Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2026 - New Worlds: Loops and Lullabies

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 Rachmaninov — The Star-Spangled Banner
• Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 3 from'Mishima' VI Closing
• Osvaldo Golijov — Lullaby and Doina
• George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess Suite
• John Adams — Shaker Loops for String Septet
• Antonín Dvořák — Sonatina, Op. 100
• Heitor Villa-Lobos — Preludes Nos. 3 and 4 for Guitar
• Astor Piazzolla — Histoire du Tango for Violin and Guitar
• Franz Waxman / Georges Bizet — Carmen 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.