Jacqueline du Pre Music Building

Our next concert is next week! There are no advance sales for this concert - all tickets will be available on the door.

The Josh Sinton Quartet
Wednesday 24 July, 8pm

Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone and alto flute
Dominic Lash - double bass and electric guitar
Mark Sanders - drums and percussion
Philipp Wachsmann - violin and electronics

Brooklyn-based baritone saxophonist/flautist Josh Sinton has long been inspired by the specific and beautiful approach to free-form improvisation that has developed in the UK over the past sixty years. As an American, he can think of no better way of “paying it forward” than to make an evening’s worth of music with some of the leading lights of this aesthetic: violinist Philipp Wachsmann, bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Mark Sanders.

Tickets are £15 and will be available on the door on the evening of the concert.

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/josh-sinton-dominic-lash-mark-sanders-philipp-wachsmann

There's just under two weeks to go until our next concert at the JdP!

We are excited to welcome The Josh Sinton Quartet

DATE
24 July 2024 / 8-10pm

VENUE
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

TICKET PRICE
£15
Tickets available on the door

Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone and alto flute
Dominic Lash - double bass and electric guitar
Mark Sanders - drums and percussion
Philipp Wachsmann - violin and electronics

Brooklyn-based baritone saxophonist/flautist Josh Sinton has long been inspired by the specific and beautiful approach to free-form improvisation that has developed in the UK over the past sixty years. As an American, he can think of no better way of “paying it forward” than to make an evening’s worth of music with some of the leading lights of this aesthetic: violinist Philipp Wachsmann, bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Mark Sanders.

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/josh-sinton-dominic-lash-mark-sanders-philipp-wachsmann

Coming Up:

The Josh Sinton Quartet
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/josh-sinton-dominic-lash-mark-sanders-philipp-wachsmann

Tickets will be available on the door for our two concerts at 38 St Giles today!

Early Music II: Angell’s Musick in Mortall’s dresse
The art of John Wilson; from Shakespeare’s Singing Boy to Oxford Professor

There are two performances of the same programme: 4.30pm & 7pm.

We can't wait for the Villiers Quartet's return to the JdP this Saturday!

Tickets are still available: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/villiers-quartet-late-beethoven-series-vi

£10 regular / £5 students

BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

This late afternoon performance is the conclusion of the Villiers Quartet’s Late Beethoven Series which has run over the last two years at the JdP and the Andrew Wiles Building. This hour-long event will start with an extended talk in which the Grosse Fuge is discussed in relation to the other quartets in the series and with respect to Beethoven’s Late Style.

Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series VI

There is just over one week to go until Villiers Quartet return to the JdP to perform Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

More details here:

Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series VI | St Hilda's College Oxford This late afternoon performance is the conclusion of the Villiers Quartet’s Late Beethoven Series which has run over the last two years at the JdP and the Andrew Wiles Building. This hour-long event will start with an extended talk in which the Grosse Fuge is discussed in relation to the other qua...

Our first JdP Series Concert of the term is this Friday 26 April!

Come to the JdP at 7.30pm to hear filmmakers from the Ruskin School of Art work with film composers from St Hilda’s College and the Music Faculty to create a series of art film shorts:

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/new-hybrids-ruskin-school

Here are the details of the events happening in the JdP in week 1:

JdP Cushion Concerts
Family Cushion Concerts – April
Sunday 21 April 2024
10am & 11am under 5s, 12pm over 5s
£6 per person / £20 family of four / under 1s free
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/family-cushion-concerts-april

DANSOX: An Evening with Frederick Ashton
Wednesday 24 April 2024, 6.30pm
Free Entry – booking required
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/an-evening-with-frederick-ashton

Lunchtime Recital - Sebastian Zamet
Thursday 25 April 2024, 1.15pm
Free Entry
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/lunchtime-recital
watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/egpAMxlbut4?si=_GZridN2Y-gwmKc-

New Hybrids: Ruskin School
Friday 26 April 2024, 7.30pm
£20 regular / £5 students
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/new-hybrids-ruskin-school

You can view details of all upcoming concerts here: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events-schedule

Coming Up:
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/new-hybrids-ruskin-school

Our concert this Saturday will be the final JdP Series Concert of this term! Tickets are still available!

Jazz II: Gwilym Simcock & the OU Jazz Orchestra

Saturday, 2 March 2024
£25 regular / £10 concession
Gwilym Simcock (piano) and the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra play the music of Gwilym Simcock

Gwilym is well-known not only for his own music but for his early collaborations with Pat Metheny, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler. His dazzling works combine improvisation with through-composed writing to create an exciting fusion of jazz and contemporary classical musical ideas.

Two Performance: 6.30pm & 8.30pm

Tickets: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/jazz-ii-gwilym-simcock-the-ou-jazz-orchestra

We still have two exciting concerts remaining this term!

Under Construction (Still)
Tuesday, 27 February 2024 - 7:00pm

£5 - tickets available on the door

This is a unique opportunity to sample the work of Oxford student composers working in a number of different contemporary classical and experimental electronic genres. Tonight’s recital juxtaposes electronic music with live solo performances.

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/under-construction-still

Jazz II: Gwilym Simcock & the OU Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, 2 March 2024
Two Performance: 6.30pm & 8.30pm

£25 regular / £10 concession

Gwilym Simcock (piano) and the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra play the music of Gwilym Simcock

Gwilym is well-known not only for his own music but for his early collaborations with Pat Metheny, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler. His dazzling works combine improvisation with through-composed writing to create an exciting fusion of jazz and contemporary classical musical ideas.

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/jazz-ii-gwilym-simcock-ou-jazz-orchestra

TONIGHT:

Elena Fischer-Dieskau (piano), 7.30pm
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/elena-fischer-dieskau

pre-concert talk by Bethan Winter, 6.45pm
https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/people/miss-bethan-winter/

Tickets will be available on the door from 6.15pm

Mel Bonis: Women of Legend (7 pieces)
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Robert Schumann: Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82
Robert Schumann: Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Fischer-Dieskau comes to the JdP for a debut programme that couples substantial pieces by two leading nineteenth-century women composers, Mel Bonis and Clara Schumann, with two contrasting pieces by Clara’s husband, Robert. The music of the French composer Mel Bonis (1858-1937) is a key recent rediscovery. Her choice of seven legendary female figures for her piano pieces suggest an interest both in tragedy (Phoebé, Mélisande, Desdémona, Ophélie) and in tales of seduction (Viviane, Omphale and Salomé).

TOMORROW!

We are very excited for ELENA FISCHER-DIESKAU to play at the JdP tomorrow!

There is still time to book tickets: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/elena-fischer-dieskau

Mel Bonis: Women of Legend (7 pieces)
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Robert Schumann: Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82
Robert Schumann: Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

pre-concert talk at 6.45pm

We have a very exciting selection of concerts coming up at the JdP over the next couple of weeks! Have a look below at the details for each - we hope to see you here!

ELENA FISCHER-DIESKAU
Friday, 23 February 2024 - 7:30pm
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/elena-fischer-dieskau

Under Construction (Still)
Tuesday, 27 February 2024 - 7:00pm
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/under-construction-still

Jazz II: Gwilym Simcock & the OU Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, 2 March 2024 - 6:30pm & 8.30pm (two performances)
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/jazz-ii-gwilym-simcock-ou-jazz-orchestra

ELENA FISCHER-DIESKAU
Friday, 23 February 2024 - 7:30pm
£28 stalls / £35 gallery / £5 students
Mel Bonis: Women of Legend (7 pieces)
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Robert Schumann: Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82
Robert Schumann: Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Fischer-Dieskau comes to the JdP for a debut programme that couples substantial pieces by two leading nineteenth-century women composers, Mel Bonis and Clara Schumann, with two contrasting pieces by Clara’s husband, Robert. The music of the French composer Mel Bonis (1858-1937) is a key recent rediscovery. Her choice of seven legendary female figures for her piano pieces suggest an interest both in tragedy (Phoebé, Mélisande, Desdémona, Ophélie) and in tales of seduction (Viviane, Omphale and Salomé).

pre-concert talk at 6.45pm

There is still time to book tickets for New Music: Elaine Mitchener at the JdP tomorrow!

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/new-music-elaine-mitchener

Friday, 9 February 2024 - 7:30pm
£25 regular / £10 concession / free for Music Faculty members
Ensemble Isis series

b r e a d t h b r e a t h (2018) and Owner's Manual (2019-21) alongside new works by Oxford student composers

Elaine Mitchener describes herself as ‘an experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer whose works encompasses improvisation, contemporary music theatre and performance art’. She is also well-known for a host of creative collaborations with other artists, such as her work with Apartment House and her more recent projects in Berlin as part of her DAAD fellowship. Tonight Elaine will introduce performances of her recent compositions in discussion with Professor Jennifer Walshe.

pre-concert talk, 6pm

Tickets will be available on the door for our concert this evening!

Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series V
Friday, 2 Feb 2024, 7.30pm
£28 stalls / £35 gallery / £5 students
with pre-concert talk by Dr Peter Copley at 18:45

Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series V Haydn: ‘Emperor’ Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994): String Quartet No. 9 (1968) Beethoven: Quartet in C # minor, Op. 131 In tonight’s concert, the Villiers Quartet give a rare performance of the characteristically inventive and multi-faceted ninth quartet of Eliza...

We can't wait for the Villiers Quartet's concert at the JdP tomorrow!

Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series V

Haydn: ‘Emperor’ Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994): String Quartet No. 9 (1968)
Beethoven: Quartet in C # minor, Op. 131

Tickets are still available to book: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/villiers-quartet-late-beethoven-series-v

We can't wait for Villiers Quartet: Late Beethoven Series V

The fantastic Villiers Quartet return to the JdP next week, Friday 2nd February to play:

Beethoven: Quartet in C # minor, Op. 131
Haydn: ‘Emperor’ Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994): String Quartet No. 9 (1968)

Get your tickets here: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/villiers-quartet-late-beethoven-series-v

There are still some very exciting events this weekend as part of the NEW MUSIC WEEKEND

Saturday 13th January
1pm – Jakub Rataj Lecture - https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/lecture-jakub-rataj-new-music-weekend

2pm – Solo Piano: Jonathan Powell - https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/solo-piano-jonathan-powell-new-music-weekend

7.30pm – A Tribute to George Crumb: Maki Sekiya & Neo Quartet - https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/tribute-george-crumb-maki-sekiya-piano-neo-quartet-new-music-weekend

9.15pm – Multimedia: Holly Gowland & Zack di Lello - https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/multimedia-new-music-weekend

Sunday 14th - Russia: Today - https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/exaudi-russia-today-new-music-weekend

Tickets for today will be available on the door and you can still book tickets online for tomorrow!

Our NEW MUSIC WEEKEND is underway!

There are still tickets left for the rest of the events during the weekend - visit our website to book! https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/new-music-weekend

Here's whats still to come this weekend:

Lecture: Jakub Rataj
Saturday 13 January, 1pm

Solo Piano: Jonathan Powell
Saturday 13 January, 2pm

A Tribute to George Crumb: Maki Sekiya (piano) & Neo Quartet
Saturday 13 January, 7.30pm

Multimedia
Saturday 13 January, 9.15pm

Exaudi
Russia: Today
Sunday 14 January, 6pm concert, 8pm panel discussion

This Weekend! Tickets are still available here: https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/new-music-weekend

This Friday 12th January, Jonathan Powell (piano) & the Neo Quartet will kick off our NEW MUSIC WEEKEND with a concert of Piano Quintets!

Jonathan Powell (piano) & Neo Quartet

Dai Fujikura: Aquarius (2020)
Jakub Rataj : H – UK premiere
Iannis Xenakis: Akea for piano and string quartet (1986)
Martyn Harry: SWF Baden-Baden (Powell) – UK premiere

This event will conclude with a post-concert discussion.

Friday, 12 January 2024 - 7:30pm
£20 regular / £5 students / weekend pass

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/new-music-weekend

***UPDATE REGARDING 7PM SHOW 22/12/23***

Please note that the adult only show due to take place at 7pm on the 22nd December has had to be cancelled. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Tickets Oxford will be in touch with anyone who has purchased a ticket. All other shows will be going ahead as planned.

WINNIE & WILBUR - A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE

There's just one show today! 4.30pm - Tickets will be available on the door from 3.45pm!

£10 adult / £8 child

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/winnie-wilbur-christmas-adventure

WINNIE & WILBUR: A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE

Tues 19, 4.30pm - TICKETS AVAILABLE ON DOOR

Wed 20, 4.30pm - TICKETS AVAILABLE

Thurs 21, 11am, 2pm, 4.30pm - TICKETS AVAILABLE

Fri 22, 2pm - SOLD OUT, 7pm (Adults only 18+) - TICKETS AVAILABLE

Sat 23 - SOLD OUT

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/winnie-wilbur-christmas-adventure

WINNIE & WILBUR - A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE

We have had 16 fantastic shows so far! We have two more shows today and tickets will be available on the door before both shows!

Our shows today are at 10am and 4.30pm!

We hope to see you here! For more details and show date list, please visit our website: https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/winnie-wilbur-christmas-adventure

photo: David Fisher

WINNIE & WILBUR - A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE

WEEKEND UPDATE:

Fri 15th 10am - SOLD OUT
Fri 15th 1pm - TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Sat 16th - all shows - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE - SELLING FAST!
Sun 17th - all shows - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE - SELLING FAST!

https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/winnie-wilbur

Photo Credit: David Fisher