The Adderbury Ensemble brings together some of the UK’s top musicians to perform the world’s finest chamber music…
Autumn 2018 Concerts
We’ll add more dates to the current season as they’re confirmed. Watch this space!
October 2018
Adderbury Ensemble String Quartet
19:30, Thursday October 18 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Mozart: String Quartet no 17 in B flat major, K458 (“Hunt”)
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 12 in F major, op 96 (“American”)
Adderbury Ensemble String Quartet
19:30, Friday October 19 at Moravian Chapel, Priors Marston
- Mozart: String Quartet no 17 in B flat major, K458 (“Hunt”)
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 12 in F major, op 96 (“American”)
Adderbury Ensemble String Quartet
19:30, Saturday October 20 at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
- Mozart: String Quartet no 17 in B flat major, K458 (“Hunt”)
- Dvořák: String Quartet no 12 in F major, op 96 (“American”)
Adderbury Ensemble Chamber Orchestra and Chorale directed by Chris Bucknall
11:15, Sunday October 21 at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050
- Bach: Cantata, BWV 211 (Coffee Cantata)
November 2018
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet with Viv McLean (piano)
19:30, Saturday November 10 at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
- Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421
- Dvorak Piano Quintet op.81 in A
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Adderbury Ensemble Quartet with Viv McLean (piano)
11:15, Sunday November 11 at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Mozart: String Quartet no 15 in D minor, K421/417b
- Dvorák: Piano Quintet no 2 in A major, op 81
Adderbury Ensemble Quintet
19:30, Friday November 23 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Mozart: String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421/417b
- Schubert: String Quintet in C major, op 163, D956
December 2018
Adderbury Ensemble Quartet with Viv McLean (piano)
19:30, Saturday December 1 at the Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
- Rossini: Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major
- Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 (“The Trout”)
Adderbury Ensemble Quintet
19:00, Sunday December 2 at Adderbury Parish Church
- Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
- Mozart: String Quintet no 2 in C minor, K406/516b
- Brahms: String Quintet no 2 in G major, op 111
Adderbury Ensemble Quintet
19:30, Thursday December 6 at Chipping Norton Town Hall
- Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
- Mozart: String Quintet no 2 in C minor, K406/516b
- Brahms: String Quintet no 2 in G major, op 111
Adderbury Ensemble Chamber Orchestra directed by Christopher Bucknall
19:30, Wednesday December 12 at St John the Evangelist, Oxford
Christmas Candlelit Concert featuring:
- Handel:The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)
- Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (selected movements including “Air on the G String”)
- Pachelbel: Canon in D major
- Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, op 6, no 5 (Christmas Concerto)
- Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major, op 6, no 1
- Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in A minor, op 3, no 8, RV 522
- Bach: Cantata, BWV 147 (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Adderbury Ensemble
11:15, Sunday December 16 at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K136/125a
- Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat major, op 20
Adderbury Ensemble
19:00, Sunday December 16 at Adderbury Parish Church
- Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat major, op 20
Concert Venues
Adderbury
Church of St Mary the Virgin (Map)
Mill Lane
Adderbury
Banbury
OX17 3LP
Tickets for Chamber Group Concerts
- £15.00 adults.
- £12.00 Friends of Music in Adderbury (adults) and full-time students up to age 25.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
Tickets for Chamber Orchestra Concerts (nine players or more)
- £18.00 adults
- £15.00 Friends of Music in Adderbury (adults) and full-time students up to age 25.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
Buckingham
The Radcliffe Centre (Map)
Church Street
Buckingham
MK18 1EG
Tickets: £15.00 (£12.00 for mailing list subscribers and £5.00 for students). Available at the door or call 07711 606996 to reserve.
Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton, Town Hall (Map)
The Guildhall
Chipping Norton
OX7 5NJ
Tickets: £15.00 (£12.00 for mailing list subscribers and £5.00 for students). Available at the door or call 07711 606996 to reserve.
Deddington
Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Map)
Church Street
Deddington
BANBURY
OX15 0SA
Tickets for Chamber Group Concerts
- £15.00 adults.
- £12.00 Friends of Music in Adderbury (adults) and full-time students up to age 25.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
Tickets for Chamber Orchestra Concerts (nine players or more)
- £18.00 adults
- £15.00 Friends of Music in Adderbury (adults) and full-time students up to age 25.
- Children under the age of 18 are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. (No admission for children under the age of 5.)
King’s Sutton
St Peter and St Paul Church (Map)
The Square
King’s Sutton
Banbury
OX17 3RQ
Tickets: £15.00 (£12.00 for mailing list subscribers and £5.00 for students). Available at the door or call 07711 606996 to reserve.
Milton Keynes
St Michael’s Church (Map)
Kents Hill
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Admission Free.
Oxford, Holywell
Holywell Music Room (Map)
Holywell Street
Oxford
OX1 3SD
Tickets: £12.00 Adults and £6.00 Children 11-17
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
Admission £25.00. (Fundraiser for St Leonard’s Church Tower Fund and Priors School. Call 07711 511043 to reserve tickets.)
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.
