Each term, we run and host a range of concerts, which all are welcome to attend. We are excited to announce the following concerts:
Saturday April 26th, 1-2pm
Young Piano Duo Showcase
Including music by Mozart, Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc
Free with a retiring collection
The culmination of our three young duos’ work together since October, this showcase will include seminal works by Mozart and Debussy as well as arrangements of Ravel in performances by these six outstanding school-age local pianists.
Saturday May 10th, 11.30-12.15pm
Family Concert: Carnival of the Animals
Free with a retiring collection
A roaring, chirping, snuffling menagerie joins our musicians and narrator for this animal-inspired spectacle for all the family
Tickets available here.
Saturday May 10th, 8-9.15pm
Piano Extravaganza
Musicians from Somerville College and across the University
Tickets available here (£15, £5 concessions)
The sparks will be flying as pianists from Somerville and across the city present fireworks for two, four, six and eight hands by Piazzola and Graham Fitkin, before Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals brings this gala to a zoological finale.
Saturday May 17th, 7.30-9.30pm
Delius Singers conducted by Alex Pott
Debussy
Tickets available soon.
Saturday May 31st, 5pm
FROM RACHS to RICHES
Piano À Deux: Robert Stoodley & Linda Ang Stoodley
Tickets £15 at the door, or in advance from:
Robert & Linda 07775 833 855 or Email: pianoadeuxmusic@gmail.com
Concessions for Seniors & Students £10
Two Monumental Works on two pianos, with a bit of fun thrown in.
Programme:
Gabriel Fauré : Two movements from the Dolly Suite
Sergei Rachmaninov : Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos Op. 17
George Gershwin arr Ang/Stoodley : Scenes from Porgy & Bess
Wednesday June 4th, 8.30-10pm
Goldberg Variations
Sarah MacDonald (piano)
Tickets available here (£15, £5 concessions)
JS Bach’s monumental work for solo keyboard will be performed by Sarah MacDonald, whose recent recording was hailed as ‘stylish and elegant… [it] stirs the soul.’ Come and let this ever-evolving masterpiece unfold around you in the calm of a summer’s evening.
Friday June 6th, 7.30-8.45pm
Diana Hinds and Emma Lowe (pianos) and friends
Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Schumann and Mozart
Tickets available here (£15 adults, £7 students, under-16s free) or on the door (cash only)
Saturday June 21st, 7.30-9.30pm
Jubilate conducted by Helen Smee. Ian Tindale and Sam Mitchell (pianos)
Brahms ‘German Requiem’ and other works
Tickets available soon.
If you have any questions about any of these events, please do email chapel.music@some.ox.ac.uk for further info.
