Oxford Coffee Concerts — Autumn 2024 Season

Welcome to Oxford Coffee Concerts. Scroll down for full details of all this autumn’s concerts and other events, or click on the appropriate date below to see what’s happening on that particular day…

Sep 22    Sep 29    Oct 6    Oct 13    Oct 20    Oct 27    Nov 3    Nov 10    Nov 17    Nov 24    Dec 1    Dec 8    Dec 15    Dec 22

“Virtual” Coffee Concerts are still available to enjoy on our YouTube channel…

If you haven’t yet managed to catch all the superb performances we recorded at the height of the pandemic, never fear! They’re all still available at the YouTube link above (red icon). The costs involved in producing those concerts included venue hire during recording, musicians’ fees, video production and editing, and communications expenses. If you have enjoyed any of them, please consider making a donation to help us recover those costs. You can use the “Donate” button below to send us funds via Paypal or your credit/debit card. Alternatively, you can (if you prefer) use the email form on the Contact Us page of this website to request details of how to donate directly by cheque or Faster Payment.

Coffee Concerts — Autumn 2024

Sunday Sept 22, 2024 at 11:15

Alice Neary (cello) and Viv McLean (piano)

  • Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L 135
  • Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, op 65
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonata no 2 G minor, op 5 no 2

The Musicians

Alice Neary
Viv McLean

Sunday Sept 29, 2024 at 11:15

Atenea Quartet

  • Haydn: String Quartet no 66 in G major, op 77 no 1, Hob III:81
  • Bartók: String Quartet no 3, BB 93, Sz 85

The Musicians

Atenea Quartet

Sunday October 6, 2024 at 11:15

Mithras Piano Trio

  • Schubert: Piano Trio no 1 in B flat major, D 898
  • Enescu: Piano Trio in A minor

The Musicians

Mithras Piano Trio

Sunday October 13, 2024

No Coffee Concert — Oxford Half Marathon

Sunday October 20, 2024

No Coffee Concert

Sunday October 27, 2024 at 11:15

Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin) and Sophia Rahman (piano)

  • Dvořák: Romance in F minor, op 11
  • Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Sonata in D minor, op 28
  • Shaw: Broad and Free

The Musicians

Benjamin Marquise Gilmore
Sophia Rahman

Sunday November 3, 2024 at 11:15

Trio Concept

  • Haydn: Piano Trio no 43 in C major, Hob XV:27
  • Filidei: Corde Vuote
  • Schumann: Piano Trio no 1 in D minor, op 63

The Musicians

Trio Concept

Sunday November 10, 2024 at 11:15

Adderbury Ensemble led by Bradley Creswick with Tim Horton (piano)

  • Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, 0p 114, D 667 (“The Trout”)
  • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

The Musicians

Tim Horton
Adderbury Ensemble

Sunday November 17, 2024 at 11:15

Carducci String Quartet with Lara Melda (piano)

  • Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, op 10
  • Chopin Piano Concerto no 2 in F minor, op 21

The Musicians

Carducci Quartet
Lara Melda

Sunday November 24, 2024 at 11:15

Adderbury Ensemble

  • Mendelssohn: String Quartet no 1 in E flat major, op 12
  • Haydn: String Quartet no 67 in F major, op 77 no 2, Hob III:82

The Musician

Adderbury Ensemble

Sunday December 1, 2024 at 11:15

Ignas Maknickas

  • Schubert: Piano Sonata no 13 in A Major, op 120, D 664
  • Vine: Five Bagatelles
  • Bortkiewicz: Seven Preludes, op 40
  • Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, op 61

The Musician

Ignas Maknickas

Sunday December 8, 2024 at 11:15

Kleio Quartet

  • Schubert: Quartettsatz, D 703
  • Dvořák: String Quartet no 13 in G major, op 106

The Musicians

Kleio Quartet

Sunday December 15, 2024 at 11:15

Daniel Lebhardt (piano)

  • Liszt: Légende no 1, S 175/1 (“St François d’Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux”)
  • Liszt: Sunt Lacrymae Rerum, S 163/5
  • Schumann, Robert: Gesänge der Frühe (Songs of the Morning), op 133
  • Schumann, Clara: Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann (Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann), op 20
  • Schumann, Robert: Theme and Variations in E flat major, WoO 24 (“Geistervariationen/Ghost Variations”)
  • Liszt: La Cloche Sonne, S 238
  • Liszt: Légende no 2, S 175/2 (“St François de Paule marchant sur les flots”)

The Musician

Daniel Lebhardt

Sunday December 22, 2024 at 11:15

Viv McLean with the Adderbury Ensemble

  • Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
  • TBA

The Musicians

Viv McLean
Adderbury Ensemble