New Worlds: Loops and Lullabies

Glass, Adams and Gershwin meet Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Golijov: hypnotic loops and songs of home from a new world. Now in its 26th year, the Oxford Chamber Music Festival returns with New Worlds. This concert follows American music through its restless inventions and its quietest moments — minimalist pulse and lullaby, Broadway and tango, the concert hall and the film score. • Sergei Rachmaninov — The Star-Spangled Banner • Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 3 from'Mishima' VI Closing • Osvaldo Golijov — Lullaby and Doina • George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess Suite • John Adams — Shaker Loops for String Septet • Antonín Dvořák — Sonatina, Op. 100 • Heitor Villa-Lobos — Preludes Nos. 3 and 4 for Guitar • Astor Piazzolla — Histoire du Tango for Violin and Guitar • Franz Waxman / Georges Bizet — Carmen Fantasy, arr. for 4 Violins and Double Bass This event takes place in Europe's oldest purpose-built concert hall, giving the audience the opportunity to watch world-class players, unusually close up.