25/11/2025
We have two very exciting concerts happening this week!
TODAY:
EARLY MUSIC 12: SIRINU
A SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS: MUSIC FROM THE PIAE CANTIONES 1582
25 November 2025 / 4:30pm & 7pm
£20 - Tickets will be available on the door!
The Piae Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum is the classic songbook of the Baltic countries, providing music for generations of young scholars travelling between their universities, and their homelands. All the tunes have a timeless quality born of constant use over centuries.
Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW
FRIDAY:
STEVEN ISSERLIS (cello) & CONNIE SHIH (piano)
30TH ANNIVERSARY CELLO SERIES FINALE
28 November 2025 / 7:30pm
£48 gallery / £40 stalls /£7 students
Stiasthy: Theme and Variations (c. 1820)
Moscheles: Sonata, op. 121 (1850-51)
Dvořák (arr. S. Isserlis): 4 Romantic Pieces, op. 75 (1887)
Suk: Ballade and Serenade op. 3 (1890-98)
Janáček: Pohadka (1910-23)
Martinů: Sonata No. 1 (1939)
The JdP is delighted to be able to welcome back one of the world’s leading cellists, Steven Isserlis, for the final concert of the series focussing on the instrument associated with Jacqueline du Pré. Over the past fifteen months this sequence of concerts has focussed on all aspects of the cello repertoire – ranging from works for cello and harpsichord to more recent chamber groupings such as violin and cello, clarinet trio and the two-cello string quintet. This concert, which focusses on works by cello composers, also inaugurates a new instrumental recital series associated with the work of the outstanding pianist, Connie Shih, starting with work for violin and piano next year.
book here: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/steven-isserlis-cello-connie-shih-piano-2
