Wednesday 1st May - Jacquelin du Pre Music Room

5:30 p.m. Lecture: “Quiet as a mouse”

8:00 p.m. Concert: Goldner String Quartet with Katya Apekisheva

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Thursday 2nd May - Sheldonian Theatre

5:30 p.m. Lecture: “Air from Other Planets” - Holst’s “the Planets” in musical context

8:00 p.m. Concert: Prof Brian Cox - Ashley Wass and Katya Apekisheva - The Planets

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Friday 3rd May - Holywell Music Room

5:30 p.m. Lecture: "Power from the Sun"

8:00 p.m. Concert: Barber, Hindson, Poulenc and Schubert Octet

               

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Saturday 4th May - Holywell Music Room

2:00 p.m. Afternoon Concert: Britten Celebration

5.30 p.m. Lecture: “Circadian rhythms and the beat of the brain”

8:00 p.m. Concert: Roderick Williams, Joe Middleton and the Goldner String Quartet

               

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Sunday 5th May - Holywell Music Room

5.30 p.m. Lecture: “Recreating Lost Soundscapes: Music, Architecture and Acoustics in Renaissance Venice”

8:00 p.m. Concert: Florilegium - Nature and the Supernatural - Music from the Court of Louis XIV

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Monday 6th May (Note unusual times) - Holywell Music Room

4.00 p.m. Lecture: "The Limits of Knowledge: is there room for God in a Scientific Universe?"

6:00 p.m. Concert: Festival Finale - Vivaldi Four Seasons and Mendelssohn Octet