21/22 Season

Michaelmas Term

A numbering error resulted in the exclusion of a concert marked the 1914th.

17th October: 1915th Concert
THE BALLIOL SOCIETY CONCERT
The Xhosa Cole Quartet

A selection of jazz repertoire featuring the works of Thelonious Monk.

31st October: 1916th Concert
THE ERNEST WALKER CONCERT
Paul Lewis (piano)

  • Mendelssohn: A selection from Songs without words                    
  • Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major K.331
  • Alexander Scriabin: Five Preludes Op. 74
  • Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

14th November: 1917th Concert
The Consone Quartet

  • Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703                    
  • Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, ‘Dissonance’
  • Puccini: Crisantemi
  • Mendelssohn: String Quartet in D major, Op.44/1

28th November: 1918th Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring a variety of works performed by Balliol members and friends.

Hilary Term

23rd January: 1919th Concert
United Strings of Europe

  • Boccherini: Musica Notturna delle Strada di Madrid                          
  • Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
  • Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
  • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence 

6th February: 1920th Concert
THE TOMMY USBORNE CONCERT
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)

  • Coleridge-Taylor: Six Sorrow Songs
  • Puccini: Morire?, Sole e amore, Terra e mare, Sogno d’or
  • Strauss: Einerlei, Allerseelen, Nachtgang, Standchen
  • Ernest Chausson: Les papillons, Le colibri
  • Reynaldo Hahn: Le rossingol des lilas, Les cygnes
  • Coleridge-Taylor: Selection from Southern love songs
  • Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder

20th February: 1921st Concert
Emma Abbate (piano) and Julian Perkins (piano)

  • Beethoven: Sonata in D Major Op. 6 (Allegro molto, Rondo)
  • Schubert: Fantasia in F minor, D.940
  • C. M. von Weber: Allegro, Alla siciliana, Rondo from Huit Pièces Op. 60
  • A. Beach: Summer Dreams Op. 47 (The Brownies, Robin Redbreast, Twilight, Katy-dids, Elfin Tarantelle, Good Night)
  • Barber: Souvenirs Op. 28 (Waltz, Schottische, Pas de deux, Two-Step, Hesitation-Tango, Galop)

6th March: 1922nd Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring a variety of works performed by Balliol members and friends.

Trinity Term

1st May: 1923rd Concert
THE STEPHEN TEMPLE CONCERT
Iyad Sughayer (piano)

  • Mel Bonis: Phœbé, Op. 30
  • Haydn: Sonata No.38 in F major, Hob.XVI.23
  • Schubert: Four Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90, Nos. 2, 3 and 4
  • Sibelius: Six Impromptus for Piano, Op. 5
  • Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

15th May: 1924th Concert
THE PEGGOTTY GRAHAM CONCERT
Irène Duval (violin) and Florian Noack (piano)

  • Reynaldo Hahn: Romance en la Majeur
  • Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 119
  • Fauré: Andante in B flat Major, Op. 75
  • Saint-Saëns: Berceuse, Op. 38
  • Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6

29th May: 1925th Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT:
Featuring a variety of performances by Balliol members and friends