CONCERTS
38th annual OXFORD SUMMER PIANO SERIES
Eight concerts | Holywell Music Room | Oxford, UK
In July 2026 American/British pianist and composer Jack Gibbons returns to the historic university city of Oxford for his acclaimed Oxford Summer Piano Series.
For over 40 years Jack Gibbons has been playing in the world’s most prestigious concerts halls, from New York’s Carnegie Hall to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, but every year he returns to his favourite concert hall, Oxford’s historic Holywell Music Room, to give his long-standing Oxford Summer Piano Series (founded in 1988).
Below are details of each concert in the 2026 Oxford Summer Piano Series, with links to the Tickets Oxford page for each concert.
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CONCERT 3:
Wednesday 22 July at 8pm
AN EVENING OF CHOPIN
(“His life & times” part 1)
Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23
Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22
Romance from Concerto Op.11 (arr. Gibbons)
Etudes Op.10 nos. 1, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 12
Nocturne in F major Op.15 no.1
Mazurka in C major Op.24 no.2
Mazurkas Op. posth. 68 nos.1 & 2
Waltz in D flat Op. posth. 70 no.3
Lento con gran espressione Op. posth.
CONCERT 4:
Sunday 9 August at 8pm
FROM SCHUBERT TO GERSHWIN
(Beloved piano duets with special guest Sarah Beth Briggs)
SCHUBERT Marche Militaire no.1 in D
FAURÉ Dolly Suite
GIBBONS Piano Suite: Musette & Tarantella
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet Op.44 (arr. Clara Schumann)
BACH Sheep may safely graze (arr. Mary Howe)
GERSHWIN Girl Crazy Overture (arr. Jack Gibbons) – world premiere
CONCERT 5:
Sunday 16 August at 8pm
A BACH & MOZART CELEBRATION
BACH
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 543
Allemande (from Partita no.4, BWV 828)
Gigue (from French Suite no.5, BWV 816)
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Chaconne (arr. Busoni)
MOZART
Sonata in C major K.545 (‘Sonate facile’)
Adagio in B minor, K.540
Sonata in A minor K.310
CONCERT 6:
Sunday 23 August at 8pm
AN EVENING OF GERSHWIN
("The Swinging 30s")
Rhapsody in Blue
Variations on I Got Rhythm
Strike Up The Band Overture
Catfish Row (Porgy & Bess Suite)
Of Thee I Sing Overture
Three-quarter Blues
Embraceable You
Isn’t It Pity
My Cousin in Milwaukee
Somebody from Somewhere
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
Our Love Is Here To Stay
CONCERT 7:
Wednesday 26 August at 8pm
AN EVENING OF CHOPIN
(“His life & times” part 2)
Scherzo no.3 Op.39
Barcarolle Op.60
Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
Berceuse, Op.57
Prelude in D flat, Op.28 no.15
Two Waltzes Op.64 nos.1 & 2
Impromptu no.2 Op.36
Tarantelle Op.43
Grande Valse Brillante Op.18
Nocturne in F minor Op.55 no.1
Mazurka in B flat Op.7 no.1
Mazurka in C sharp minor Op.63 no.3