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Events

• The Josh Sinton Quartet
  Event date: 24 Jul 2024Tickets available on the door.Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone and alto flute Dominic Lash - double bass and electric guitar Mark Sanders - drums and percussion Philipp Wachsmann - violin and electronicsBrooklyn-based baritone saxophonist/flautist Josh Sinton has long been inspired by the specific and beautiful approach to free-form improvisation that has developed […]
• Elections 2024: New routes to climate resilience?
  Event date: 8 Jul 2024What do recent and forthcoming election results mean for global climate policies and development? How about the upcoming US election?Falling days after critical elections in the UK and France, this event delivers cutting-edge insights and lively debate with renowned experts from the University of Oxford, including Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in […]
• Communicating climate change - messages, messengers, and mechanisms
  Event date: 10 Jul 2024Despite the increasing frequency and severity of extreme-weather events and associated impacts, their connection to climate change is only occasionally articulated.In this talk, Karen Florini will explore how climate change discussions – whether in the media, in public discourse, or in private communication – can be more effective. She will also describe […]
• Scriabin: Sonata no. 5, Op. 53
  Event date: 28 Feb 2025Described by Horowitz as the most difficult piano piece ever written, legend has it that this sonata came to Scriabin in a dream. This lecture is part of the 'A Pianist Explores', lecture series – providing a musical journey through the piano repertoire.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Vorticism and Total War
  Event date: 19 Feb 2025This lecture will focus on the hard-edged Modernism of the Vorticist group, and the various ways in which British artists responded to the advent of Cubism and the First World War. Featured artists include Wyndham Lewis, Jacob Epstein and C.R.W Nevinson.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Academic Art and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
  Event date: 29 Jan 2025Investigate the complex relationship between the established academic arts of the mid-19th century, and the innovations of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Artists whose work will feature include Millais, Rossetti and Hunt. Join in Oxford or watch online.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, no. 2
  Event date: 14 Feb 2025In this famous Nocturne, Chopin combines the dreamy with the dramatic in an apparently improvisatory stream of consciousness that belies the time he devoted to its composition. This lecture is part of the 'A Pianist Explores' lecture series.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Beethoven: 'Moonlight' Sonata, Op. 27, no. 2, 1st movement
  Event date: 31 Jan 2025The poet Rellstab compared the first movement of this iconic work with the play of moonlight on the waters of a lake. Concealed beneath the dreamy surface of this movement, however, is a structure every bit as tight as anything Beethoven ever wrote.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D, Op. 23, no. 4
  Event date: 21 Feb 2025In his D major Prelude, Rachmaninoff weaves one of his characteristic extended melodies and builds towards a climax of shattering intensity. This lecture is part of the 'A Pianist Explores' lecture series.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368
• Unit One and British Modernism
  Event date: 26 Feb 2025Explore British art during the interwar period. How did British artists react to the arrival of Surrealism in Britain? Featured artists include Barbara Hepworth, Paul Nash and Henry Moore. Part of the 'Art in Britain' lecture series.Department for Continuing [email protected]+44 (0)1865 270368