Jack Gibbons, piano
CHOPIN & ALKAN: PIANO LEGENDS
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Tonight, 8pm
Tickets: 01865 305305 or visit ticketsoxford.com
Following last week’s Alkan Bicentenary Tribute, Jack Gibbons turns the spotlight again on Alkan and his more famous contemporary, Chopin. The programme includes Chopin’s Ballade No.3, Polonaise Op.53 and a selection of mazurkas, nocturnes and preludes, and Alkan’s Marche funèbre & Marche triomphale, Saltarelle Op.23, Nocturne Op.22 and various preludes. Gibbons will also explore the relationship between the two composers, who were next-door neighbours in Paris and frequently attended each other’s concerts.
Adderbury Ensemble
RAWSTHORNE TRUST CONCERT
Holywell Music Room n Sunday, 11.15am
Tickets: 01865 305305 or visit ticketsoxford.com
Violinist David Lepage directs the latest in the Oxford Coffee Concert series in aid of The Rawsthorne Trust, which promotes knowledge and appreciation of the music of Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) and offers financial assistance for concerts, recordings and education and research projects relating to Rawsthorne’s work.
Piano requests
FAREWELL PIANO PARTY
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Sunday, 8pm
Tickets: 01865 305305 or visit ticketsoxford.com
The traditional finish to Jack Gibbons’ summer piano series, featuring the UK premiere of two of his own works alongside music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Alkan, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin. He will also be taking audience requests, so make sure you go armed with a list of your favourites.
Dorchester Abbey Festival
DEREK PARAVICINI PLAYS CLASSIC JAZZ
Dorchester Abbey
Wednesday, 7.30pm
Tickets: 0845 680 1926 or visit osj.org.uk
Gifted autistic pianist Derek Paravicini leads the Music in the Abbey Jazz Quartet in this opening concert of the annual Dorchester Abbey Festival, organised by the Orchestra of St John’s. Expect an exciting performance from the quartet described by OSJ founder John Lubbock as “absolutely extraordinary”. With violinist Ben Holder, drummer Ollie Howell and singer Hannah Davey.
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