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Thursday, 12th November 2009
Geoffrey Hopkins ~ Piano
Beethoven ~ Sonata in D Minor Op 31 No. 2 (‘The Tempest’)
Debussy ~ 6 Preludes (including ‘Girl with the Flaxen Hair’ and ‘Sunken Cathedral’)
Liszt ~ 2 Concert Studies (‘Gnomenreigen’, ‘Un Sospiro’)
Schumann ~ Carnaval
7.30pm, The Jaqueline Du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY
Tickets £12 (£10) from Tickets Oxford (Playhouse) – 01865 305305 or click here to book.
Friday, 13th November 2009
Pindrop Performances and Oxford Contemporary Music presents:
Lukas Ligeti ~ extreme avant garde freak noise, incorporating kaleidoscopic electronic marimba and all manner of world rhythms;
Braindead Collective ~ performing experimental noise spoken word piece 'Ripeness Is All';
Bruno Guastalla ~ Cellist with the legendary Oxford Improvisors, performing a specially composed new piece.
8.00pm, Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1.
Tickets £12/£10 in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1099
For more information go to: http://www.myspace.com/pindropperformances
Past Events 2009
Friday, 20th March 2009
Headington Singers & Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
Conductor: Sally Mears; Soloists: Margaret Cooper, Clare Morgan, Jonathan Todd, Henry Herford.
7.30pm, All Saints Church, Lime Walk, Headington, Oxford.
Tickets: £8/£6 (concessions) on Door or Phone 01865 765878
Friday, 27th March 2009
Sounds Underground
Flights into Darkness
Jakob Fichert ~ piano, Tom Frankland ~ actor, Robert Fokkens ~ composer.
7.30pm, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY.
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00
For reservations call: 07791 468398 or email: soundsunderground@thegreen.co.uk
1st - 13th April 2009
Oxfringe 2009
Oxfringe is the fringe festival for Oxford, UK, featuring music, literature, comedy and theatre.
Saturday, 18th April 2009
Shoestring Touring Opera
La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
In aid of the Oxford Parent Infant Project (OXPIP).
7.30pm, Amey Hall Theatre, Abingdon School, Abingdon OX14 1DE.
Tickets: £15.00/£12.00 (under 18s & groups of 8 or more).
From Ann Watson: 01865 862995 or on the door.
Thursday, 30th April 2009
Convergence Quartet
Alexander Hawkins ~ piano; Taylor Ho Bynum ~ cornet;
Harris Eisenstadt ~ drums; Dominic Lash ~ Double Bass.
8.00pm, Denis Arnold Hall, Oxford University Faculty of Music, St Aldates,
Oxford OX1 1DB.
Free entrance, with a retiring collection.
(Please note that there has been a change of venue from the Holywell Music Room to the Denis Arnold Hall).
Part of the second UK tour of the Convergence Quartet, presenting a programme of never-heard before jazz/experimental compositions by each member of the ensemble. Includes Exuberant Trust award winners Alex Hawkins and Dominic Lash.
Thursday, 7th May 2009
Frances Kitching Trust Awards to Young Musicians
Winners' concert
David Mears will be performing the Bax Clarinet Sonata (Liz Hayes ~ accompaniment).
7.30pm, St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon. All welcome. Free.
There will also be works for violin and voice by Bach, Beethoven and Debussy.
David Mears is a former award-winner of the Exuberant Trust.
Saturday, 30th May 2009
Geoffrey Hopkins
Liszt ~ Transcendental Studies
Skryabin ~ 4 Preludes
7.30pm, The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY.
Tickets £12 (£10) from Tickets Oxford (Playhouse) – 01865 305305.
Geoffrey Hopkins has performed in two 'Music at The Limes' concerts for the Exuberant Trust.
Wednesday, 24th June 2009
PinDrop Performances presents ~ A Hawk and a Hacksaw
PinDrop Chamber Ensemble
Bartok ~ Romanian Folk Dances; Shostakovich ~ Piano Trio no 2;
Ligeti ~ Solo Cello Concerto.
Guy Button ~ violin; Tom Bayman ~ cello; Kate Whitley ~ piano.
8.00pm, Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1.
Tickets £12 in advance from www.wegottickets.com/event/46725
For more information please email pindrop.performances@gmail.com
Saturday, 17th October 2009
30th anniversary DHEF concert
Baroque & Romantic Music for an Autumn Evening
Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven ~ Performed by gifted young musicians.
Arcadian Duets by Ensemble Marquise: Male Soprano ~ Làszló Blaskovics; Coloratura Soprano ~ Judit Blaskovics-Felszeghy; Harpsichord ~ Penelope Rapson; Cello ~ Sally Mears.
Handel Duets & Arias including Giulio Cesare.
7.15 pm, St. Michael & All Angels’ Church, Lonsdale Road, (off Banbury Road), Summertown, Oxford.
Tickets: £25 per person & £40 for families ~ Refreshments included. Available at Tel: 01865 513410 or email: famgelens@gmail.com
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Updated 8 November, 2009