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Brownlee and Hildyard Prize Showcase Concert

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

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01 May 2026 13:15
Recital Hall, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Free admission with retiring donations gratefully received - no registration required.

Seats will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Limited capacity.

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This special showcase concert celebrates the winners of the Brownlee and Hildyard Instrument Prizes.

Our students will be performing on a selection of fine string instruments generously gifted and loaned to the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments by the Brownlee and Hildyard families.

These instruments, awarded following a successful audition, provide students with the opportunity to develop their skills and bring these remarkable instruments to life. 

Programme

Gabriel Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Kaija Saariaho Nocturne

Samuel Cole, violin
tbc, piano

 

Johannes Brahms Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata 
Maurice Ravel Tzigane 

Jaidon Elliott, violin
Ilya Chetverikov, piano

 

Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45
      i. Allegro molto ed appassionato

Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, M.77
      ii. Blues

Johnny Blake, violin
Ilya Chetverikov, piano

Oxford Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak, Martines and Owen

24 October
Oxford Chamber Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey are joined by pianist Idith Korman to showcase Marianna Martines' Piano Concerto in G alongside Morfydd Owen's atmospheric Nocturne and Dvorak's great Symphony No. 7.

Alex Ho Trio: Standards & Monk

25 October
A jazz concert with the Alex Ho Trio.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

29 October
From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea

OSJ Ensemble Launch Concert

29 October
Jan Schmolck, violin, and Howard Moody, harpsichord and piano

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

30 October
Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.

Strings masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones

02 November
An afternoon masterclass with Matthew Jones, Professor of Viola and Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, exploring repertoire, technique and the art of ensemble playing.