The oldest custom-built concert hall in Europe, the Holywell Music Room opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1748. Designed by Thomas Camplin, Vice-Principal of St Edmund Hall.The room continued as a concert venue throughout the eighteenth century and until 1836 from which time it was used for a number of other purposes including auctions and exhibitions. By the 1870s it was being used for weekly rehearsals by the Oxford Philharmonic Society and its future as a musical venue was further secured after 1910 when the Oxford University Musical Union obtained the lease on the building. The Holywell was restored and refitted in 1959-60 and since that time has been the location for many hundreds of recitals and concert series featuring prestigious visiting musicians as well as many local groups and student performers.
Capacity: 200
Facilities: Toilets, Disabled access, No bar
Travel Information:
Walking: 10 mins from town centre
From Banbury, by Car: approx. 45 mins. By Bus: S4 to Oxford City Centre. By Train: approx. 30 mins, Cross Country to Bournemouth, Oxford station then 20 min walk to Holywell Street
Oxford Coffee Concert Series
Oxford Coffee Concert Series
Celebrating women composers and performers.
Mozart | Beethoven | Chopin
Endymion
Reimagining classical forms
Frith Piano Quartet
Oxford Coffee Concert Series
Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2018
Brahms touching tribute to his delicate and sweet-natured godson Felix, who died young, evokes the innocent pleasure of brushing through wet grass on a hot day. It’s a scene which might be part of Sally Beamish’s portrait of the seasons changing around her friends’ house down by a Scottish stream. Berg’s astonishing clarinet pieces pack a whole world into just 63 bars, and Schubert takes us out of this world into an ethereal eternity. Brahms Violin sonata no. 1 in G | Berg Four pieces for clarinet op5 | Sally Beamish Wild Swans | Schubert String quintet in C.
Duration: 2 hours 15mins with interval
Festival Pass: £165
This covers all events excluding Sunday 7th October. Tickets will be allocated into the 2nd price band where applicable. Festival Pass holders also get 15% off on purchase of Sunday Event Tickets.
Please call the Box Office on 01865 305 305 to book this in. (Not available online.)
Multibuy: Get 10% off when you book 4 or more tickets.
If booking for an individual event, this discount will apply automatically online. If you would like to book this over a series of OCMF events, please call the ticket office on 01865 305 305 to book.
Concessions:
Discounts are also available for Full Time Students, Under 18s & Disability. Please check the individual event for details.
OCMF Friends & Patrons may be entitled to additional discounts. Please call 01865 305 305 with your Promo Code for details.
10% Discount when you book 4 or more tickets for this event. (Discount will automatically apply in your basket.)
£165 Rover Ticket is also available to book which gets you access to all 2018 OCMF events excluding Sunday 7th October. Not available online, please call 01865 305 305 to book.
Programme to include: Mahler Piano Quartet movement in A Minor Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Sun 17 Feb
Palestrina, Praetorius, Hassler and Schütz, culminating in J. S. Bach’s great double- choir motet Komm, Jesu, komm Palestrina Co...
Tue 19 Feb
KEBLE COLLEGE CHOIR Directed by Matthew Martin Music by Byrd and Tallis Music by Palestrina, Victoria, and featuring Bach’s motet Lobet den Herrn
Wed 20 Feb