Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Villiers Quartet: Composition Workshop II
Free entry, no registration required.
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Presented by the Faculty of Music and JdP Music Building in association with The Cultural Programme, University of Oxford, where the Villiers Quartet are part of the Hans Keller String Quartet Programme. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.
The Villiers Quartet workshops and performs four new works written by students at the Faculty of Music.
There will be a public workshop from 2pm-3.45pm, offering a rare opportunity to witness the process of developing new quartet repertoire. This will be followed by a complete performance of all four works from 4.15pm-5.15pm.
Contrapunctus: Charles & Isabel - The Royal Wedding of 1526
Oxford’s renowned early-music consort Contrapunctus recreates the musical world surrounding one of the great royal marriages of the Renaissance: the wedding of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and Isabella of Portugal in Seville in 1526.
Abolition Song and its Legacies
This is the final event of a two‑year research project, bringing together music, scholarship and contemporary reflection. Alongside performances, the hour‑long programme features contributions from the project’s researchers, offering insight into the historical and musical contexts behind the work.