Voice Box Choir

CONCERT IN AID OF FREEDOM FROM TORTURE

St Barnabas Church, Jericho n Saturday, 7.30pm

Tickets: 01865 510036 or voiceboxchoir.co.uk

An eclectic mix of classical, swing, close harmony and political songs by this Witney-based choir, with proceeds going to Freedom from Torture. With musical director Lesley Morris.

 

The Cotswold Piano Trio

MUSIC OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION

St Denys Church, Stanford in the Vale

Saturday, 7.30pm

Tickets: 01367 718420 Piano trios that capture a sense of ‘other-worldliness’, including Beethoven’s Ghost Trio and excerpts from Grieg’s Peer Gynt. Liz Hayes (piano), Beth Reed (violin) and Coral Lancaster (cello).

 

The Oxford Sinfonia

CONCERT

St Mary’s Church, Oxford

Saturday, 8pm

Tickets: 01865 305305 Favourites, including Schubert’s exuberant Symphony No.5, Mendelssohn’s joyful Symphony No.4, ‘The Italian’, and Mozart’s masterful Piano Concerto in C Minor. With soloist/conductor Ian Brown.

Brodsky Quartet

40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

Holywell Music Room

Sunday, 3pm

Tickets: 01865 305305 or www.ticketsoxford.com

The Brodsky Quartet celebrates its anniversary with this unique ‘Wheel of Fortune’ concert, at which the programme is selected from 40 of the quartet’s favourite works at the spin of a wheel. A fun, informal concert that brings the current Oxford Chamber Music Society season to an upbeat finale.

Sachsenmeier/Firsova

VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL

Jacqueline du Pre Building

Sunday, 7.45pm

Tickets: 01865 305305 or ticketsoxford.com

There is a strong Spanish flavour in this recital by exciting young duo Natasha Sachsenmeier (violin) and Alissa Firsova (piano), including Poulenc’s Violin Sonata, Szymanowki’s Notturno e Tarantella and Sarasate’s Introduction and Tarantella, as well as Bartok’s folk-inspired Rhapsody No.1 and Prokofiev’s lyrical Violin sonata No.2 in D. Opportunity to see two rising young stars in action.