Sun 20 Sep
11:15
Oxford Coffee Concert — Cummings & Brown
Laurence Cummings and flautist Rachel Brown play Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Gluck this Sunday at the Holywell Music Room.
Upcoming concerts and sung services from 20 September 2026. Titles link to the source listing.
Updated: 20 September 2026
Mon 21 Sep
19:45
Meta4: Dark Land, Bright Land
Finnish quartet Meta4 open the Chamber Music Festival with Crumb, Golijov, Amy Beach and Dvořák at Sohmen Concert Hall.
Tue 22 Sep
19:45
Homelands — Imogen Cooper & Roderick Williams
Dame Imogen Cooper and Roderick Williams join festival artists for Mozart, Reich and Barber at Sohmen Concert Hall.
Thu 24 Sep
19:00
Puccini: Tosca — Oxford International Opera
Fully staged Puccini Tosca: Sir Bryn Terfel as Scarpia with the Oxford Philharmonic at the New Theatre. Repeated 26 September.
Fri 25 Sep
19:00
The Lark Ascending — English Chamber Orchestra
The English Chamber Orchestra and Harriet Mackenzie play Vaughan Williams’s Lark Ascending, Vivaldi and Elgar at the University Church.
Sat 26 Sep
19:30
Oxford Sinfonia — Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Schumann
Oxford Sinfonia under Dexter Drown: Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations and Schumann at the University Church.
Sat 26 Sep
19:45
Blue Hour: Night Music from the Americas
Festival close: Barber, Florence Price, Ravel and Piazzolla night music of the Americas at Sohmen Concert Hall.
Sun 27 Sep
11:15
Oxford Coffee Concert — Djikoloum & Coleman
Oboist Armand Djikoloum and pianist Jâms Coleman play Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger and Haas at the Holywell Music Room.
Tue 29 Sep
20:00
Andrew Chamblin Memorial Concert — David Halls
Free organ recital by David Halls at Christ Church Cathedral: Bach, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Whitlock, Dubois and Boëllmann.
Sun 4 Oct
11:15
Oxford Coffee Concert — Urioste & Poster
Elena Urioste and Tom Poster play Pejačević, Dvořák and Brahms’s Third Violin Sonata at the Holywell Music Room.
Wed 7 Oct
19:30
English Melodies — Oxford Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins opens the Oxford Philharmonic season with Vaughan Williams’s Lark Ascending and English works at the Sheldonian Theatre.
Fri 9 Oct
Evensong 18:15
New College Chapel — first Evensong of term
New College Chapel resumes term-time Choral Evensong. The Michaelmas music list is still forthcoming; visitors are welcome.
Fri 9 Oct
19:45
Dame Sarah Connolly — Oxford Song opening night
Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton open Oxford Song with Mendelssohn, Brahms, Debussy and Errollyn Wallen at Sohmen Concert Hall.
Sat 10 Oct
19:30
Verdi Requiem — Oxford Town Hall
East Oxford Community Choir and Oxford Sinfonia perform Verdi’s Requiem at Oxford Town Hall, joined by singers from Bonn and Dublin.
Sun 11 Oct
19:30
Mahler Symphony No. 4 — Oxford Concert Orchestra
Oxford Concert Orchestra perform Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, Dvořák’s Othello and an arrangement of Both Sides Now at the Sheldonian Theatre.
Fri 16 Oct
19:30
Hugo Wolf: The Italian Songbook
Imogen Cooper’s farewell-season Hugo Wolf Italian Songbook with Katharina Ruckgaber and Johannes Kammler at the Holywell Music Room.
Fri 16 Oct
20:00
Eric Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour
Eric Whitacre conducts Eternity in an Hour with Somerville College Choir and cellist Laura van der Heijden at Olivier Hall.
Sun 18 Oct
11:15
Oxford Coffee Concert — Opus13 Quartet
Opus13 Quartet play Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 3 and Grieg’s G minor Quartet at the Holywell Music Room.
Wed 21 Oct
19:45
Songs of Travel — Konstantin Krimmel
Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz sing Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel with Schumann and Brahms at the Holywell Music Room.
Thu 22 Oct
19:00
Thomas Adès conducts — Oxford Philharmonic
Thomas Adès conducts his own Dawn, Elgar’s First Symphony and Kurtág with the Oxford Philharmonic at the Sheldonian Theatre.