Jack Gibbons has been giving highly acclaimed recitals in the university
city of Oxford for over 45 years,
his annual Oxford Summer Piano Series, founded 2 August 1988, having taken
place in the city without a break for 35 years.
For more information please
contact Tickets Oxford at the Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street
Oxford (tel 01865 305305). www.ticketsoxford.com
COMING SOON!!
JACK GIBBONS' 36th annual Oxford Summer Piano Series
"High spirited and historically informed"
New Yorker
Video preview of all 8 concerts of the 2024 Oxford Summer Piano Series
CONCERT 1
MOONLIGHT SONATA:
Beethoven evening
Wednesday
10th July 2024 at 8PM
Holywell
Music Room, Oxford
Pathétique
Sonata
Moonlight Sonata
Appassionata Sonata
Sonata in A flat, Op.26
('Funeral March")
"Jack 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... This was an exhilarating tribute to
a great master, enlivened by Gibbons's authoritative and entertaining
commentary, and earning a well-deserved standing ovation."
OXFORD
TIMES
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CONCERT 2:
RHAPSODY IN BLUE AT
100:
Gershwin evening
Sunday 14th July 2024 at 8PM
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Rhapsody
in Blue
An American in Paris
Concerto in F (slow movement)
Three Preludes
Swanee
The Man I Love
Fascinating Rhythm
Sweet and Low Down
Looking For A Boy
Someone To Watch Over Me
My One and Only
He Loves and She Loves.
"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 MAGAZINE
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CONCERT 3
CHOPIN
IN MAJORCA: Chopin evening
Wednesday 17th July 2024 at
8PM
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Preludes from Op.28
(including the 'Raindrop'
Prelude)
Scherzo no.3 Op.39
Mazurka (“Son Vent”) from Op.41
Etudes from Op.10: nos.1 & 10
Etudes from Op.25: nos.6 & 12
Funeral March Sonata Op.35
"As I listened, enthralled,
to his glorious playing – now melting, now almost terrifying in its
ferocity – there flashed across my mind that much quoted remark of
Schumann's concerning Chopin: 'Hats off, gentlemen, genius.’ Surely
there was more than a touch of genius in Jack Gibbons" CROYDON
ADVERTISER, FAIRFIELD HALLS REVIEW
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CONCERT 4:
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY:
Liszt & Rachmaninoff evening
Sunday 21st July 2024 at
8PM
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody no.12
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody no.12
LISZT Liebestraum no.3
LISZT Un Sospiro
RACHMANINOFF/GIBBONS Vocalise
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 no.2
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G minor Op.23 no.5
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G flat major Op.23 no.10
RACHMANINOFF Prelude In G sharp minor Op.32 no.12
RACHMANINOFF Humoresque Op.10 no.5
"Gibbons’
playing is constantly vibrant and alive, and communicates a physical joy in his
instrument one rarely experiences today" CLASSICAL NET
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CONCERT
5
CLAIR DE LUNE: Debussy & Ravel evening
Wednesday
24th July 2024 at 8PM
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
DEBUSSY Reflets dans
l’eau (Images)
DEBUSSY Arabesque no.1 in E major
DEBUSSY Children’s Corner (selection)
DEBUSSY Clair de lune
DEBUSSY La cathédrale engloutie
DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin
DEBUSSY L’isle Joyeuse
RAVEL Jeux d’eau
RAVEL Ma mère l'Oye (selection)
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit.
"Jack Gibbons could be Britain's answer to Ivo Pogorelich.
Gibbons's hyperactively poetic account of Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit -
more considered, I felt, than Pogorelich's recorded performance - was
yet both vivid and hypnotic"
THE TIMES (QEH London Debut
review)
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CONCERT
6: PORGY
AND BESS SUITE: Gershwin evening Sunday 4th August 2024 at 8PM
Holywell
Music Room, Oxford
Suite
from Porgy & Bess
Rhapsody in Blue
I Got Rhythm
Embraceable You
Somebody From Somewhere
‘S Wonderful
For You, For Me, For Evermore
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
"Gibbons incarnates an
uncanny representation of Gershwin's piano style that hasn't been heard
since the glory days of Oscar Levant"
VILLAGE VOICE, NEW YORK
"Hearing Jack Gibbons
perform is like being at a Gershwin party, in a sense like being with Gershwin"
EDWARD
JABLONSKI (GERSHWIN'S BIOGRAPHER)
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CONCERT
7
CHOPIN FOUR BALLADES: Chopin evening Sunday
11th August 2024 at 8PM
Holywell
Music Room, Oxford
Ballade no.1 Op.23
Ballade no.2 Op.38
Ballade no.3 Op.47
Ballade no.4 Op.52
Nocturnes from Opp.9 & 27
Mazurkas from Opp.17 & 30
Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 no.2
Etudes from Opp.10 & 25
"Jack Gibbons is a unique phenomenon
in the musical world of today. Thanks to his virtuosic skills Gibbons
can hold an audience in thrall. His concert-giving style is equally
attractive: before his performances he talks unassumingly but with great
authority from the platform, drawing the listeners into a special
relationship."
HUMPHREY
BURTON, FORMER HEAD OF MUSIC AND ARTS, BBC
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CONCERT
8:
JACK
GIBBONS' FAREWELL
PIANO PARTY Wednesday
14th August 2024 at 8PM
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Musical reminiscences &
audience requests
"Jack Gibbons is one of
Oxford’s treasures." OXFORD
TIMES
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HOW TO FIND THE
CONCERT HALLS IN OXFORD:
The maps below show the locations
of popular concert venues in the city
including the Holywell Music Room and SJE Arts' St John the Evangelist church, as well as the location of the Oxford Playhouse's
Tickets Oxford box office.
All venues are well serve by nearby pubs.
Click on the image below to read
reviews of past Oxford concerts
Rhapsody
in Blue
