SMS Recital Series 2013/2014

The lunchtime recitals are Somerville Music Society's flagship series of concerts featuring the best singers and instrumentalists from across the university and the London music colleges. They are a fantastic opportunity to hear outstanding musicians in the beautiful surroundings of Somerville Chapel.


Admission to all lunchtime recitals is free with a retiring collection in aid of Somerville Choir's summer tour to America.


If you are interested in singing/playing a recital at Somerville Chapel or if you want to suggest soloists for future recitals, please contact Stefan Schwarz (SMS Recitals Coordinator). Recordings of some of our recitals are available from this page and the SMS YouTube Channel.

SMS Recitals - Trinity Term 2014

Week 1, Friday 2nd May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Nick Machin (organ and piano)

Works by Debussy, Liszt, Shostakovich, Stanford, Widor and others

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Week 1, Friday 2nd May, 6pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Gala Concert: Show Tunes and Film Music

Emily Winkler (soprano), Ruth Akinradewo (soprano), Alexandra Worrell (soprano), Kate Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), Ian Buchanan (tenor), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Matt Kerr (baritone), David Crown (baritone/conductor), Robert Pecksmith (piano/organ), Stefan Schwarz (baritone/percussion), Douglas Knight (piano), Orly Watson (piano)

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Week 2, Friday 9th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), Douglas Knight (piano)

Songs and arias by Gluck, Mozart, Wolf, Fauré and Elgar

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Week 3, Friday 16th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Brian McAlea (baritone), Emily Bootle (piano)

Songs by Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Finzi, Quilter and Britten

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CANCELLED


Week 5, Thursday 29th May, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Arbellio Quartet

Works by Haydn and Mendelssohn

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Week 5, Friday 30th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Peter Shepherd (organ)

Works by Buxtehude, Schubert, Brahms, Reubke, Elgar and Walton

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Week 6, Friday 6th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Beth McMillan (soprano/flute), Douglas Knight (piano)

Songs by Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Schubert and Lehrer

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Week 6, Friday 6th June, 7:30pm, Somerville Chapel

David Crown (bass-baritone), Peter McMullin (piano)

Schumann: Dichterliebe; Finzi: Let us garlands bring

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Week 7, Thursday 12th June, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Helena Moore (soprano), Orly Watson (piano)

Songs and Arias by Purcell, Boyce, Britten, Delius, Warlock and others

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Week 7, Friday 13th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Orly Watson (piano)

Works by Czerny, Chopin and Schumann

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Week 8, Friday 20th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Robert Pecksmith (piano)

Works by Händel, Schubert and Ireland

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Stephen O'Driscoll, David Bowe, Ellen Border, Christoph Schnedermann, Ruby Riley, Daniel Reeve, David Crown

Past Events

Hilary Term 2014

Week 1, Friday 24th January, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Miyuki Kato (piano)

Works by Bach, Scriabin, Chopin and Beethoven

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Week 2, Friday 31st January, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Luke Faulkner (piano)

Works by Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Chopin

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Week 3, Friday 7th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Jonathan Stamp (organ)

Works by Buxtehude, Frescobaldi, Boëllmann, Sweelinck and Vierne

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Week 4, Friday 14th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Oxford Guitar Ensemble

Works by Vivaldi, Bizet and Poulenc

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Week 6, Wednesday 26th February, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Emily Winkler (soprano), Joanna Perkins (soprano/piano), Ruth Akinradewo (soprano), Alexandra Worrell (soprano), Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), Ian Buchanan (tenor), James Aldred (tenor), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), David Crown (baritone), Robert Pecksmith (organ/piano), Orly Watson (piano), Douglas Knight (piano)

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Week 6, Friday 28th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Simon Grange (bass), Guy Newbury (piano)

Songs by Loewe, Wolf, Zelter and Britten

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Week 7, Friday 7th March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Tom Hammond-Davies (countertenor), Giles Masters (guitar)

Works by John Dowland and Michael Finnissy

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Week 8, Friday 14th March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Olivia Alice Martin (soprano), Samuel Swinnerton (piano)

Songs and Arias by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Fauré and Sullivan

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Michaelmas Term 2013

Week 1, Friday 18th October, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Giulio Potenza (piano)

Works by Janáček, Schumann and Tchaikovsky/Pabst

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Week 2, Friday 25th October, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Vani Rajendran (clarinet), Matt Rattley (bassoon)

Works by Bozza, Beethoven and Poulenc

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Week 3, Friday 1st November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Nicholas Freestone (organ)

Works by Mendelssohn, Britten, Duruflé and others

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Week 4, Friday 8th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Hannah Woolmer (violin), Daniel Roberts (piano)

Violin Sonatas by Brahms and Franck

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Week 5, Friday 15th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Danae Eleni Pallikaropoulos (soprano), Guy Newbury (piano)

Songs by Alban Berg, Emilios Riadis, Guy Newbury and others

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Week 6, Friday 22nd November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Dickson (piano)

Songs by Elgar, Schumann and Vaughan Williams

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Week 7, Wednesday 27th November, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Emily Winkler (soprano), Joanna Perkins (soprano/piano), Ruth Akinradewo (soprano), Alexandra Worrell (soprano), Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), Ian Buchanan (tenor), James Aldred (tenor), Kaan Harwood (piano), Robert Pecksmith (piano/organ), Douglas Knight (piano)

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Week 7, Friday 29th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Christopher Enston (organ)

Works by Bach, Karg-Elert, Morgan, Dunhill and Guilmant

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Week 8, Friday 6th December, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Orly Watson (piano)

Works by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and others

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Trinity Term 2013

Week 1, Friday 26th April, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Aimee Taylor (flute), Lucy Nolan (harp)

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Henk Badings

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Week 2, Friday 3rd May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Daniel Wyman (baritone), Robert Pecksmith (piano)

Songs and Arias by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Debussy Korngold and Vaughan Williams

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Week 3, Thursday 9th May, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Emily Winkler (soprano), Luke Faulkner (piano)

Songs and Arias by Vivaldi, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Novello, Rodgers and Berlin

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Week 3, Friday 10th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

James Soper (saxophone), Orly Watson (piano)

Works by Pierné, Bozza and Milhaud

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Week 4, Friday 17th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Oxford Guitar Ensemble

Works by Purcell, Brouwer and Villa-Lobos

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Week 5, Tuesday 21st May, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Ian Buchanan (tenor), Stephen O'Driscoll (baritone), Laura Schack (mezzo-soprano), Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Emily Winkler (soprano), Glenn Wong (countertenor), Robert Pecksmith (piano), Orly Watson (piano)

Songs and Arias by Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Puccini, Strauss and Vaughan Williams

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Week 5, Friday 24th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Luke Faulkner (piano)

Works by Rachmaninov, Chopin and Godowsky

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Week 6, Friday 31st May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Douglas Knight (clarinet), Guy Newbury (piano)

Works by Schumann, Carter and Brahms

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Week 7, Friday 7th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Lucy Nolan (harp)

Works by Dussek, Fauré, Glinka, Mathias and Hindemith

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Week 8, Tuesday 11th June, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

My Twentieth Century

James Donaldson (cello), Luke Shoham (piano), Kevin Sliwosky (tumpet), Emyr Wyn (piano), Andrew Watts (composer/live electronics)

Works by Andrew Watts, Scriabin and Ligeti

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Week 8, Friday 14th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Glenn Wong (countertenor), Orly Watson (piano)

Arias and Songs by Broschi, Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Strauss and Quilter

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Hilary Term 2013

Week 5, Friday 15th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Jake Barlow (countertenor), Giles Masters (guitar)

Lute Songs and Airs by Dowland and Purcell

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Week 5, Saturday 16th February, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Organ Scholars' Recital - 75th Anniversary of the Chapel Organ

Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Boëllmann, Guilmant and Elgar

Sam Bayliss (Organ Scholar/College Organist 2001-2005), Douglas Knight (Senior Organ Scholar), Robert Pecksmith (Junior Organ Scholar)

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Week 6, Friday 22nd February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Antony Beere (guitar)

Works by Bach, Brouwer and Turina

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Week 7, Thursday 28th February, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Stephen O'Driscoll (baritone), Ruby Riley (soprano), Jenni Butler (mezzo-soprano), Glenn Wong (countertenor), David Bowe (tenor), Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Laura Schack (mezzo-soprano), Ian Buchanan (tenor), Douglas Knight (piano), Robert Pecksmith (piano) and Orly Watson (piano)

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Week 7, Friday 1st March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Casey Burgess (cello/flute), Daniel Lewis (flute), Guy Newbury (piano)

Works by Bach, Widor, Rachmaninov and Ganne

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Week 8, Friday 8th March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Andreas Kyrris (tenor), Robert Pecksmith (piano)

Arias by Verdi, Sorozábal and Bach/Gounod

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Michaelmas Term 2012

Week 2, Friday 19th October, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Aimee Taylor (flute), Lucy Nolan (harp), Guy Newbury (piano)

Works by Glinka, Debussy and David Hughes

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Week 3, Friday 26th October, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Daniel Tonks (piano)

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Satie and Gershwin

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Week 4, Friday 2nd November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Walton Quartet

Emi Itoh (violin), Catherine Morgan (violin), David Crown (viola), Desi El Kabir (cello)

Music by Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn

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Week 5, Friday 9th November, 1pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars’ Recital

Glenn Wong (countertenor), Ruby Riley (soprano), Jenni Butler (mezzo-soprano), Laura Schack (mezzo-soprano), Isabel Sinagola (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Daniel Reeve (tenor), Ian Buchanan (tenor) Stephen O’Driscoll (baritone), Robert Pecksmith (piano) and others

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Week 6, Friday 16th November, 1pm, Somerville Chapel

Songs and Arias by Purcell, Mozart, Loewe, Strauss and Britten

Simon Grange (bass), Robert Pecksmith (piano)

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Week 8, Friday 30th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Joyce Tang (piano)

Works by Chopin, Ravel and Liszt

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Trinity Term 2012

Week 1, Friday 27th April, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Orly Watson (piano)

Works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Schönberg, Grieg and Watson

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Week 2, Friday 4th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Guy Cutting (tenor), Steven Grahl (piano/harpsichord)

Arias by Couperin, Bach, Händel, Haydn and Britten

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Week 3, Thursday 10th May, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Kate Piddington (soprano), Jenni Butler (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Reeve (tenor), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Stephen O’Driscoll (baritone), Simon Grange (bass), Josh Jordan (baritone) and Robert Pecksmith (harpsichord/piano)

Songs/Arias by Mozart, Schubert, Wagner, Offenbach, Britten, Weill and others

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Week 3, Friday 11th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Oxford Guitar Ensemble

Works by Dowland, Duarte, Granados, Turina and Inés Medina-Fernández

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Week 4, Friday 18th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring

James Poston (baritone), Tim Anderson (piano)

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Week 5, Friday 25th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Somerville Choir Octet, David Crown (conductor), Douglas Knight (organ)

Choral Works by Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd and Bach

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Week 6, Friday 1st June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Robert Pecksmith (organ and piano)

Works by Beethoven, Dudley Moore and others

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Week 7, Wednesday 6th June, 8:30pm, Somerville Chapel

A Summer Night at the Opera

Andreas Kyrris (tenor), Simon Grange (bass), Robert Pecksmith (piano), Stefan Schwarz (guitar)

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Week 7, Friday 8th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Margaret Irene Seymour Award Holders’ Recital

Tal Katsir (soprano), Douglas Knight (organ), Guy Newbury (piano), Robert Pecksmith (piano)

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Week 8, Friday 15th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Benjamin Skipp (piano)


Hilary Term 2012

Week 2, Friday 27th January, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Wilfrid Jones (tenor), Ben Bloor (piano)

Songs by Finzi, Copland, Schubert and Schumann

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Week 4, Thursday 9th February, 8pm, Somerville Chapel

Margaret Irene Seymour Award Holders’ Recital

Rilly Chen (flute and Chinese flute), Tal Katsir (soprano), Aimee Taylor (flute), Douglas Knight (clarinet), Michael Brendan Brett (trombone), Robert Pecksmith (organ), Guy Newbury (piano)

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Week 5, Friday 17th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars’ Recital

David Bowe (tenor), Simon Grange (bass), Tal Katsir (soprano), Stephen O’Driscoll (baritone), Laura Schack (alto), Ruby Riley (soprano), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Douglas Knight (piano) and Robert Pecksmith (piano)

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Week 6, Sunday 19th February, 2:30pm, Somerville Chapel

Jenny Bacon (soprano), Craig White (piano)

Songs and Arias by Händel, Mozart, Barber, Britten and Sondheim

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Week 7, Friday 2nd March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Oliver Longland (baritone), Steven Grahl (piano)

Works by Verdi, Vaughan Williams and Mozart

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Week 8, Friday 9th March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Ben Bloor (organ)

Works by Bach, Rheinberger and Easthope Martin

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Michaelmas Term 2011

No recitals due to the ongoing asbestos removal work in the college chapel

Trinity Term 2011

Week 2, Friday 13th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

William Blake (tenor) and Jonathan Katz (piano)

Songs and Arias by Arne, Eccles, Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy

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Week 3, Friday 20th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

First Year Musicians’ Recital

Douglas Knight (clarinet), Lucy Nolan (harp), Aimee Taylor (flute), Guy Newbury (piano)

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Week 4, Friday 27th May, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Oxford Guitar Ensemble

Works by Hume, Kuntz, Granados, de Falla and Fernández (World Premiere)

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Week 6, Friday 10th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Choral Scholars' Recital

Simon Grange (bass), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Jenni Butler (mezzo-soprano), Kate Piddington (soprano), Sam Baker (piano)

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Week 7, Friday 17th June, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

John Mann (violin), Guy Newbury (piano)

Music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Debussy

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Hilary Term 2011

Week 2, Saturday 29th January, 8:30pm, Somerville Chapel

Ann Liebeck (soprano), Marcos Madrigal (piano)

Songs by Granados, de Falla, Ginastera and others

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Week 4, Friday 11th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Jonathan Clinch (organ)

Works by Bach, Darke, Howells and John Caldwell (World Premiere)

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Week 5, Friday 18th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Timothy Motz (piano)

Works by Beethoven, Liszt and Prokofiev

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Week 6, Friday 25th February, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Simon Grange (bass), Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Sam Baker (piano)

Arias, Songs and Piano Works by Mozart, Schubert, Verdi and Baker

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Week 7, Friday 4th March, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Songs of Childhood: The Mountainside of Dreams

Danae Eleni Pallikaropoulos (soprano), Guy Newbury (piano)

Extracts from Song Cycles by Schumann, Wolf, Poulenc and Newbury

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Michaelmas Term 2010

Week 2, Friday 22nd October, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Edward Small (piano)

Works by Bach, Beethoven, Howells and Liapunov

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Week 5, Friday 12th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Ruth Hopkins (soprano), Tristan Mitchard (piano)

Songs and Arias by Ireland, Mozart, Bach, Massenet and Verdi

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Week 6, Friday 19th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956

Gragnani Quartet

(Isla Mundell-Perkins, Adam Sealey, Frederick Reece, Chris Terepin and Tim Coombes)

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Week 7, Friday 26th November, 1:15pm, Somerville Chapel

Chris Terepin (cello) and Michael Heighway (piano)

Works by Bach, Leighton, Schumann and Debussy

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