Weekends - Autumn Term 2019

MUSICAL PALETTE-CLEANSERS

A TASTE OF HISTORY

The Oxford Bach Soloists Sound in my Body. Tickets £15 | U18 free

The Ashmoleon Museum Last Supper in Pompeii. Tickets £12.25 | £6

Sunday 6th October, 3.00pm An unique musical ensemble, the OBS perform JS Bach’s complete works in chronological order, programmed in real-time and in the context for which they were originally conceived. This performance offers the chance to hear four Bach cantatas performed live by the Baroque ensemble, described by Oxford

Sundays 10.00am – 5.00pm If you’ve ever debated what was for dinner 2,000-odd years ago, the hypothetical may finally have found its fact: Last Supper in Pompeii provides a remarkable insight into the everyday lives, and consumption habits of the citizens of Pompeii. View over 400 rare objects preserved by Vesuvius’ eruption in AD 79.

Times Music Editor, Tim Hughes as ‘Absolutely perfect in every way.’

The Oxford Lieder Festival Daily concerts from Friday 11th October The 18th Oxford Lieder Festival will explore life, death, and the mysterious areas between and beyond. The two-week-long festival is packed with concerts from some of the world’s most critically-acclaimed performers, including pianist Ivana Gavrić who is in concert on Sunday 13th October playing works by the masterful pianist-composer Clara Schumann, as well as works by Edvard Grieg and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

The Ashmoleon Museum Feed the World: Food and Money in the 20th Century Exploring the complex relationship between food and money, this display in Gallery 7 at The Ashmolean Museum takes a closer look at the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s ‘Food for All’ programme. Learn how monetary and numismatic objects such as coins, banknotes, and tokens related to food in the 20th century, and why this was important.

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