Music at Islip OXFORD CONCERT PARTY St Nicholas Church, Islip Saturday, 6.30pm Tickets: justinstead@ btinternet.com Known for its exuberant, informal and fun-filled concerts, the Oxford Concert Party is just the group to brighten up the dark evenings. Their repertoire spans 300 years, and includes music from France, Argentina and America, along with new works by artistic director Arne Richards.

Luke Berryman SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CONCERT JDP Music Building Saturday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01865 857007 or mail@sobellhospice.org Former Oxford resident and Magdalen College graduate Luke Berryman returns to give this solo piano recital in aid of Sobell House. Expect a programme of popular classics, including Beethoven’s Pathétique, Chopin’s First Ballade, Debussy’s Claire de Lune and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, among others, delivered with passion and enthusiasm from this talented young musician.

Heath Quartet OXFORD COFFEE CONCERT Holywell Music Room Sunday, 11.15am Tickets: 01865 305305 or ticketsoxford.com Start your Sunday with this recital by one of Britain’s most exciting young chamber ensembles. Their programme includes Haydn’s String Quartet in G Minor and Beethoven’s String Quartet in C, the Rasumovsky. You can catch them again at 4pm in Adderbury Parish Church.

Serendipity Trio FROM BAROQUE TO BACHARACH St Nicholas Church, Abingdon Sunday, 3pm Tickets: 07775 904626 or abbeychamberconcerts.org Enjoy a fun afternoon with local professional musicians Chris Britton (flute), Keith Fairbairn (percussion) and Ray Lear (guitar) in an eclectic programme including dance music from Spain and Cuba, Latin-American folk music and songs from Broadway/West End musicals – with a bit of Vivaldi thrown in. Unmissable.

City of Oxford Silver Band 125th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Cowley Conservative Club Sunday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01865 326271 or cosb.co.uk Join the COSB for uplifting marches and tunes from the worlds of jazz, classical and popular music. With special guest Steve Sykes, a former member of Grimethorpe Colliery Band and winner of Granada Television Soloist of the Year. All proceeds in aid of ROSY (Respite nursing for Oxfordshire’s Sick Youngsters).

Richard Durrant FROM OXFORD TO PARAGUAY WITH LOVE Holywell Music Room Wednesday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01865 861791 or 01273 453422 Another charity gig, this time from internationally acclaimed guitarist Richard Durrant, who indulges his love of Paraguay with this recital of music by Paraguayan composers Agustin Barrio, Quirino Baez Allende and Felipe Sosa. Proceeds will go to Ko’eju, which supports street children in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.