Coffee Concerts Spring 2024 Programme
Welcome to the Spring 2024 Season of Coffee Concerts. Scroll down for full details of all the concerts lined up for this winter, or click on the appropriate date below to see what’s happening on that particular day…
Spring Concerts
Mar 17 Mar 24 Apr 7 Apr 14 Apr 21 Apr 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 Jun 2 Jun 9 Jun 23
Every “virtual” Coffee Concert is 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 – Spring 2024
Sunday June 23, 2024 at 11:15
Carducci String Quartet with Craig Ogden (guitar)
- Mendelssohn, Fanny: String Quartet in E flat major
- Beethoven: String Quartet no 11 in F minor, op 95 (“Serioso”)
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday June 16, 2024
Jâms Coleman (piano), Irène Duval (violin), Edgar Francis (viola) and Tim Posner (cello)
- Mozart: Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor, K 478
- Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op 47
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday June 9, 2024
Adderbury Ensemble Piano Trio featuring Viv McLean
- Bridge: Three Idylls
- Dvořák: Piano Quintet no 2 in A major, op 81
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday June 2, 2024
Leonore Piano Trio
- Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op 120
- Ravel Piano Trio op.67
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday May 26
Kleio String Quartet
- Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op 76 no 5, Hob III:79
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 13 in G major, op 106
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday May 19, 2024
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 30 in E major, op 109
- Fauré: Thème et Variations, op 73
- Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, op 13
The Musician
Sunday May 12, 2024
Bidwells Town & Gown 10k
Bidwells Oxford 10k is the oldest run in the series. It started in 1982 inspired by a local boy, Daniel Cleaver, who had muscular dystrophy. His father and local runners set up the event as a fun run to raise funds for muscular dystrophy and still to this day all profits from the events go to Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK).
11:15 Sunday May 5, 2024
Adrian Bradbury (cello), John Bradbury (clarinet) and Andrew West (piano)
- Brahms: Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, op 114
- Glinka: Trio Pathétique for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in D minor
- Bruch: Eight Pieces, op 83 (Selection)
The Musicians
11: 15 Sunday April 28, 2024
Daniel Lebhardt (piano)
- Mozart: Fantasia no 4 in C minor, K 475
- Schubert: Piano Sonata no 21 in B flat major, D960
The Musician
11:15 Sunday April 21, 2024
Barbican Quartet
- Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op 20, no 4, Hob III:34
- Ravel: String Quartet in F major
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday April 14, 2024
Mithras Piano Trio
- Tailleferre: Piano Trio
- Boulanger: D’un soir triste
- Boulanger: D’un matin du printemps
- Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op 120
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday April 7, 2024
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (violin) and Joseph Havlat (piano)
- Szymanowski: Myths, op 30
- Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119
- Szymanowsky: Wsyła burzycka, op 58 no 2 (arr Joseph Havlat)
- Szymanowsky: A pod borem siwe kunie , op 58 no 5 (arr Joseph Havlat)
- Szymanowsky: Bzicem kunia, op 58 no 6 (arr Joseph Havlat)
- Schubert: Rondo Brilliant in B minor, D 895
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday March 24, 2023
Sacconi String Quartet
- Mozart: String Quartet no 22 in B flat major, K 589
- Britten: String Quartet no 3 in G major, op 94
The Musicians
11:15 Sunday March 17, 2024
Petr Limonov
- Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no 8 in B flat major, op 84
- Gibbons: Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard
- Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales