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Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:45 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+01:00

New Worlds: Loops and Lullabies

  • Holywell Music Room · Oxford
  • From GBP 10.00
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New Worlds: Loops and Lullabies
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Glass, Adams and Gershwin meet Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Golijov: hypnotic loops and songs of home from a new world.
About this Event

Now in its 26th year, the Oxford Chamber Music Festival returns with New Worlds. This concert follows American music through its restless inventions and its quietest moments — minimalist pulse and lullaby, Broadway and tango, the concert hall and the film score.

  • Sergei RachmaninovThe Star-Spangled Banner
  • Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 3 from'Mishima' VI Closing
  • Osvaldo GolijovLullaby and Doina
  • George GershwinPorgy and Bess Suite
  • John AdamsShaker Loops for String Septet
  • Antonín Dvořák — Sonatina, Op. 100
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos — Preludes Nos. 3 and 4 for Guitar
  • Astor PiazzollaHistoire du Tango for Violin and Guitar
  • Franz Waxman / Georges BizetCarmen Fantasy, arr. for 4 Violins and Double Bass

This event takes place in Europe's oldest purpose-built concert hall, giving the audience the opportunity to watch world-class players, unusually close up.

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Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Tickets GBP 10.00 to GBP 30.00
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