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Orchestra of St John's Concerts 2018
Beethoven, 2016, ink on paper - Maggi Hambling CBE. Commissioned for OSJ 50th anniversary.

                                               Orchestra of St John’s
                                               Concerts 2018
Orchestra of St John's Concerts 2018
John Lubbock OBE conductor                   E admin@osj.org.uk
                      Cayenna Ponchione associate conductor        T 07775 904626
                      Orchestra of St John’s
                      OSJ Voices OSJ Ashmolean Voices

                   OSJ PROMS AT THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM 2018
Wednesday 14 February         OSJ, Matthew Reese, John         Dvorak Slavonic dances op
OSJ Ashmolean Voices with     Lubbock conductors               46
the Paravicini Jazz Quartet   Music from Russia                Smetana Moldau
Steve Bingham violin          Arensky Variations               Suk Meditation
Music for Valentines Day      Tchaikovsky Rococo variations    Dvorak Slavonic dances op
                              Rachmaninov Vocalise             72
Wednesday 14 March            Borodin Nocturne
OSJ, Jan Schmolck violin      Tchaikovsky Andante              Wednesday 14 November
Charlie Tetley mezzo          Tchaikovsky Nutcracker suite     OSJ, John Lubbock
Music from Italy                                               ‘Variations’
Puccini Crisantemi            Saturday 2 June                  Brahms Variations on a
Respighi Il Tramonto          OSJ, Mathilde Milwidsky          theme of Haydn
Vivaldi Seasons               violin; Joel Sandelson, John     Beethoven Variations on a
                              Lubbock conductors               theme of Mozart (wind
Tuesday 10 April              Music from Spain                 trio)
OSJ, John Lubbock             Arriaga Overture Los esclavos    Reger Variations on a
Sir Martin Smith My Music     felices                          theme of Mozart
O for the wings of a dove/    Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
Mendelssohn                   Rodrigo 'Ma pensee' Adagio       Sunday 9 December
Bach Brandenberg              from Concierto de Aranjuez for   OSJ Ashmolean Voices
Trad Danny Boy                guitar and soprano               Traditional carols and
Mozart Symphony 29            Lalo Rhapsody Norvegienne        Christmas motets
Ellington Lotus Blossom       Rimsky Korsakov Capriccio
Handel He shall feed his      Espagnol                         Music for autism concerts
flock                                                          at noon in the museum
Wagner Siegfried Idyll        Wednesday 3 October              galleries before the
Wednesday 16 May              OSJ, John Lubbock                February and November
                              Music from Czechoslovakia        Proms.

   ORATORIO SERIES                         MARTIN RANDALL TRAVEL
10 November 2018               Tuesday 22 May
CHESTER CATHEDRAL              Martin Randall Travel at CHELTENHAM PITTVILLE
Faure Requiem                  PUMP ROOM
Cantique de Jean Racine        Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock
Stanford Eternal Father        Mathilde Milwidsky violin
Parry Blest pair of Sirens     ‘English Rhapsody’
Brahms songs

                              TICKETS WWW.OSJ.ORG.UK
John Lubbock OBE conductor                       E admin@osj.org.uk
                      Cayenna Ponchione associate conductor            T 07775 904626
                      Orchestra of St John’s
                      OSJ Voices OSJ Ashmolean Voices

                                    ‘MY MUSIC’ 2018
A new concert series in which famous people discuss the music that has meant the most
to them in their lives. OSJ plays their chosen pieces. Lunchtimes at 13.05 at SJSS, 7.30pm
in Oxford.

Sir Trevor McDonald             Sir Martin Smith              Author and politician
Journalist                      Banker and                    ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE,
ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE,         philanthropist                LONDON
LONDON                                                        Wednesday 30 May 13.05pm
                                Interviewer Donald
Wednesday 21 February                                   Frank Sinatra – One for My Baby (and
13.05pm                         Macleod BBC Radio3      one more for the road)
                                ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM        Shakespeare’s Fear no more the heat
Elgar String Serenade           Tuesday 10 April 7.30pm o’ the sun, set by Gerald Finzi
Barber Adagio for strings                               Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat
Tchaikovsky String serenade                             from Guys and Dolls
An aria from La Boheme          Lord Hague
                                                        The Swan from Saint-Saens’ Carnival
An Ella FitzGerald song         Politician and author of the Animals for cello
                                ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE, Elgar Serenade for strings
Sir Simon Jenkins               LONDON                  Elegy – In Memoriam Rupert Brooke
                                Wednesday 25 April      by F S Kelly
Journalist
                                13.05pm
ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE,                                       Joanna Lumley
LONDON                          Bach Double Violin Concerto
                                Mozart Piano Concerto         Actress and model
Tuesday 13 March 13.05pm                                      ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE,
                                Barber Adagio for Strings
Mendelssohn Violin concerto     Chopin Prelude in E Minor     LONDON
slow movement                   Blaenwern (Welsh              Monday 10 September 13.05pm
Bach – a partita                Traditional Hymn)
Dave Brubeck Take Five                                        Schubert Impromptu in Aflat
                                Elgar Nimrod (Enigma
Miles Davis Kind of Blue                                      Grieg Solveig's song Peer Gynt
                                Variations) or movt from
Eugene Onegin Letter scene                                    Chopin Berceuse
                                String Serenade
Brahms Sextet op18                                            Rossini Overture to Thieving Magpie
Schubert Shepherd on the rock                                 Liu’s aria 'Signore ascolta' from
                                Lord Archer                   Turandot
                                                              Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael

Saturday 29 September                           Saturday 26 May
SJE ARTS                                        NEW HOUSE, HANNEY at the Invitation of
Arensky variations, Mozart piano concerto       Robert and Caroline Jackson
K414, Finzi Eclogue, Tchaikovsky serenade.      Mussorgsky and the Russian tradition
OSJ Strings                                     A talk by Philip Ross Bullock with
Viv McLean piano                                Ilona Domnich soprano, Maki Sekiya piano

                                TICKETS WWW.OSJ.ORG.UK
John Lubbock OBE conductor                    E admin@osj.org.uk
                       Cayenna Ponchione associate conductor         T 07775 904626
                       Orchestra of St John’s
                       OSJ Voices OSJ Ashmolean Voices

               MUSIC IN THE ABBEY 2018 at DORCHESTER ABBEY
                             Patron Rick Rowse
Good Friday 30 March 6pm                       Friday 30 November 7.30
Bach Cantata 32, Faure Requiem                 All Mozart: Clarinet concerto, Flute concerto,
Six motets on the Lord’s Prayer                Symphony 40
OSJ Voices, John Lubbock                       New work conducted Cayenna Ponchione
Orchestra of St John’s                         James Galway flute Ian Scott clarinet
                                               Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock
Saturday 15 September 7.30
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture                  Sat 8 December 7.30
Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations                  Traditional carols and Christmas motets
Mendelssohn Italian Symphony                   OSJ Ashmolean Voices
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello                      Guests: Shillingford & Warborough choir
Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock           conducted by Christine Cairns
                                               In association with Clear Sky charity
Saturday 13 October 7.30
Handel Zadok the Priest                        Saturday 15 December 7.30
Bach Cantata 51                                Handel‘s Messiah
Handel Messiah Halleluia chorus                Orchestra of St John’s, OSJ Voices
Let the bright seraphim                        John Lubbock conductor
Bach Brandenburg 2
Handel Messiah Worthy is the Lamb              Monday 31 December 7pm
OSJ Voices                                     New Year’s Eve Strauss Gala
Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock           Strauss songs & arias, waltzes & polkas
                                               Including final scene, act I of La Boheme
                                               Hannah Davey mezzo, Chris Turner tenor
St Johns Smith Square
Thursday 6 December 7.30                     OSJ IN THE COMMUNITY
Handel’s Messiah
Orchestra of St John’s         ‘Displaced Voices’             Music for Autism
OSJ Voices, John Lubbock       Music and poetry by local      Musicians from the
                               children and refugees          orchestra led by John
                               Workshops and concerts:        Lubbock provide concerts in
Monday 31 December 2pm
NY Eve Strauss Gala                                           special schools throughout
Strauss songs & arias,                                        the year
waltzes & polkas
Including final scene, act I
of La Boheme
Hannah Davey mezzo
Christopher Turner tenor                Tickets www.osj.org.uk
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