OSJ’s mission is “to serve our communities by promoting concerts of unrivalled artistic excellence“. Working with the most extraordinary musicians we aim to make the emotion, drama and culture of live classical music available to everyone.
JS Bach with Jan Schmolck violin, Howard Moody harpsichord Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord Harpsichord Improvisation with the Chaconne from Partita 2 in d minor for solo violin Harpsichord Improvisations with Praeludio, Loure and Gigue from Partita 3 in E major for solo violin Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord Also available – discounted SEASON
Beethoven Eroica symphony, Bruch violin concerto Jan Schmolck violin soloist Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor Tickets available via the BOOK TICKETS link below. Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
A string quartet (performers from the evening concert) will give a relaxed concert for people with disabilities, at 12 noon in the Headley Lecture Theatre of the Ashmolean Museum, before the March, June and November Ashmolean Prom concerts. All welcome. No tickets required. Booking through the Ashmolean Education team: E education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk T 01865 278015
Chamber music masterpieces with Royal Academy of Music prizewinning students Brahms sextet in B flat (Behn Quartet plus Dominika Rembowska and Annabelle Oomens) Mozart viola quintet in g minor (Behn Quartet plus Dominica Rembowska) Schubert Quartetsatz (Kirkman Quartet) Tickets available via the BOOK TICKETS link below. Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
Newark Music Club Tchaikovsky Nutcracker suite Mussorgsky Pictures at an exhibition Faure Dolly suite (movements) Mily Balakirev “Islamey”: Oriental Fantasy Bizet L’Arlesienne Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock conductor Tickets available from Newark Music Club
Vivaldi Seasons Mozart Laudate Dominum Handel Organ concerto Adrian Daffern organ Megan Daffern soprano Jan Schmolck violin Woodstock Music society Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor
Handel’s Messiah in its original scoring Eline Vandenheede soprano Tai Oney counter tenor John Findon tenor Christian Valle bass-baritone OSJ Voices Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor Tickets £26, £20, £15, £10 available from St John’s Smith Square Box Office tel: 020 7222 1061 email: boxoffice@sjss.org.uk website: http://www.sjs.org.uk
Handel’s Messiah in its original scoring Eline Vandenheede soprano Tai Oney counter tenor John Findon tenor Christian Valle bass baritone OSJ Voices Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor Tickets available via the BOOK TICKETS link below. Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle
Christmas Carols with OSJ Ashmolean Voices at Fawley court, near Henley “A thoroughly modern 300 seat concert hall” A QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH STATELY HOME DESIGNED BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN AND LANDSCAPED BY CAPABILITY BROWN Conductor John Lubbock Tickets available via the BOOK TICKETS link below. Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
Christmas Carols with the OSJ Ashmolean Voices Also available – discounted season ticket for all eight 2017 Proms @ £80. Buy here Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
‘Christmas Carols Plus’ with The Ex Swingle Singers, conducted by John Lubbock. Christmas motets and carols. Bach instrumental music. Guest appearance by the Shillingford & Warborough community choir, conducted by Christine Cairns. Tickets available via the BOOK TICKETS link below. Prices shown on this OSJ website automatically include the 20% discount which comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
Derek Paravicini Jazz Quartet. An evening of jazz standards. Derek Paravicini piano, Hannah Davey vocals, Ben Holder violin, Ollie Howell drums The Derek Paravicini Quartet is the new must-hear group, currently wowing audiences all over the UK, following their successful debut on the BBC’s ‘In Tune’ programme. Four stunningly talented young musicians combine to create a unique sound, portraying a
Strauss Gala at St John’s Smith Square, 2pm Wonderful waltzes and polkas mostly by Johann Strauss Junior. Plus well-known tunes from Strauss and Lehar. SJSS at 2pm. Orchestra of St John’s. John Lubbock conductor. Christopher Turner tenor soloist Emperor Waltz Fata Morgana Polka-Mazurka Albion-Polka Mein Herr Marquis Adele’s Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus Furioso-Polka (quasi Galopp) Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)
Wonderful waltzes and polkas mostly by Johann Strauss Junior. Plus well-known tunes from Strauss and Lehar. Dorchester Abbey at 7pm. Orchestra of St John’s. John Lubbock conductor. Christopher Turner tenor soloist Emperor Waltz Fata Morgana Polka-Mazurka Albion-Polka Mein Herr Marquis Adele’s Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus Furioso-Polka (quasi Galopp) Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) Waltz Franz Lehár arr Franz Mahl: The Song
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Prices shown on this OSJ website now automatically include the 20% discount that comes with membership of our Conductor’s Circle.
Membership benefits include a 20% discount on all Oxford and Dorchester concerts and advance notification of concerts.
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This is a beautiful recording of Handel’s Messiah in a re-orchestration by John Lubbock for Wind Orchestra, Soloists and Choir. Performed by OSJ at St John’s Smith Square in London on 5th March 2016.
Available as DVD or double CD, it features Nardus Williams (soprano), Roderic Morris (countertenor), Christopher Turner (tenor), Bozidar Smiljanic (bass) and OSJ Voices with Jeremy Jackman (chorus master), John Lubbock (conductor).
Concerts leaflet 2017
Ashmolean Concerts October to December 2017
Listen to our Artistic Director, John Lubbock, talking on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live programme about the origins of OSJ and his mission to take classical music out into the community.
