Christ Church 500 Music Festival

A series of concerts, recitals and special events throughout October and November, marking 500 years since the founding of Cardinal College as it was first, and its world-famous choir.
Christ Church, University of Oxford, 1st October - 25th November 2025

Events

Violin and Piano Recital: Charlie Lovell-Jones and Julian Chan

All known works for violin and piano by Sir William Walton, including the Italianate Two Pieces, Mozart’s last large scale work for violin and piano, written concurrently with Don Giovanni and Respighi’s monumental Violin Sonata of 1917.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford

Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation

Inaugural concert in the festival celebrating 500 years of music at Christ Church will feature: The English Concert, Christ Church Cathedral Choir and Frideswide Voices
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford

Piano Recital: Louise Guy

This programme reflects her passion for Romantic music, tracing an emotional journey from the love and heartbreak of the song transcriptions to the exuberance of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise and the virtuosic, yet whimsical, La Campanella.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford

Organ Recital: Peter Holder

Inaugural recital by Peter Holder, Organist of Christ Church, takes the works of four Western composers woven around earlier themes
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Thu 30th October, 8 - 9pm
from: £15/£7.50 concessions

Errollyn Wallen CBE In Conversation

Multi award-winning Belize-born British composer, appointed Master of the King’s Music in August 2024, in conversation with writer Dr Leah Broad. In the Upper Library.
Christ Church
St Aldates Oxford
Sat 1st November, 2 - 3pm
£10/free to students

Piano Recital: Judith Valerie Engel

The programme features works recovered from the archives including Josepha Aurnhammer 6 Variations sur un Thême Hongrois, works by Maria Theresia von Paradis, Helene Liebmann and others.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Sun 16th November, 8 - 9pm
from: £10/£5 concessions

Alamire Sings Taverner

Alamire, perform some of John Taverner’s most expansive and flamboyant creations, including the great Votive Aniphons Ave Dei patris filia, Gaude plurimum and O splendor gloriae.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Wed 19th November, 8 - 9.45pm
from: £15/£7.50 concessions

The Little Kitchen

Programme of Bobby McFerrin, Phoebe Bridgers, João Gilberto and more arranged for an ensemble of singers, string players and jazz combo
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Thu 20th November, 8 - 9pm
from: £10/£5 concessions

Piano Recital: Libby Burgess

Music by Bach and Busoni, composers associated with Christ Church and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in his anniversary year
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Fri 21st November, 8 - 9pm
from: £10/£5 concessions

John Dowland’s Lachrimae

Performed by Phantasm – the award-winning viol consort whose 2017 recording of Lachrimae won both a Gramophone Award and the Diapason d’or de l’Année.
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford
Sat 22nd November, 8 - 9pm
from: £15/£7.50 concessions

Walton Façade

Façade – An Entertainment, first performed in 1923, is a series of poems by renowned, English modernist Edith Sitwell, recited over William Walton’s jazz-influenced and rhythmically vibrant music. This event will be a rare opportunity to experience a performance, followed by a three course meal with wine, in the Renaissance grandeur of Christ Church Great Hall. Ticket price covers both performance and dinner.
Christ Church
St Aldates Oxford
Tue 25th November, 6:15 - 9:30pm
£110 (£55 Concession)
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