Jacqueline du Pre Music Building

25/10/2024

We have two exciting events happening next week, one early music and one new music!

Tickets are still available online for both.

Click on the events below for more information and to book tickets!

Intesa Viols & Voice: Caccini, Strozzi, Monteverdi, Handel, Armenian Folk music

Tansy Davies: Grind Show; Small Black Stone; Soul Canoe

22/10/2024

Coming Up:

Event: Intesa Viols & Voice: Caccini, Strozzi, Monteverdi, Handel, Armenian Folk music

Tickets: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/intesa-viols-voice-caccini-strozzi-monteverdi-handel-armenian-folk-music

You can view our full 2024-25 season brochure here:https://st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/jdp-brochure-24-25-share-quality.pdf

22/10/2024

15/10/2024

TONIGHT!

Sergio Bucheli (lute & archlute): Dowland, Kapsberger and Gaultier

Tickets will be available on the door for both concerts!

14/10/2024

It’s our first early music concert of the season tomorrow!

Sergio Bucheli (lute & archlute): Dowland, Kapsberger and Gaultier

Tickets are still available!

Following the success of our two concerts last year, we are introducing a series of ten concerts at our new venue, St Giles' Chapel, which is based at 38 St Giles’. For our first event, we are delighted to invite one of the UK’s most promising period practice players, Sergio Bucheli, principal lutenist of The English Concert. In this solo recital, which will be played twice at 4.30pm and 7.00pm, Sergio will perform Dowland, Gautier and Kapsberger on a 11-course French lute and an 14-course Archlute. Given the quiet calm and special acoustic of the chapel, this promises to be a very special concert indeed.

VENUE: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW

11/10/2024

Coming Up:

Tickets: https://st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/sergio-bucheli-lute-archlute-dowland-kapsberger-and-gaultier

You can view our full 2024-25 season brochure here:https://st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/jdp-brochure-24-25-share-quality.pdf

11/10/2024

TONIGHT!

Villiers Quartet with Ollie Simpson (cello)

Tickets will be available on the door from 5pm!
5.45pm, pre-concert talk by Dr Peter Copley
6.30pm, Villiers Quartet Concert

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/villiers-quartet-with-ollie-simpson-cello

See you there!

08/10/2024

The new term is about to start, the students are back and we have an exciting month of concerts ahead!

We are very excited to welcome back the Villiers Quartet for Villiers Quartet with Ollie Simpson (cello) on 11th October, 6.30pm!

We then have two early music concerts happening at the St Hilda's Chapel on St Giles:

Sergio Bucheli (lute & archlute): Dowland, Kapsberger and Gaultier on 15th October, 4.30pm & 7pm

then

Intesa Viols & Voice: Caccini, Strozzi, Monteverdi, Handel, Armenian Folk music on 29th October, 4.30pm and 7pm

Click the event links for each concert for more information, or visit our website: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events-schedule

Book your tickets now to avoid missing out!

25/09/2024

Coming Up:
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/villiers-quartet-with-ollie-simpson-cello

25/09/2024

Florian Berner and Robert Quinney kicked off our 24-25 season in style this past Sunday!

We have a whole range of exciting events to bring you this season, some are highlighted below but remember you can also view and download our entire season brochure here:https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/jdp-brochure-24-25-share-quality.pdf

Here are the details of our next two JdP Series Concerts, tickets are available to book now!

Villiers Quartet with Ollie Simpson (cello)
11 October 2024 / 6:30pm
Florence Anna Maunders: Not Getting Out (2021)
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C major, D.956 (with Ollie Simpson)
5.45pm pre-concert talk by Dr Peter Copley
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/villiers-quartet-with-ollie-simpson-cello

Sergio Bucheli (lute & archlute): Dowland, Kapsberger and Gaultier
15 October 2024
Two performances of the same programme: 4.30pm & 7pm
VENUE: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/sergio-bucheli-lute-archlute-dowland-kapsberger-and-gaultier

If you are also interested in our Family & Education events, please like and follow our JdP Cushion Concerts where we post details of those events!

13/09/2024

Coming up in September!

Florian Berner (cello) & Robert Quinney (harpsichord)
Cello Series I: Baroque Instrumental Works

22 September 2024 / 2pm
£35 gallery / £28 stalls / £7 students

Vivaldi: Sonata for Cello and Harpsichord in B flat, RV 46
Bach: Partita for Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 828
Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (Prelude, Sarabande & Gigue)
Bach: Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028

Our survey of cello music that leads up to the 30th anniversary of the JdP begins with this special programme of Baroque instrumental music, given by Robert Quinney and Florian Berner, whose recent CD of the Bach Solo Cello Suites has been compared to Casals and Tortelier.

Please note that this concert is part of the St Hilda's College 2024 Gaudy and so tickets will be limited

Following the concert there will be an opportunity to observe a student Masterclass.

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/florian-berner-cello-robert-quinney-harpsichord

19/07/2024

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

12/07/2024

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

04/07/2024

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

07/06/2024

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.

30/05/2024

Next week we're mixing the new and the old with new music from Red Lipstick III and Early Music II: Angell’s Musick in Mortall’s dresse. See the full listings here: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events-schedule

09/05/2024

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

01/05/2024

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:

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...

22/04/2024

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

19/04/2024

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

17/04/2024

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

29/02/2024

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

26/02/2024

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

23/02/2024

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).

22/02/2024

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