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Experience Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons as you’ve never heard it before. A cornerstone of classical music, this vivid and revolutionary work captures the essence of nature with breathtaking virtuosity and emotional power. Its influence continues to echo through centuries of music-making, and remains one of the most beloved compositions in the classical canon.

This is the sixth concert of the Oxford Chamber Music Society [https://oxfordchambermusic.org]'s 2025-2026 season. Click here [https://oxfordchambermusic.org/ticketsource-2/] for details of the full season. For todaysconcert theQuatuor Modiglianimake a return visit to Oxford following their sell-out concert at the Sheldonian in 2023. Founded in 2003, they are recognised as one of todays most sought-after quartets, featuring regularly in prominent international series and on the worlds most prestigious stages. In addition to annual tours in the United States and in Asia, their numerous European tours have brought them to the Wigmore Hall, Paris Philharmonie, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Saint-Petersburg Philharmonia and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. They have established a remarkable reputation for the quality of their musicianship in performance, gaining many plaudits. A review in Sddeutsche Zeitung places them as One of todays best quartets in the world...Balance, transparency, symphonic comprehension, confident style, their performance reached a very high and inspiring level . The quartet has also released 15 recordings, many of which have received international critical acclaim. But, at the heart of the quartets activities is their encouragement of younger performers through masterclasses and workshops, and their exploration of contemporary music. For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gyrgy Kurtg, the quartet will play his vivid 12 Microludes, complete works in miniature, exploring a variety of individual and ensemble techniques. These pieces reward concentration to experience the richness of sounds. The last quartet that Haydn completed, the Op.77 No.2, illustrates his mastery of the form in its effortless lyricism and verve. The concert concludes with the intense and dramatic Brahms Op.51 No.1 quartet. This will be an afternoon of sparkling chamber music, much to be anticipated. (Please Note: This is one of our occasional premium concerts for which the price of an individual ticket is 30.) Amaury Coeytaux (violin), Loc Rio (violin), Laurent Marfaing (viola), Franois Kieffer (cello) Through the support of generous sponsors, the Modigliani Quartet has the privilege of playing four magnificent Italian instruments. Amaury Coeytaux plays a 1715 violin by Antonio Stradivarius "Prince Lopold" Loc Rio plays a 1780 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Laurent Marfaing plays a 1660 viola by Luigi Mariani, Franois Kieffer plays a 1706 cello by Matteo Goffriller. Photocredit Jrome Bonnet Programme Gyrgy Kurtg - 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op.13, Hommage Andrs Mihly Haydn - String Quartet in F major, Op.77, No.2 ------ interval ------ Brahms - String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51, No.1

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Over the past three years, Priddy has quietly been building a growing following, captivating audiences around the UK with her haunting vocals, rich harmonies, distinctive finger picking guitar style and enchanting songs whose lyrics celebrate her life-long love affair with literature and poetry. She has been championed by BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music and her debut EP 'Wolf' was chosen by Richard Thompson as his Best Thing I've Heard All Year in MOJO Magazine in 2018. With the buzz around her building, Priddy is making her mark in 2021 with the release of an eagerly-anticipated debut album on Navigator Records, The Eternal Rocks Beneath, which is set to bring her to even wider notice. The 10 self-penned tracks are delivered with a maturity and depth that belie the fact that this is her first full length release. At times tender, at times carrying a darker edge, the stories she weaves are transporting. Not surprising then that Nick Drake, John Martyn, Tunng and Scott Matthews are amongst her many influences. It has already received an amazing response from radio and press, including a 4 star review from The Observer, which described it as 'an accomplished set of original songs delivered in a breathtaking voice'. Meanwhile, Folk Radio declared it 'A debut of true substance, it's like searching for a simple shelter and stumbling upon a diamond mine'. The album was recorded over a 2-year period at Rebellious Jukebox studios, a little basement studio hidden beneath inner-city Birmingham and presided over by masterful producer Simon Weaver. The ensemble cast of musicians, including a sweeping string section, occasionally cut through by raw electric guitar and drums, as well as Richard March (Pop Will Eat Itself) on double bass and Mikey Kenny on fiddle, enhance Priddy's command of melody and lyricism and provide the perfect backdrop for the feelings of nostalgia and timelessness that underpin the record. Having already racked up some serious air play from the likes of Tom Robinson, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews, Radcliffe & Maconie, Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq and Janice Long, as well as supported the likes of Richard Thompson & The Chieftains and playing well-earned spots at festivals and sell-out headline shows around the country, Priddy is a fast-rising star on the scene. The Eternal Rocks Beneath is poised to cement the place of this determined young woman in the folk world and beyond.

This is the final concert of the Oxford Chamber Music Society [https://oxfordchambermusic.org]'s 2025-2026 season. Founded in 2010, the top-ranking Trio Gaspard is widely praised for its unique and fresh approach to the score. Its members, who hail from Germany, Greece and the UK, are successful soloists and continue to pursue their solo careers, giving recitals and performing concertos. They have performed in major UK and European venues including the Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Essen Philharmonie, and the Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. The Trio has won first prizes and special prizes at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar, the 5th International Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna and the 17th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France. Their recordings of Haydns trios for Chandos have received widespread critical acclaim; The Strad magazine praised Volume 1, writing Its truly a delight, and leaves this listener hungry for more, while Gramophone remarked on their high levels of virtuosity and performative imagination . As well as exploring and championing the traditional piano trio repertoire, Trio Gaspard works regularly with contemporary composers. They have commissioned companion pieces to the Haydn trios one of which, by Finnish composer Olli Mustonen, opens our programme. Mustonen writes about his piece that it pays homage to the astonishing and mysterious modulation chains in Haydn's music, as well as to his boyish and endearing humour, which is so full of sunshine . Following Haydns own delightful trio, which weaves gypsy dance tunes into the classical sonata form, Trio Gaspard will perform a new piece commissioned from the Moldovan composer and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The Carnival atmosphere of Liszts Hungarian Rhapsody follows in which Liszt also sought to capture what he believed were authentic folk melodies often improvised by gypsy ensembles. The concert will conclude with Schuberts second piano trio, Robert Schumann famously described this work as 'spirited, masculine, and dramatic,' noting that it passed through the musical world 'like an angry thunderstorm'. This promises to be an exhilarating conclusion to our season of the finest chamber music. Olli Mustonen - Introduzione e Allegro alla Polacca (2022) Haydn - Piano Trio No.39 in G major Hob XV:25 Gypsy Rondo Patricia Kopatchinskaja - Piano Trio (New Commission) Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.9 in E Carnival in Pest Schubert - Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op.99 D898 Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) Photo credit 2024 : Andrej Grilc

Join us for an evening featuring the famous Antonio Vivaldi cycle 'The Four Seasons' in the unique interpretation of contemporary composer Max Richter, performed by the extraordinary Mystery Ensemble. Max Richter is the composer of music for dozens of feature films and documentaries. The European Film Academy voted him the best film composer in 2008. He changed the music of Antonio Vivaldi in the spirit of minimalism and postmodernism. Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons is one of Richter's most famous works. After its release in 2012, the recording topped the iTunes Classical Music charts in over 20 countries.

Throwing Muses’ lynchpin, Kristin Hersh’s prolific career has seen her heralded queen of the alternative release. Her tenth studio album, Possible Dust Clouds is a highly personalised sociopathic gem delivered as a futuristic rewriting of how music works, a melodious breeze with a tail wind of venomous din.

Join us for an evening featuring the famous Antonio Vivaldi cycle «The Four Seasons» in the unique interpretation of contemporary composer Max Richter, performed by the extraordinary Mystery Ensemble.