Michaelmas Term
16th October: 1867th Concert
THE ERNEST WALKER CONCERT
Bartosz Woroch (Violin) Caroline Palmer (Piano)
- Prokofiev: Sonata No.1 in F-Minor Op.80.
Interval
- Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata in A-Major Op.47.
30th October: 1868th Concert
THE STEPHEN TEMPLE CONCERT
Lucy Knight (Soprano) Sholto Kynoch (Piano)
Featuring Student Actors from Balliol to Read Sonnets
A Shakespeare themed concert featuring Sonnets from Shakespeare, and works by Faure, Debussy, Strauss, Lambert, Gurney, Rameau, Dowland, Schubert, Schumann, Campion, McDowell, and Purcell.
- PART ONE: Love and Lust
Sonnet 18 – Fair Youth: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Gabriel Fauré: Notre Amour.
Claude-Achille Debussy: Romance – Silence ineffable.
Richard Strauss: Du meines Herzens Krönelein.
Sonnet 141 – Dark Lady: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes
Gabriel Fauré: En Sourdine.
Claude-Achille Debussy: Fantoches.
Richard Strauss: Die Zeitlose. - PART TWO: Sleeplessness and Fever
Sonnet 61 – Fair Youth: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open/My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Michel Lambert: Vos mépris chaque jour.
Ivor Gurney: Sleep.
Richard Strauss: Ständchen.
Sonnet 147 – Dark Lady: My love is as a fever longing still
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Soleil, fuis de ces lieux.
John Dowland: In Darkness let me Dwell (A Musicall Banquet).
Richard Strauss: Die Nacht.
Interval
- PART THREE: Separation
Sonnet 44 – Fair Youth: If the dull substance of my flesh were thought/ Injurious distance should not stop my way
Franz Schubert: Suleika.
Johannes Brahms: Sehnsucht (Mein Schatz ist nicht da).
Robert Schumann: Mein schöner Stern.
Sonnet 133 – Dark Lady: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
Franz Schubert: An den Mond
Johannes Brahms: Es steht ein’ Lind.
Robert Schumann: Ich grolle nicht. - PART FOUR: Infidelity
Sonnet 93 – Fair Youth: So shall I live, supposing thou art true
Thomas Campion: Oft have I sighed
Gabriel Fauré: Spleen (Il pleure dans mon coeur)
Cecilia McDowall: What ’tis to love
Sonnet 139 – Dark Lady: O, call not me to justify the wrong/ That thy unkindness lays upon my heart
Henry Purcell: Not all my Torments (Gresham Manuscript).
Gabriel Fauré: Le Secret.
Cecilia McDowall: How should I your true love know?
6th November: additional Concert
FREDERICK SEPTIMUS KELLY CONCERT
In addition to our normal program, we will be hosting a concert in the Master’s Lodgings on November 6th featuring works by Balliol Composer, Frederick Septimus Kelly, who died in WWI.
13th November: 1869th Concert
THE ENDELLION QUARTET CONCERT
The Endellion Quartet
- Haydn: Quartet No.1 in G-Major Op.54
- Bartok: Quartet No.5
Interval
- Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-flat-Major Op.127
27th November: 1870th Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring a variety of works by Balliol members and friends.
Hilary Term
22nd January: 1871st Concert
THE BALLIOL SOCIETY CONCERT
The Phoenix Piano Trio
- Joseph Haydn: Trio in C Hob XV:27
- John Ireland: Trio No.3 in E Major
Interval
- Schubert: Trio No.1 in B-Flat Major
5th February: 1872nd Concert
THE JOHN FARMER CONCERT
Richard Uttley (Piano)
24th February (Friday): 1873rd Concert
THE GEORGE MALCOLM CONCERT
Sir Andras Schiff (Piano)
5th March: 1874th Concert
Houston Grand Opera
Trinity Term
30th April: 1875th Concert
MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring performances by Students from Balliol and the whole university
14th May: 1876th Concert
THE TOMMY USBORNE CONCERT
Michael Petrov (Cello) and Alexander Ullman (Piano)
- Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Op.119
- Schumann: Drei Fantasiestucken Op.73
- Elliot Carter: Figment for Cello Solo
- Chopin – Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65
28th May: 1877th Concert
THE PEGGOTTY GRAHAM CONCERT
Louis Schwizgebel (Piano)
- R. Schumann: Kinderszenen Op.15
- Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F major Op.38
- Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat major Op.47
- Beethoven: 32 Variations
- Schubert: Piano Sonata in C minor D.958