Coffee Concerts Spring 2025 Programme
Welcome to the Spring 2025 Season of Coffee Concerts. Scroll down for full details of all the concerts lined up for this spring, or click on the appropriate date below to see what’s happening on that particular day…
Spring 2025 Concerts
Mar 30 Apr 6 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 Jun 1 Jun 8 Jun 15 Jun 22
Every “virtual” Coffee Concert is still available to enjoy on our YouTube channel
If you haven’t yet managed to catch all the superb performances we recorded at the height of the pandemic, never fear! They’re all still available at the YouTube link above (red icon). The costs involved in producing those concerts included venue hire during recording, musicians’ fees, video production and editing, and communications expenses. If you have enjoyed any of them, please consider making a donation to help us recover those costs. You can use the “Donate” button below to send us funds via Paypal or your credit/debit card. Alternatively, you can (if you prefer) use the email form on the Contact Us page of this website to request details of how to donate directly by cheque or Faster Payment.
Coffee Concerts – Spring 2025
Sunday March 30, 2025 at 11:15
Njioma Grevious (violin) and Joseph Havlat (piano)
- Perivolaris: New Commission
- Mozart: Violin Sonata no 21 in E minor, K 304/300c
- Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op 26
- Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from “F-A-E Sonata”
- Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no 2 in D major, op 94
The Musicians
Sunday April 6, 2025 at 11:15
Kleio String Quartet with Edgar Francis (viola)
- Britten: Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
- Mendelssohn: String Quintet no 1 in A major, op 18
The Musicians
Sunday April 13, 2025 at 11:15
Trio Kurtág
- Beethoven: String Trio no 1 in E flat major, op 3
- Françaix: String Trio in C major
The Musicians
Trio Kurtág comprises three members of the Kleio Quartet: Juliette Roos (violin), Yume Fujise (viola) and Eliza Millett (cello)
Click here for more on the Kleio Quartet.
Sunday April 20, 2025
No Coffee Concert: Easter Sunday
Easter events in Oxford at the link below…
Sunday April 27, 2025 at 11:15
Leonore Piano Trio
- Beethoven: Piano Trio no 2 in G major, op 1, no 2
- Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, op 8
The Musicians
Sunday May 4, 2025 at 11:15
Petr Limonov
- Chopin: Polonaise in A flat major, op 53
- Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, op 59 no 1
- Chopin: Mazurka in A flat major, op 59 no 2
- Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor, op 59 no 3
- Chopin: Waltz in D flat major, op 64 no. 1 (“Minute Waltz”)
- Chopin: Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64 No. 2
- Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, op 60
- Chopin: Sonata no 3 in B minor, op 58
The Musician
Sunday May 11, 2024
No Coffee Concert: Bidwells Oxford 10k
Bidwells Oxford 10k started in 1982 inspired by a local boy, Daniel Cleaver, who had muscular dystrophy. His father and local runners set up the event as a fun run to raise funds, and still to this day all profits from the events go to Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK).
Sunday May 18, 2025 at 11:15
Adderbury Ensemble (directed by Bradley Creswick)
- Shaw: Entr’acte
- Beethoven: String Quartet no 7 in F major, op 59 no 1 (“Razumovsky”)
The Musicians
Sunday May 25, 2025 at 11:15
Viv McLean
- Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K 466
- Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 32
- Scarlatti: Sonata in in C major K 487
- Haydn: Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:49
- Ravel: Sonatine for Piano
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
The Musician
Sunday June 1, 2025 at 11:15
Rachel Roberts (viola) and Sophia Rahman (piano)
- Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, op 48
- Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Piano
- Bowen: Phantasy for Viola and Piano in F major, op 54
The Musicians
Sunday June 8, 2025 at 11:15
Sacconi String Quartet with Simon Callaghan
- Bliss: Piano Quartet in A minor, F 18
- Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, op 14
The Musicians
Sunday June 15, 2025 at 11:15
Tim Horton
- Haydn: Piano Sonata no 59 in E flat major, Hob XVI:49
- Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, op 59 no 1
- Chopin: Mazurka in A flat major, op 59 no 2
- Chopin: Mazurka in F sharp minor, op 59 no 3
- Schumann: Sonata no 1 in F sharp minor, op 11
The Musician
Sunday June 22, 2025 at 11:15
Players of the Royal Opera House with Guy Johnston (cello) and Clare Finnimore (viola)
- Janáček: String Quartet no 1, JW VII/8 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
- Brahms: String Sextet no 2 in G major, op 36