Castalian String Quartet

Coleridge-Taylor, Antonioni, Beethoven

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£20 (buy two concerts for £30)

£10 for students and under 25 (buy two concerts for £15) 

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Hans Keller String Quartet in Residence at University of Oxford

Presented by The Cultural Programme in association with the Faculty of Music

We are delighted to be working with Oxford University Cultural Programme to bring the Castalian String Quartet's incredible performances to you through a series of chamber concerts and pre-concert talks with members of the quartet and Oxford University academics.

Formed in 2011, the Castalian String Quartet is taking the international chamber music scene by storm. They are the first Hans Keller String Quartet in Residence at the University of Oxford, thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust

Sini Simonen (violin) / Daniel Roberts (violin) / Natalie Loughran (viola) / Steffan Morris (cello)

Coleridge-Taylor - 5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5
Francesco Antonioni - String Quartet No. 2 'Surfarara'
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127

Presented by The Cultural Programme in association with the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, where the Castalian String Quartet are The Hans Keller String Quartet in Residence. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.

PRE-CONCERT TALK WITH PROFESSOR LAURA TUNBRIDGE
A string quartet concert was likened by Goethe to hearing 'four intelligent people conversing among themselves'. But is conversation still a useful model for how string quartets communicate in the twenty-first century? Laura Tunbridge investigates these and related questions about quartet interaction with live examples by student musicians.

Rémy Ballot and OUO Solo Players - Bruckner: String Quintet, Mathilde Kralik: Nonet

Following their successful chamber ensemble programme of Mozart and Strauss last January, violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot is joined by a chamber ensemble drawn from members of OUO to give a concert that presents Bruckner’s resplendent String Quintet alongside the work of his student, Mathilde Kralik. Kralik’s Nonet is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, bassoon, two horns, string quartet and piano.

Music, Indigeneity and the Right to Listen

A journey through three Listening Circles and The North American Indigenous Songbook

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

Solo violin masterclass with Rémy Ballot

The Oxford University Orchestra is delighted to welcome distinguished violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot for a solo violin masterclass in Balliol College Chapel.

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

Rilke’s Poetry