Jacqui Johnson cello Dominic Piers Smith piano Frederic Chopin (1810-49) Sonata for cello and piano Frank Bridge (189-1941) Sonata for cello & piano Abbey Chamber Concerts A series of chamber concerts by top-quality local musicians on one Sunday each month. 3.00 – 4.00pm at St Nicolas church, Market Place, Abingdon OX14 3HF. Tickets £10, accompanied children […]
Legitimate Idleness: Victorian Travel for Health The ATOM Society brings you a fascinating talk by Prof. Sally Shuttleworth at 19:30 on Tuesday (new weekday this year!) 16th May 2023 in Abingdon United Football Club, Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon. Middle-class Victorians had always travelled in Europe, but from the 1860s there was a huge rise […]
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During […]
“Rich Felgate has spent years documenting climate activists. “FINITE: The Climate of Change” depicts their heroism and selflessness. But most of all it shows their striking sanity in an insane world.” – Adam McKay, Academy-award winning director (The Big Short, Vice, Don’t Look Up) “Urgent and heroic. Roaring with the rage and hope needed in […]
The sixteenth annual English Music Festival opens in Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire with a highly anticipated visit by the BBC Concert Orchestra on opening night to perform major works by E. J. Moeran and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as World Premières by William Lloyd Webber, William Alwyn and Paul Lewis. Concerts continue at Dorchester Abbey, […]
Elegie chronicles the life of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. Though he became an exile in 1917, Russia remained deeply rooted in his soul. His cultural identity and his longing for his homeland imbue his music, not least the many much-loved works he wrote for his own instrument, the piano. The narrative, scripted from letters […]
A day of concerts plus lunch at Radley College, featuring works for wind trio in the morning and a piano recital in the afternoon. Lunch takes place in the New Pavilion. Book for all or part of the day. Concerts continue into the evening at Dorchester Abbey. The English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, […]
The Sleeping Beauty holds a very special place in The Royal Ballet’s heart and history. It was the first performance given by the Company when the Royal Opera House reopened at Covent Garden in 1946 after World War II. In 2006, this original staging was revived and has been delighting audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously […]
“Chess and Coffee with Laury” 10:00 - 12:00 – come and learn how to play chess. 👑 ♟️ All ages and abilities are welcome. #OnePlanetLiving #AbingdonOnThames #ClimateEmergencyCentre #ChessMaster #ChessLessons
Come along to our family-friendly creative art workshop to learn how to make your own colourful paints from a variety of plants and spices. Local artist, Emma Williams, will show you how to make your own bright coloured paints from the natural pigments that can be found in plants and spices. You’ll make your own […]
Ben Bruant and Will Cashel are duo – playing ‘songs you know in ways you probably don’t’ in a style fusing flamenco, pop and classical music. Together the band has recorded five albums and two EPs and performed to audiences including British and European royalty and at Liverpool Philharmonic, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, BBC Good Food […]
Bring the children to our wonderful eco crafting sessions with Shaista. This Sunday, from 1030am. Get your kids away from their screens for a couple of hours to engage mindfully with something creative! This is a FREE event (although donations are always gratefully accepted). See you there! 🦈 🦋 🐅🐸🐷🐝🐠🐾🦔🍄🍁🌿 More info: https://oneplanetabingdon.org/events/ #oneplanetliving #community […]
