, now change' - amusical revue performed by Lincoln CollegeFree admission – Open to the public
Oriel CollegeMonday 21 November (7th Week)Start time tbc
Sarah Connolly Singing MasterclassOriel College
Free Admission - Open to the public
Monday 6 March (8th Week)7pmHolywell Music Room
Sarah Connolly Concert (Oriel College Visiting Musician)More information to follow
Tuesday 7 March (8th Week)Start time tbcOriel CollegeSarah Connolly Singing MasterclassSee Oriel College website for details nearerthe timeFree Admission - Open to the public
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STUDENT MUSIC
Oxford University Music Society exists to support and develop theperformance and appreciation of music within the University. Details of otherperformances in Oxford, by OUMS ensembles and other ensembles, can be
found at http://oums.org/events and on the individual ensembles’ websites, listed athttp://oums.org/ensembles
Oxford University Orchestra
Sunday 6 November (5th Week)7.30pmSheldonian Theatre
Mendelssohn Violin ConcertoBerlioz Symphonie Fantastique Violin: Carolin Widmann
Conductor: Daniel HardingTickets: £30/£15 (floor, semi-circle, lower gallery,behind orchestra), £15/£7 (upper gallery) – advance only / ouo.oums.org
Oxford University Wind Orchestra
Varsity with Cambridge University Wind Orchestra
Saturday 19 November (6th Week)8pmUniversity Church of St Mary the Virgin
Hart Cartoon Bate A Hymn to the Beauty
that wasWilliams arr. De Meij –
Star Wars SagaEllerby Paris SketchesWilliams arr. Smith – Harry Potter
Symphonic SuiteConductor: Chloe RookeTickets: £10/£5 – on the door, £8/£4 – advance / ouwo.oums.org
Oxford University Philharmonia
Wednesday 23 November (7th Week)8pmSheldonian Theatre
Sibelius The OceanidesHanson Symphony No.2, RomanticSibelius Symphony No.2 in D majorConductor: Matthew Reese
Tickets: £12/£6 – on the door, £10/£5
– advance / ouphil.oums.org
Oxford University String Ensemble
Friday 25 November (7th Week)7.30pm University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Hermann Psycho Suite
Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane
Mahler Adagietto from Symphony
No.5
Williams Munich: A prayer for peace
Leighton Concerto for strings
Harp: Imogen Emmett
Conductor: Aaron King
Tickets: £10/£5 – on the door and advance /
ouse.oums.org
Oxford University Sinfonietta
Wednesday 30 November (8th Week)7.30pmHolywell Music Room
Haydn Symphony No.31
Barber Violin Concerto
Poulenc Sinfonietta
Violin: Emma Lisney
Conductor: Freddie Meyers
Tickets: £12/£6 – on the door, £10/£5 advance /
ousinf.oums.org
Oxford University Chorus
Thursday 1 December (8th Week)8pmSheldonian Theatre
Haydn The Creation
Conductor: Joe Davies
Tickets: £8/£5 students – on the door and advance /
ouchorus.oums.org
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Student Recital SeriesThursday lunchtimes1-1.30pmDenis Arnold Hall, Faculty of MusicWe are delighted to introduce our newrecital series, given by our students, andfree for all to attend.
The students will mainly be performingpieces for their upcoming examinations.
Come and join us on 20, 27 October, 3, 10, 17, 24 November and 1 December
Each recital will last no longer than 30minutes. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Information nearer the time fromwww.music.ox.ac.uk, 01865 276125 or email [email protected]
Free admission
Young Artist Platform Saturday 19 November (6th Week)6.30pmSheldonian TheatrePre-concert RecitalViolin: Emma LisneyA chance to hear Music student and 2016Oxfordshire Concerto Competition winnerahead of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestraevening concert. Free admission.
7.30pmBeethoven Leonora Overture No. 3,
Op. 72bMendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D
minor, Op. 40Symphony No. 3 in Aminor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’
Peter Donohoe piano, Marios Papadopoulosconductor, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Tickets £42 £30 £20 £10 (students from £5)
Wednesday 7 December (9th Week)6.30pmSheldonian TheatrePre-concert RecitalA chance to hear talented young musicians inrecital (name to be announced).Free admission.
7.30pmBrahms Academic Festival
Overture, Op. 80Lidstrom Rigoletto Fantasy for Cello
and OrchestraBrahms Symphony No. 2 in D
major, Op. 73Mats Lidström cello, Vladimir Ashkenazy conductorOxford Philharmonic OrchestraTickets £50 £35 £25 £15 (students from £5)
St Peter's Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Warner
Saturday 22 October (2nd Week)8pmSt Peter's College Chapel
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony in Cminor, Op. 110a
Elgar SospiriR. Strauss Metamorphosen for 23
solo stringsMorgen!
Saturday 19 November (6th Week)8pmSt Peter's College Chapel
Butterworth Two English IdyllsCopland Clarinet ConcertoDvorak Symphony No. 9, 'From
the New World'Saturday 18 February 8pmSheldonian Theatre
Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minorTickets: eventbrite.co.uk for £5/£10(student/adult) or on the door for £6/[email protected]/SPChamberOrchestra/
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Conducting Workshops with the Oxford Conducting InstituteDirector: Dr John TraillConducting Associate: Cayenna Ponchione
The Oxford Conducting Institute provide a series of workshops and short courses forconductors. Events range in focus, from professional training, work in education andwith non-professional orchestras, to outreach, enterprise, and career development. Led
by Dr John Traill and Cayenna Ponchione, these workshops are tailored to the participants and suitablefor all conductors (beginner to advanced).
Jazz Masterclass with The Impossible Gentlemen featuring Gwilym SimcockWednesday 13 October (1st Week) 2-4.30pmDenis Arnold Hall‘A rare and fabulous group of talents’.The TimesThe group is comprised of world-leading musicians, featuring a USA basedrhythm section of Adam Nussbaum and Steve Rodby plus three Britishmusicians – Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker and Iain Dixon. This is a rareopportunity for students to develop their improvisation skills andplaying with others. Open to all, but there will be limited spacesfor students wishing to perform. Admission £5 (students free)
Natalie Clein Performance MasterclassTuesday 1 November (4th Week) 11-1pmDenis Arnold HallThe Faculty's Director of Performance and internationally loved cellist Natalie Clein offers herinsights and works with the most talented student performers.Admission £5 (students free)
Michaelmas TermSeminar: Tuesday 25 October (3rd Week) 2-4pmWorkshop: Saturday 29 October (3rd Week) 2-5pmRepertoire: Mendelssohn String Symphony no.10 in B minorDenis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music
Hilary TermSeminar: Tuesday 28 February (7th Week) 2-4pmDenis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music
Workshop: Saturday 4 March (7th Week) 9.30am-12.30pmCentre for Music, Bayards Hill, Waynflete Road, Oxford, OX3 8GAWorkshop with the Oxfordshire County Youth OrchestraRepertoire: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet OvertureAdmission £5 (students free)
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WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSESNEW MUSICCo-convenors: Professor Martyn Harry and ProfessorSaxton. Musical Director: Dr John Traill. All events areopen to the public and free to attend. Most take placein the Faculty of Music unless otherwise stated
The Composer Speaks: Robin Holloway – Two ComposerHomagesThursday 27 October (3rd Week)5.15pmDenis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music
Ensemble ISIS, Conductor – John TraillSoloist – Maki Sekyia, pianoGuest Composer – Robin Holloway
In this lecture-recital, RobinHolloway discusses with RobertSaxton the significance of 'composerhomages' for his work with referenceto two contrasting works. EnsembleISIS will perform Holloway's Five HaydnMiniatures (1999), and the composer willanalyse his seminal work, Fantasy-Pieces (onthe Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op. 16(1971), in advance of the work's completeperformance under the auspices of the OxfordLieder Festival's Schumann Project the followingday. Free entry
Oxford Lieder Festival : The Schumann Project –Late Style & Legacy study dayFriday 28 October, 3.15pm Holywell Music Room
Laura Tunbridge leads afascinating study day on
Schumann's later worksand on his legacy.Ensemble ISIS performRobin Holloway'sFantasy-Pieces on theHeine Liederkreis of
Schumann, with pianistMaki Sekiya, which
incorporates a performance ofthe Op. 24 Liederkreis with tenor
James Gilchrist. Introduced by the composer.
Tickets for the study day £20/£5 (under 35’s)www.oxfordlieder.co.uk 01865 591 276
Composition WorkshopsEnsemble Room
Free entry
Monday 21 (7th Week)1.30-3.30pm Thursday 24 November (7th Week)11.30am-1.30pmString Quartet with the Villiers Quartet
Monday 28 November (8th Week)2-5pmSolo Piano with Richard Casey
Wednesday 30 November (8th Week)1.30-4.30pmSolo Instrument with Piano withEnsemble ISIS playersSolo Instrument with electronics
Thursday 10 November 7.30pmSheldonian Theatre
Maxim Vengerov violinOxford Philharmonic OrchestraMarios Papadopoulos conductor
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra andArtist in Residence, Maxim Vengerovperforms the premiere of DPhil composerEugene Birman's Violin Concerto which waschosen during the 2015 Composers'Workshop. Beethoven's Violin Concerto andhis Eighth Symphony also feature in theevening’s programme.
Tickets: £50 £35 £25 £15 (students from £5)www.oxfordphil.com 01865 305 305
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THE BATE COLLECTION | Bate Collection of Musical InstrumentsFaculty of Music, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1DBwww.bate.ox.ac.uk 01865 276139
The Bate Collection The Bate Collection celebrates thehistory and development of musicalinstruments of the Western Classicaltradition from the medieval perioduntil the present day. The Collectionis made available for study and
judicious use by scholars, students, makers, andplayers, so as to enhance and increase theknowledge of the history of music as well asthe enjoyment of historical performance.
The Bate Collection ShopA veritable Aladdin’s cave of musical toys,beautiful cards, gifts and delights.
Visiting The BateFree admission.Open 2-5pm weekdaysthroughout the year. Weekend openings:Saturday mornings 10-12 (OU full term).
GALLERY RECITALSBate Collection GalleryFree of charge – no advance booking necessary
Tuesday 18 October (2nd Week) 2pmMike Bardsley of the Friends of the Bate performs on the Goermansharpsichord, Paris 1750
Tuesday 15 November (6th Week) 2pmMike Bardsley performs on the newly restored Tisseran harpsichord,London 1700
WORKSHOPSTheremin Workshop Saturday 19 November (7th Week) 10am-5pmLecture Room A, Faculty of MusicWith Lydia KavinaBookings in Advance via Bate Collection
EVENING CLASSES Learn Gamelan with the Oxford Gamelan SocietyWednesday Evenings 6-9.30pmCommencing 12 OctoberOxford Gamelan Society meet at the Faculty of Music on Wednesdayevenings during the University Term. This is a chance to learn to play onthe Javanese Gamelan with other members of the group.
FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS24-28 October (half term week) and13-17 February (half term week) 2-5 pmGallery activities including trails, colouring and word-searchesFree of charge, no advance booking necessary
FAMILY FUN DAYSSaturday 19 November and Saturday 4 February10am-2pmA day of family events featuring: A treasure trail, live musicalperformances and demonstrations. Plus a chance to play some of theinstruments in the handling collection. Free of charge, no advance booking necessary
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BATE CONCERTS Improviso, directed by Fatima Lahham presents European ConnectionSunday 13 November (6th Week)6pmHolywell Music RoomChamber ensemble Improviso presents an evening of music centred around European composers, instrumentmakers, and performers in eighteenth-century London. Programme to include Corelli, Sammartini, Handel, andTelemann's Concerto for recorder and bassoon.
Tickets £10/£6 available on the door
Prince Regent’s BandTuesday 29 November (8th Week)7.30pmHolywell Music RoomSee page 8 for full details.
Tickets £12 (concs £6)
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Composer Speaks SeriesConvenor: Prof Robert Saxton
SEMINARS | Composer Speaks
Rachel PortmanMonday 31 October(4th Week)4-5.30pmLecture Room A, Faculty of MusicDistinguished mediacomposer and Oxfordalumna Rachel Portman willdiscuss and engage studentsin discussion about her workin film and TV. After the talk,students are invited toattend a performance of oneof Rachel’s liturgical works bythe Worcester College ChapelChoir during Evensong.Free entry
HILARY TERMJudith BinghamMonday 6 February (4th Week)4-5.30pmLecture Room A, Faculty of MusicJudith Bingham is one of the UK'sleading composers, having hadworks commissioned by manyleading organisations and festivalsacross the UK, including the BBCProms and the Three ChoirsFestival. She was, for several years,Composer-in-Association with theBBC Singers. She will present herwork and ideas about writing forvoices, to be followed by theperformance of one of her worksin Worcester College Chapel during Evensong. Free entry
CONCERTS | Spectralisms / The Harmonie in Beethoven’s Vienna
ConcertFriday 17 February (5th Week) 7.30pmHolywell Music RoomPre concert talk 6.45pm Claire Holden, Principal Investigator of theAHRC funded Transforming 19th-CenturyHistorically Informed Performance project atthe Faculty of Music discusses approaches toperforming early 19th-century arrangementswith members of Boxwood and Brass.
The Harmonie in Beethoven’s ViennaA rare chance to hear this extraordinaryharmonie version of Beethoven’s symphonyon instruments of the early 19th century,exactly 200 years after it was issued by thecomposer’s publisher. Leading specialistsBoxwood & Brass place this tour-de-force incontext alongside contemporary works forwind ensemble.
Boxwood & Brass: Rachel Chaplin, Nicola Barbagli,
classical oboeEmily Worthington, Fiona Mitchell, classical clarinetAnneke Scott, Kate Goldsmith, natural hornRobert Percival, Takako Kunugi, classical bassoonJacqueline Dossor, Double BassBoieldieu arr. anon: Overture Jean de
Paris (1812/1816)Triebensee Partita in Eb (c. 1805)Beethoven arr. anon: Symphony No. 7
(1812/1816)
Tickets £15 / £10 (students £5) In person on the door
SpectralismsConference 15-16 March 2017Faculty of Music
ConcertWednesday 15 March 2017, 7.30pmJdP Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford
Spectralism. Spectral music. One of the most significant developments of the past 50 years. A music made from the ‘spectrum of sound’, from the very substance of sound itself, a musicthat opens new vistas of colour and time.
The Faculty of Music celebrates this exciting music withdistinguished visitor Tristan Murail (pioneer of Frenchspectralism in the 1970s) and celebrated new music specialists,the London Sinfonietta. A programme of music by Murail,Grisey, Saariaho and others also features introductions fromMurail and the players. The concert is a part of the internationalconference hosted by the Faculty (15–16 March), the first in the UK devotedto an exploration of spectral music.
TicketsGallery £13,Stalls £10,Students £10/£5,LIVESTREAM £5www.ticketsoxford.com01865 305 305In person at the OxfordPlayhouse or on the door
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CONCERTS | Balzan Concert: Trio Khimaira
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Bridging Musical Cultures? The Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asian Regions in the History of Music
Workshop 4-6 November 2016Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music
Convenors (and Research Visitors of the Balzan Musicology Project, 2016):Gabriela Currie (University of Minnesota)Lisa Nielson (Case Western Reserve University)Avra Xepapadakou (University of Crete)
Speakers include:John Franklin (University of Vermont), Andrew Hicks (Cornell University), Kostas Kardamis (IonianUniversity), Ciro Lo Muzio (Instituto Italiano di Studi Orientali), Pernilla Myrne (GothenburgUniversity), Walter Puchner (University of Athens), Donatella Restani (University of Bologna),Dwight Reynolds (University of Santa Barbara), Owen Wright (SOAS University of London)
SEMINARS | Balzan Musicology Workshop
Friday 4 November 9.50-1pm Session A Early Transcultural Musical Legacies from theMediterranean to the Indus
2.20 – 3.20pm Keynote 1Owen Wright (SOAS)Bridging the Ottoman-Safavid divide
3.20-6.30pm Session BMusic aesthetics in the medieval Islamicate world
Saturday 5 November 10 – 11am Keynote 2 Walter Puchner (University of Athens)A typology of western music and theatre activityin Southeast Europe, the Eastern Mediterraneanand the Black Sea region in premodern times(16th-19th centuries)
11am – 1.30pm Session C Greece: a cultural crossroads between East and West
3 – 4pm Keynote 3 Kevin Dawe (University of Kent)Musical Instruments in the Eastern Mediterraneanand West Asian Region: A Case Study of the Guitar in Turkey
4.15-5pm Round table and general discussion.
6pm Concert Trio Khimaira - see opposite
ConcertSaturday 5 November (4th Week)6pmHolywell Music Room
Trio Khimaira –A concert offered on the occasion ofthe Balzan Musicology WorkshopTrio Khimaira is made up of three extraordinary musicians – ZiadBen Youssef (oud), Luis Velasco-Pufleau (guitar) and Yanal Staiti(percussion). The trio bring an exhilarating range of influences tobear on their playing together, and have developed a musicallanguage that lies at the boundary of written and oral, composedand improvised forms. Drawing on their different backgrounds, thegroup blend traditional Arabic genres, Latin American music, andflamenco, producing an astonishing soundworld. For this concert,Trio Khimaira focuses on eastern Mediterranean music.
“Immigration and exile are at the heart of our creativity: we camefrom nowhere and we became from everywhere. We do not deny ourheritage, we transform it. In doing so, we break down boundaries andchoose our own path”.
Ziad Ben Youssef – oudLuis Velasco-Pufleau – guitarYanal Staiti – percussion
Special guest: Éric Duboscq – bass
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The Balzan Programme in Musicology “Towards A Global History of Music”directed by Prof Reinhard StrohmFor more information contact Marie-Alice Frappat,coordinator: [email protected]
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SEMINARS | Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Thursday 20 October (2nd Week)Margaret Bent (University of Oxford) Motets in England in and around the Old Hall manuscript
Thursday 27 October (3rd Week)Pedro Memelsdorff (Utrecht University, Fondazione Giorgio Cini) En remirant oy chanter: Intermediality in late-medieval song
Thursday 10 November (5th Week)Bonnie Blackburn (University of Oxford) A Fifteenth-Century Rock Star: Pietrobono dal Chitarino and his Repertory
Thursday 17 November (6th Week)Felix Diergarten (Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg) Je ne fais toujours que penser: Analyzing Binchois’ songs
Thursday 1 December (8th Week)David Catalunya (University of Würzburg) Polyphonic Music and Royal Liturgy in Thirteenth-Century Castile
Thursdays 5-7pmWharton Room, All Souls CollegeFree admission – Open to allConvenor: Margaret Bent
The speaker’s presentation is followed by a full hour of discussion during which wine is served.
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SEMINARS | Seminar in Ethnomusicology and Sound StudiesProfessor Jason Stanyek, Convenor | St John’s College Barn (near where St Giles meets Banbury Rd), 5-6.30pm, Free. Open to the public, drinks afterwards.
Wednesday 19 October(2nd Week)Ingrid Monson (Quincy Jones Professor of AfricanAmerican Music, Harvard University)
Jazz Utopias, Then and NowMy paper addresses, freedom,liberation, and the creation of soundworlds and communities throughmusic, in short the ethicalimagination of the jazz tradition. Ifollow visions of freedom throughthe works of Duke Ellington, Sun Ra,Alice Coltrane, Carla Bley, RobertGlasper, Terence Blanchard andKendrick Lamar. If mid-twentiethcentury jazz liberation wasconceived in trialogue with the
American Civil Rights Black Power, and Anti-Vietnam War Movements, today’s visions of freedom are emergingagainst the backdrop of Black Lives Matter, gender and sexuality, immigration, economic inequality, and global fear ofIslam. The utopian thrust of the jazz imagination, as always, is tempered by the injustice of the world in which we live.How musicians draw on the icons and symbols of past, how they link domestic and international issues, and thefuture of aesthetic collaborations between Europe, the U.S. and the global south seem especially important right now.
Monday 24 October (3rd Week)Timothy Taylor (Professor, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles)
Taking the Gift Out and Putting It Back In: From Cultural Goods to CommoditiesThis presentation considers how musicians and others create or increase the economic value of culturalcommodities in the capitalist marketplace. There are two means: the first is supply-chain capitalism as theorized byAnna Tsing, in which value is created at various nodes of a supply chain through processes of translation andpurification that appear to strip away the noncapitalist social relations and noneconomic forms of value that wentinto the production of a particular cultural good. I argue that these capitalist supply chains that create what Tsingcalls inventory frequently necessitate this other means of the creation of value, processes of consecration and/orpromotion (broadly understood as advertising, marketing, and branding) that reanimate cultural commodities withvalues that masquerade asnoneconomic forms ofvalue. In essence, this paperargues that, through supply-chain capitalism andprocesses of translation,capitalism appears to takesthe gift out of thecommodity by alienatinglabor and masking socialrelations, but throughadvertising, marketing, andbranding insertsrepresentations ofunalienated labor and socialrelations to make thecommodity seem like a gift again.
University of Oxford Faculty of Music | St Aldate’s Oxford OX1 1DB
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SEMINARS | Research Colloquia
Tuesdays 5.15pmDenis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Free admission –open to allThe Music Research Colloquia series is organised by graduate students (this year, William Drummond andEmily X. X. Tan).The Colloquia feature leading figures as well as younger scholars presenting their researchin papers on all kinds of music-related topics. The speakers come from Oxford and many differentuniversities around the world. Presentations are followed by discussion and a drinks reception. Students,staff and the general public are warmly encouraged to attend.
Tuesday 11 October (1st Week)Lauren Redhead (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Atonality and Beauty
Tuesday 18 October (2nd Week)Martyn Harry (University of Oxford)
My music within and without, and what exercises me
Tuesday 25 October (3rd Week) Julian Horton (Durham University)
The Finale of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony and the
Problem of the Reversed Recapitulation
Tuesday 1 November (4th Week)Urmila Bhirdikar (Shiv Nadar University)
Gender and Performance
Tuesday 8 November (5th Week)Helen Deeming (Royal Holloway)
The Lives and Afterlives of a Medieval Song Manuscript
Tuesday 15 November (6th Week)Sebastian Wedler (University of Oxford)
Anton Webern's Tonally Moving Moods
Tuesday 22 November (7th Week) Derek B. Scott (University of Leeds)
Cosmopolitan Musicology
Tuesday 29 November (8th Week)Cayenna Ponchione (University of Oxford)
Who's the boss?: Tracking influence and action in the
authorship of orchestral performance
