Opera Lyrica MOZART: DER SCHAUSPIEL-DIREKTOR/ die zauberflÖTE St Peter’s College, Oxford Friday & Saturday, 7pm Tickets operalyrica.

co.uk/tickets.html A double bill of Mozartian comedy with Opera Lyrica, a new Oxford company of young professionals and University undergraduates. With an experienced production team, this promises to be a memorable evening.

Exaudi IN THE SHADOW OF GESUALDO St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road, Oxford Friday, 7.30pm Tickets 01865 244806 or musicatoxford.com The new Music at Oxford season continues with contemporary ensemble Exaudi celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. This juxtaposes the Seven Tenebrae Responsories of late Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo with music by contemporary composers Salvatore Sciarrino and Wolfgang Rihm.

Oxford Philomusica FROM STAGE AND SCREEN Sheldonian Theatre Saturday, 8pm Tickets 01865 980980 or oxfordphil.com Pianist David Greilsammer joins Oxford Philomusica for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 in C Major, the second movement of which was used in Elvira Madigan. Also included are Takemitsu’s Three Film Scores for String Orchestra and Richard Strauss’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, written as incidental music to Moliere’s eponymous play.

Akeman Voices Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle St Peter and St Paul Church, Deddington Saturday, 8pm Tickets 01295 679175 or akemanvoices.org.uk Hear Rossini’s choral masterpiece in this stunning church by the 17-strong chamber choir conducted by founder Martin Quinn.

Oxford Contemporary Music THE ELYSIAN QUARTET/ MAYA YOUSSEF St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road, Oxford Saturday, 8pm Tickets 01865 305305 or oxfordplayhouse.com Exciting young ensemble joins forces with superb young Syrian Maya Youssef, a virtuoso player of the kanun (zither), introduced by Max Reinhardt. Visit ocmevents.org Tippett String Quartet COFFEE CONCERT Holywell Music Room Sunday, 11.15am This acclaimed quartet – formed in 1998, the year of Michael Tippett’s death – performs Mozart’s String Quartet in B flat and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No.1. Kidlington Amateur Operatic Society OFFENBACH: LA PERICHOLE Gosford Hill School Hall, Kidlington Thursday to Saturday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01865 375613 A rare performance of Offenbach’s comic opera about a poor singer, La Perichole, who has to resist advances from Don Andrès de Ribeira while remaining true to her lover. Directed by Richard Morton, conducted by Paul Ingram – a lively night out.