Local Music
Information on local music events that may be of interest to our members or supporters. If you would like to add an event to this page then please let us know. We cover events in West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Reading and Oxford.
The following events are for October:
Maxim Vengerov plays Mozart at St Edward’s School: Olivier Hall, Oxford on Friday 04 October 2024 at 19:00
West Forest Sinfonia play Messiaen, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich at The Great Hall The University of Reading, London Road, Reading on Sun 6 Oct at 16:30
Roderick Williams: Love’s Messenger at St Edward’s School: Olivier Hall, Oxford on Friday 11 October 2024 at 19:30
Henley Choral Society: HANDEL MESSIAH COME AND SING WORKSHOP at St Mary’s Church, Henley on Thames, RG9 2AT on
Saturday 12th October 2024 at 12.00 noon – 5.00pm.
Carolyn Sampson: Album Für die Frau at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Saturday 12 October 2024 at 19:00
Dame Sarah Connolly: Rückert Lieder at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford on Sunday 13 October 2024 at 19:00
Christoph Prégardien: Schubert & Schumann at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford on Monday 14 October 2024 at 19:00
Jess Dandy & Keval Shah: Eternity in an Hour at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 18:30
Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Wednesday 16 October 2024 at 19:30
Tchaikovsky FiveWorld premiere at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Thursday 17 October 2024 at 19:30
Kathryn Rudge, Sholto Kynoch & others: Liebeslieder Walzer at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Thursday 17 October 2024 at 20:00
Harriet Burns, Alessandro Fisher, Sholto Kynoch & others: A Schubertiade at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Friday 18 October 2024 at 19:30
Friary Band at Reading Town Hall on Sat 19 Oct at 14:00
Fodens Band at Reading Town Hall on Sat 19 Oct at 19:00
Woodley Concert Band at The Harriet Walter Theatre, Reddam House School, Sindlesham, RG41 5BJ on Sat 19 Oct at 19:30
Bracknell Choral Society COME and SING Choruses from Handel’s Messiah and Fauré’s Requiem at St John’s Church Crowthorne on Saturday 19th October 2024 at 9:30 am arrival for 10:00 am start and 4:30 pm finish
Sophie Karthauser: Love and Love Betrayed at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Saturday 19 October 2024 at 19:30
Christopher Maltman: Winterreise at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford on Sunday 20 October 2024 at 19:00
Stéphane Degout: Gabriel Fauré at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Monday 21 October 2024 at 19:30
James Gilchrist: The Earth Has Music at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 19:30
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Schumann | Manfred Overture; Elgar | Cello Concerto; Beethoven| Symphony No.7 at Hexagon Reading on Wed 23 Oct at 19:30
Lucy Crowe: Autumn Leaves at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Wednesday 23 October 2024 19:30
Schubert, Burleigh, Price, Larsen, King, Liverman at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Thursday 24 October 2024 at 19:30
Il trittico in Concert Welsh National Opera at New Theatre, Oxford on Friday 25 October 2024 at 19:00
Helen Charlston: Notes of Old at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Friday 25 October 2024 at 19:30
Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, The Piatti String Quartet: La bonne Chanson at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford on Saturday 26 October 2024 at 19:30
The Firebird with Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Thursday 31 October 2024 at 19:30
The following events are for November:
English Masters (includes works by Britten, Purcell and Rutter) with Wokingham Choral Society at All Saints Church, Wokingham on 16th November at 19:30
We have found a number of useful on-line sites for both advertising Pangbourne Choral Society and finding interesting music concerts etc.
For local activities Whats On Reading is very helpful – this is our entry
Newbury and District Arts Association
This is another source for local concerts (mostly choirs) – but check with the choir that the event is still on
For classical concerts and opera performance throughout the UK Classical Events is very useful – we add our concerts when appropriate
Gerontius specialises in choral music throughout the UK – this is our entry.
Making Music is a membership organisation for leisure-time music, with over 3,700 groups representing around 200,000 music makers across the UK, It includes a comprehensive database of these groups – our entry .