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2024-2025 Season
Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast
Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region; The Lark Ascending
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Austin Gunn – tenor
Conductor Robert Secret
The Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Sunday 29 June 2025, 7.30pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of the very few Black classical composers to achieve large-scale renown! His most popular work by far, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, owes its success to its rhythmic vitality, at times sounding like a pre-echo of the American music that would soon emerge in the early 20th century. Contrasting this is the ethereal fluidity of two of Vaughan Williams’ loveliest works. His 1906 setting of Walt Whitman’s poem Toward the Unknown Region is a hidden gem with two very imposing climaxes, while the famous The Lark Ascending is timeless.
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Discounts
Wheelchair discount tickets and Group discount tickets (for groups of 10+) are not available via Tickets Oxford and must be booked via Caroline Butler.
Discounts are also available for students / under 18s via all outlets (proof of status required).
VENUES AND SEATING PLANS
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Oxford Town Hall
Arena and back gallery £25
Side gallery £20
Wheelchair users arena £23 (includes free carer/companion)
Under 18s/students £12.50
Sheldonian Theatre
Chairs £30
Lower gallery £25
Semi-circle £20
Upper gallery £15
Wheelchair users may bring a companion/carer for free
Under 18s/students: Half price in the Semi-circle and Upper gallery only
