The Adderbury Ensemble brings together some of the UK’s top musicians to perform the world’s finest chamber music…
We’re back for LIVE! concerts in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire…
We’re excited to announce the return of live Adderbury Ensemble oncerts after an absence of some 18 months. You can view full details of all the live concerts we’ve lined up for our autumn 2021 season here…
…and our eight “virtual” concerts are still available online!
All the performances we have recorded since August 2020 during the Covid lockdowns are stiil available on the Oxford Coffee Concerts and Music in Adderbury YouTube channels. If you haven’t caught them yet, you can find links to them here. The costs involved in our virtual concerts project included venue hire during recording, musicians’ fees, video production and editing, and communications expenses. If you would like to make a donation to help us recover some of those costs, please use the email form on the Contact Us page of this website to get in touch.
LIVE! concerts…
October 2021
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet
19:30, Friday October 1, 2021 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Haydn: String Quartet no 53 in D Major, op 64 (“The Lark”)
- Ravel: String Quartet in F major
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 12 in F major, op 96 (“American”)
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet
19:30, Saturday October 9, 2021 at St James’s Church, Newbottle
- Haydn: String Quartet no 53 in D Major,op 64 (“The Lark”)
- Ravel: String Quartet in F major
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 12 in F major, op 96 (“American”)
Part of OctoberFest Newbottle. Click here for more details.
Adderbury Ensemble with Simon Watterton (piano)
19:30, Sunday October 10, 2021 at Ss Peter and St Paul Church, Deddington
- Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op 120
- Debussy: Arabesque no 1 in E major
- Debussy: Arabesque no 2 in G major
- Beethoven: Piano Trio no 2 in G major, op 1 no 2
November 2021
Adderbury Ensemble with Simon Watterton (piano)
19:30, Sunday November 7, 2021 at St Mary’s Church, Adderbury
- Haydn: String Quartet no 53 in D Major,op 64 (“The Lark”)
- Ravel: String Quartet in F major
- Brahms: String Quartet no 3 in B flat major, op 67
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet
19:30, Saturday November 20, 2021 at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
- Brahms: String Quartet no 3 in B flat major, op 67
- Shostakovich: String Quartet no 4 in D major, op 83
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet
19:30, Saturday November 27, 2021 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Brahms: String Quartet no 3 in B flat major, op 67
- Shostakovich: String Quartet no 4 in D major, op 83
December 2021
Adderbury Ensemble with Milton Keynes Chorale, Milton Keynes Youth Choir and a quartet of soloists from the Royal Academy of Music
17:00, Sunday December 5, 2021 at The Venue MK
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Adderbury Ensemble with Catrin Finch (harp)
11:15, Sunday December 12, 2021 at Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet, H 67
- Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, op 124
- Fauré: Impromptu for Harp in D flat major, op 86
- Debussy: Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
Adderbury Ensemble
19:30, Sunday December 12, 2021 at St Mary’s Church, Adderbury
- Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, op 6 no 8 (Christmas Concerto)
- Pachelbel: Canon in D major
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Adderbury Ensemble with Viv McLean (piano)
19:30, Friday December 17, 2021 at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
- Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op 120
- Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no 1 in D minor, op 49
Adderbury Ensemble
19:30, Saturday December 18, 2021 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, op 6 no 8 (Christmas Concerto)
- Pachelbel: Canon in D major
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Adderbrury Ensemble with Viv McLean (piano)
11:15, Sunday December 19, 2021 at Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op 44
- Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op 120
LIVE! concert venues and ticket prices…
Adderbury
Church of St Mary the Virgin (Map)
Mill Lane
Adderbury
Banbury
OX17 3LP
Tickets for all concerts
- £18.00 adults.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
No seats reservations but tickets are available at the door or can be obtained in advance for Music in Adderbury concerts by phone from Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 or online here.
Amersham
Dr Challoners High School For Girls (Map)
Cokes Lane
Little Chalfont
Amersham
HP7 9QB
Buckingham
The Radcliffe Centre (Map)
Church Street
Buckingham
MK18 1EG
Tickets: £16.00 (adults), £5.00 (students) & free for under 16s. Call 07711 606996 for further information and to reserve tickets or pay on the door.
Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton, Town Hall (Map)
The Guildhall
Chipping Norton
OX7 5NJ
Tickets: £16.00 (adults), £5.00 (students) & free for under 16s. Call 07711 606996 for further information and to reserve tickets or pay on the door. (Tickets can also be obtained from Jaffe and Neal Bookshop, Middle Row, Chipping Norton OX7 5NH. Call 01608 641033.)
Deddington
Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Map)
Church Street
Deddington
BANBURY
OX15 0SA
Tickets for all concerts
- £18.00 adults.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
No seats reservations but tickets are available at the door or can be obtained in advance for Music in Adderbury concerts by phone from Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 or online here.
King’s Sutton
The Square
King’s Sutton
Banbury
OX17 3RQ
Tickets for all concerts
- £18.00 adults.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
No seats reservations but tickets are available at the door or can be obtained in advance for Music in Adderbury concerts by phone from Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 or online here.
Milton Keynes, St Michael’s
St Michael’s Church (Map)
Kents Hill
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Admission Free.
Milton Keynes, Venue MK
The Venue MK (Map)
Fyfield Barrow
Walnut Tree
Milton Keynes
MK7 7WH
Admission £15.00.
Newbottle and Charlton
St James’s Church (Map)
Newbottle
Banbury
OX17 3DD
Tickets: £10.00.
Oxford, Holywell
Holywell Music Room (Map)
Holywell Street
Oxford
OX1 3SD
Tickets: £15.00
Call +44 7518 479062 to reserve tickets in advance. (Please note: Tickets reserved by telephone will be held at the door on the day until 11:00 only.)
Oxford, St John the Evangelist
St John the Evangelist (Map)
Iffley Road
Oxford
OX4 1EH
Tickets: £15.00 Adults and £5.00 Students
Perivale
St Mary’s Church (Map)
Perivale Lane
Perivale
Greenford
UB6 8SS
Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand.
Priors Marston
Moravian Chapel (Map)
Keys Lane
Priors Marston
Southam
CV47 7SA
Advance reservations (call 07711 511043 or email martinpye@icloud.com): two tickets for £30.00. Admission at the door: £20.00. Intermission: Wine & nibbles. (Fundraiser for St Leonard’s Church Tower Fund.)
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford upon Avon Town Hall (Map)
1 Sheep Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6EF
Tickets: £16.00 (adults), £5.00 (students) & free for under 16s. Call 07711 606996 for further information and to reserve tickets or pay on the door.
Witney
Witney Methodist Church (Map)
40 High Street
Witney
OX28 6HG
Tickets: £16.00 (adults), £5.00 (students) & free for under 16s. Call 07711 606996 for further information and to reserve tickets or pay on the door.
Virtual concerts on our YouTube channel…
June 27, 2021– Corelli, Handel and Vivaldi
March 7, 2021– Dvořák and Beethoven
December 6, 2020 – Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
November 1, 2020 – Schubert Trout Quintet
April 4, 2021– Brahms and Beethoven
January 10, 2021 – Schubert and Purcell
November 15, 2020 – Vaughan Williams and Mozart
August 16, 2020 – Beethoven and Dvořák
CDs
Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Grainger
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major
Elgar: Serenade in E minor
Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry / Molly on the Shore
Chamber Music by Veale & Crawford
Veale: String Quartet, Tryptich for Recorder & String Quartet, etc
Crawford: Elegaic Quintet for Recorder & String Quartet, etc
Mozart (Flute, Oboe & Clarinet Works)
Flute Quartet in D, K285, Quartet in F for Oboe & Strings, K370, Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
La Primavera (Spring)
L’estate (Summer)
L’autunno (Autumn)
L’inverno (Winter)
Johann Sebastian Bach Concertos
Concerto for Oboe, Violin & Strings, Concerto for Viola & Strings, Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Violin & Strings, etc
Playing Baroque
Works by Handel, Telemann, Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Albinoni and Corelli
Playing Baroque II – Concertos
Works by Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi, Quantz, Marcello and Sammartini
Music for Seven
Maurice Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen, Camille Saint-Saëns Septet
Our players…
All the Adderbury Ensemble players are among the leading performers in their field. Click on the “Biography” button below each image to find out more about them.
