Cantata Dramatica

PERPETUA – WORLD PREMIERE Christ Church Cathedral Tonight, 8pm Tickets: 07766 103427 or cantata dramatica.com A new dramatic cantata by composer Nick Bicât and librettist Nick Pitts-Tucker, which recreates the diaries of Vibia Perpetua – a young woman who, in AD 203, was martyred by the Romans for standing up for her beliefs.

Stephen Farr

ST CELIA’S DAY ORGAN RECITAL

Holy Trinity Church, Headington Tonight, 7pm] Tickets: 07904 296996 Internationally acclaimed organist Stephen Farr marks 20 years of the church’s Kenneth Tickell organ with a varied programme including music by Haydn, Pachelbel, Bach and Buxtehude.

Natalie Clein and Katya Apekisheva JDP 25th ANNIVERSARY Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford Friday, 8pm Tickets: 01865 305305 or oxfordplayhouse.co.uk Natalie Clein (cello) and Katya Apekisheva (piano) play a programme of Bach and Brahms to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Jacqueline du Pré.

Oxford Harmonic Society

FAURE/SAINT-SAENS Oxford Town Hall Saturday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01865 305305 or oxfordplayhouse.com Fauré’s sublime Requiem is paired with the lesser-known Christmas Oratorio by his teacher and friend, Saint-Saëns.

Burford Singers

ADVENT CONCERT Burford Parish Church Sunday, 7.30pm Tickets: The Mad Hatter Bookshop, Burford 01993 822539 Jonathan Willcocks’ A Great and Glorious Victory is given a performance, alongside Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Elgar’s Serenade for Strings. Conducted by Brian Kay.

All Saints Singers

ADVENT CONCERT All Saints Church, Sutton Courtenay Sunday, 7.30pm Tickets: 01235 847489 Mix of choral and orchestral with Vivaldi’s Credo and Hummel’s Mass in B Flat Major. Singers accompanied by an 18-strong orchestra, led by City of Oxford Orchestra leader Sue Lynn.

Oxford Chamber Music Society

COULL QUARTET/ MARK BEBBINGTON Holywell Music Room Sunday, 3pm Tickets: 01865 305305 or oxfordplayhouse.com All-British programme with Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A Minor, Ireland’s Piano Sonata and rarely performed Piano Quintet by Ian Venables.

Newman Singers/ Oxford Sinfonia

BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM Oxford Town Hall Sunday, 8pm Tickets: 01865 252334 or visitoxfordandoxfordshire.

com/eshop Benjamin Britten’s deeply moving War Requiem is given a 50th anniversary performance. Conducted by Sally Mears.