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	Jack Gibbons has been giving highly acclaimed recitals in the university city of Oxford for over 30 years, all concerts taking place in the historic Holywell Music Room (Europe's oldest purpose-built concert hall, opened in 1748, where both Handel and Haydn performed). Special discounted concert E-tickets are available from this site: E-tickets for Jack Gibbons' Oxford concerts can be purchased on-line direct from this website at special discount on-line prices. You can also join our mailing list free of charge to receive details of future concerts by Jack Gibbons, including priority booking and discount ticket offers; to join please e-mail your details (e-mail address or snail mail address or both) to mailing@jackgibbons.com.
	Holywell Music Room, Oxford August 2011 JACK GIBBONS' 24th annual Summer Piano Series Five concerts in two weeks, beginning Thursday 11th August 2011, featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Alkan, Rachmaninov, Gibbons, etc.   An Evening of Gershwin An Evening of Beethoven The Romantic Piano An Evening of Chopin Farewell Piano Party     Scroll down for more information on each concert and to purchase tickets...   CONCERT 1: SOLD OUT AN EVENING OF GERSHWIN Holywell Music Room, Oxford Thursday 11th August 2011 at 8.00PM       Jack Gibbons, “THE Gershwin pianist of our time” (BBC), opens the 24th annual season of his acclaimed Summer Piano Series with his famous recreation of the original breathtaking virtuoso piano style of George Gershwin. Using his meticulous note-for-note transcriptions of the composer’s original recordings Gibbons performs Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, Fascinating Rhythm, Someone To Watch Over Me, etc.     "To listen to Gibbons' performances is to marvel afresh at his astonishing virtuosity, his rare control of the music's rhythmic vigour and his supreme relish for its melodic richness... Gershwin does not come more exhilarating than this" Classic CD     CONCERT 2: SOLD OUT AN EVENING OF BEETHOVEN Holywell Music Room, Oxford Sunday 14th August 2011 at 8.00PM       Described by the renowned Beethoven scholar Denis Matthews as “an extraordinary talent with a distinct and distinguished recreative gift and artistic personality”, award-winning pianist Jack Gibbons performs a programme of some of Beethoven’s finest piano music, including the Moonlight, Pathétique & Appassionata Sonatas together with the sublime Sonata in E, Op.109.     "Jack Gibbons opened his 18th summer season at the Holywell last week amid a mild outbreak of Gibbons-mania. The start of the concert was delayed by ten minutes as staff struggled to cope with the demand for seats. Gibbons' affinity with Beethoven's music is such that he transcends mere recital; rather, he becomes one with the composer, absorbing his moods and passions, and recreating his bravura technique." Oxford Times     CONCERT 3: SOLD OUT THE ROMANTIC PIANO Holywell Music Room, Oxford Thursday 18th August 2011 at 8.00PM       Tonight’s concert celebrates the art of the romantic piano, including a bicentennial tribute to that most romantic of personalities Liszt (Hungarian Rhapsody no.12) plus music by Bach as transcribed by Gibbons (Fantasia & Fugue in G minor), Rachmaninov (Preludes), Alkan (Chopin’s enigmatic friend and neighbour), Gershwin, and world premieres of new works by Gibbons.     "Jack Gibbons is a genius. And like most genuine geniuses he doesn't need to enhance his image with mystery or posturing. By the interval we were in awe, by the end of the evening I felt like Salieri in the presence of Mozart." Zimbabwe Upbeat Magazine     CONCERT 4: SOLD OUT AN EVENING OF CHOPIN Holywell Music Room, Oxford Sunday 21st August 2011 at 8.00PM       Jack Gibbons performs the concert biography of Chopin he played at New York’s Carnegie Hall last November. The programme traces Chopin’s life through words and music, and includes some of his most exquisite masterpieces (Scherzo no.3, Waltz Op.42, Polonaise Op.53, Mazurkas, Studies, Berceuse, Barcarolle, Funeral March Sonata, etc..) making the concert a must for all Chopin devotees.     "Jack Gibbons himself is a pianist of genius, with an endearing Jimmy Stewart-like awkwardness, a charming smile and about forty hands. His delight in and enthusiasm for the music is almost tangible in the haze of nervous energy that radiates from him." Daily Information, Oxford     CONCERT 5: SOLD OUT JACK GIBBONS' FAREWELL PIANO PARTY Holywell Music Room, Oxford Wednesday 24th August 2011 at 8.00PM       Jack Gibbons concludes his 24th annual Summer Piano Series with his traditional end of summer mix of both serious and light hearted music, including requests chosen on the night by the audience. Music to include works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Alkan, Liszt, Gershwin & Gibbons himself!     "Gibbons' enthusiasm was evident from the start and made all the more clear in his interesting and at times humorous commentary. They gave the performances a stamp of authority that made the evening memorable." Worcester Telegram & Gazette, USA
	HOW TO FIND THE CONCERT HALLS IN OXFORD: The map below shows the location of popular concert locations in the city including the historic Holywell Music Room, as well as the location of the Oxford Playhouse's Tickets Oxford box office. The Holywell Music Room is well served by nearby pubs, being a few yards from both the Kings Arms and Turf Tavern pubs (see second image below). Click on the image below to read reviews of past Oxford concerts   Back to Top