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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

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

08 November
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

11 November to 13 November
A journey through three Listening Circles and The North American Indigenous Songbook

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

12 November
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)

12 November

Solo violin masterclass with Rémy Ballot

13 November
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

13 November
Rilke’s Poetry