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Want to improve your Italian? Fed up of the virtual/actual classroom? Treat yourself to a social learning experience with a great teacher! Welcome to The Pub Learning Hub: Italian on Tuesdays happening at The Big Society. Come join us for a fun and interactive Italian learning session where you can improve your language skills in a casual setting. We'll look at pronunciation, practical communication skills, cultural understanding and a million other things with like-minded people. Six-week course £150 starting 2 June . Get in touch for other payment options. All tickets include bottomless tea, coffee, lemonade or Pepsi Max! What's not to like? Come along and give it a try! Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, gain confidence and make new friends! Teacher info: Bea is from Italy. She has also lived and studied in the US and the UK. She is currently studying at Oxford Brookes University and a passion for languages and intercultural communication. Bea offers Italian lessons to learners of all levels and makes learning enjoyable. With experience supporting international students, she is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment where every student feels confident and motivated in their language journey. Information Source: Lucy Holmes | eventbrite

A jam of enthusiastic manipulators of sound signals. Exchange knowledge about algorithmic music, pattern generators, eurorack and more. Information Source: EOF Hackspace Oxford | eventbrite

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Cristian Sandrin performs piano sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, in a thrilling musical feast of intimacy and elemental fire. ★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine Critics Choice 2025 - American Record Guide “Sandrin is a wonderful Beethoven interpreter” - Piano News Deutschland Hailed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic for his immaculate technique, crystalline clarity and mature interpretations, Cristian Sandrin's latest programme is inspired by Prospero's speech in Shakespeare's play The Tempest as he reflects on the fleeting nature of life, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep", a sentiment that appealed to the Romantics. Cristian's recital features piano sonatas by three pioneers of Romanticism: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, in a thrilling musical feast of colour and drama, intimacy and elemental fire. PROGRAMME Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Composed in Paris in 1778 where Mozart enjoyed the revolutionary experience of performing to a paying audience, before his mother fell ill and died. The heartbreaking melancholy of the second movement is a timeless outpouring of grief. Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in D minor op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest' Beethoven moved from Bonn to Vienna in 1792 in the hope of becoming Mozart's heir by playing in concert halls to a paying public. When his duplicitous factotum asked what the sonata was all about he is said to have retorted, "Read Shakespeare's Tempest." Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in A minor D.845 Schubert lived a carefree Bohemian life in Vienna until being diagnosed with syphilis in 1823. The first movement is more tempestuous than any other Schubert sonata. We are then led through a meandering panorama of life towards the final Rondo that seems to rage against fate, reflecting the composer's tortured soul. BIOGRAPHY I was born in Bucharest into a family of musicians so I have been immersed in classical music all my life. My mother, as a librarian, encouraged me not to take music for granted and instilled in me the love of books, stories and poetry. My father was the distinguished pianist and professor Sandu Sandrin. Our home was always buzzing with his musician friends. From an early age he took me to concerts at the famous Romanian Atheneum Concert Hall and I studied the piano at the Dino Lipatti college with Maringa Dragomirescu and Cristian Dumitrescu, whose teaching centred on the culture of creating beautiful sounds and studying recordings of the great pianists of the past. I was never pressured to follow in my father’s footsteps. It was my decision, and in 2005 I was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in London under the tutelage of professors Diana Ketler and Christopher Elton, who encouraged me to be imaginative and daring. In 2018 I received a DipRAM with distinction and completed my final degree at the RAM in 2019. I like to set myself ambitious musical goals and challenge myself to learn new and unfamiliar music. It is so important to remain curious and to work on pieces that are out of your comfort zone. In 2023 I was invited to become co-Artistic Director of the Kettner Society Concert series at the National Liberal Club enabling me to create solo and chamber music programmes that invite audiences to discover the breadth of classical music in all its glory. It is a pleasure to encourage younger musicians to think imaginatively about their programmes. The audience is a participant in a live performance and can feel the music as well as hear Information Source: The Kettner Society | eventbrite

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The sacred and social capital in today's world: David Bentley Hart with Diwakar Acharya, Nazila Ghanea, Monawar Hussein and William Vendley A shared sense of the sacred brings people together. Stories can express this common ground as a lived experience of transcendent connection. But what do sacred stories express about the human condition? Can the sacred help build social capital for a better future? How do stories bridge differences in traditions without losing distinctiveness? This talk and discussion event at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, will bring together speakers of renown from different traditions. A bookstall will be available for the sale of “Retelling Sacred Stories” (Orbis), the publication that prompts the occasion. Sponsored by The Fetzer Institute, Theos Think Tank, McDonald Center for Theology, Ethics & Public Life. Information Source: Mark Vernon | eventbrite

World class soloist Danny Driver performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 by candlelight alongside classics by Mozart and Tchaikovsky Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 by Candlelight Charity Music in Action presents a stunning evening with Mozart’s most famous concerto – the Piano Concerto No. 21 , performed by international soloist Danny Driver with the Celoniatus Ensemble . The concert opens with the brilliance of Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and ends with the warmth and lyricism of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings . Experience an evening of inspiring classical music in the atmospheric setting of the University Church, Oxford , illuminated by candlelight. From our audience, “It was beautiful playing and I loved it!” “To see the incredible musicians playing so passionately was so moving.” Programme Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings Performers Danny Driver, piano Celoniatus Ensemble Date & Time Saturday 6 June 2026 7pm Venue University Church of St Mary Oxford For more information about Music in Action and its work, visit: 🌐 www.musicinaction.org.uk This special concert forms part of Music in Action’s charitable work, raising funds to support children’s education , using the power of live music to create lasting impact. Performers Danny Driver “fleet of finger… these are transfixing performances” - The Sunday Times Nominated for 2 Gramophone Awards, Danny performs with the finest orchestras across the globe including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic, RTÉ Concert, Hong Kong Pro Arte and many more. He’s been a soloist globally at the BBC Proms, the Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series, Music Toronto, San Francisco Performances, Montreal’s Salle Bourgie, and Carnegie Hall New York. Celoniatus Ensemble Named after her 1730 Italian violin, international soloist Harriet Mackenzie directs the Celoniatus Ensemble. Featuring hand-plucked international prizewinners and established professionals in an innovative chamber orchestra, the group's sold-out debut performance of Piazzolla/Desyanikov's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires led to exciting invitations around the UK and Europe. These include performances at Chichester Cathedral; Salisbury Cathedral: the inaugural concert season of the new World Heart Beat Concert Hall in London; the acclaimed 'TunedIn' Series in London; Bilbao Festival; Magdalen College Oxford; as well as live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Celoniatus Ensemble work with leading soloists such as the Grammy award-winning singer Sir Willard White, Lucy Crowe and Finghin Collins. https://www.celoniatus.com Tickets Band A £39.50 (front stalls and pews from the choir stalls onwards) Band B £29:50 (rear seats and pews from before the choir stalls and backwards) Band C (restricted view) £20 (behind the screen) - some seats will have no sightlines at all Child £16 STUDENT (promo code) VIP tickets Solo VIP ticket - £75 champagne, cordoned off area pre show, Band A seat, chance to meet the musicians after the show Couples VIP ticket - £140 with a champagne reception share, cordoned off area pre show, best seats for two, chance to meet the musicians after the show (This can be with your partner, a friend or a family, not only subject to a romantic partner) Music in Action All profits from this concert will go towards the work of the charity which will include supporting local children in Cambridgeshire. For more information see www.musicinaction.org.uk Information Source: Music in Action (Jersey Charity No 410) | eventbrite