Voces Sanctorum

DIXIT dominus

New College Ante-Chapel

Saturday, 7pm

For tickets and details, visit vocessanctorum.com

Founded in 2010 by Matthew Collins and Oliver Doyle, Voces Sanctorum is a professional solo-voice ensemble of eight singers, all of them choral scholars from the UK’s cathedrals and universities. Here they perform Scarlatti’s stirring and emotionally intense Dixit Dominus, alongside other choral works by Purcell and Cavalli.

Corona Strings

GLORY OF THE BAROQUE

St Peter & St Paul Church, Deddington

Saturday, 7.30pm

Tickets: 0845 680 1926 or oxboffice.com

The highly acclaimed Corona Strings, founded by conductor Janet Lincé last year, returns to Deddington with a sparkling programme of baroque favourites including music by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Telemann and Corelli. With Katy Bircher (flute), Miranda Walton (guest leader) and Janet Lincé.

Simon Crawford Phillips/Philip Mopre

PIANO RECITAL

Holywell Music Room 

Sunday, 11.15am

Tickets: 01865 305305 or tickets oxford. com

Two internationally renowned pianists join forces for this hour-long programme featuring two great masterpieces of the chamber repertoire, Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge Op.134 and Brahms’ String Sextet No.2 Op.36.

Pavlova Wind Quartet

Pot pourri fantastico

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Sunday, 4pm

Tickets: 01865 242918 or oxfordopendoors.org.uk

If you are in Oxford for Open Doors weekend, pop into the Sheldonian for this light-hearted cocktail of tunes from opera, jazz and Broadway. With Chris Britton (flute), Carolyn King (oboe), Barbara Stuart (clarinet), Jenny Morgan (horn) and Simon Payne (bassoon).

City of Oxford Orchestra

MAGIC FLUTE

Exeter College Chapel

Sunday, 7.30pm

Tickets: 01865 744457

The COO’s new season kicks off with this delightful chamber concert in the atmospheric setting of Exeter College Chapel. Come and hear three masters of their craft — Graham Mayger (flute), Peter Adams (cello) and Julian Tear (violin) — playing Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D and Quartet in F, as well as pieces by Schubert and Dohnanyi.