A Place of Peace

Join us for an enchanting hour of music, meditation, and tranquility with our festival musicians! We take an inspiring walk through the Garden of Eden, accompanied by soothing readings, improvised music, guided breathing exercises, and calming, uplifting masterpieces from several centuries, to include:

J. S. Bach Air from Suite no.3
Adès Music for the film Colette
Mozart Adagio from Flute quartet K285
Schumann ‘From Foreign lands – Kinderszenen
John Cage’s innovative piece “Branches”, which incorporates natural sounds

Every year the Oxford Chamber Music Festival brings together some of the most exciting classical musicians in Europe to live and play together for a week. Creative sparks fly as the players exchange musical partners and tackle the widest variety of sound-worlds.

“a musical miracle” – Daily Telegraph; “world-class by any standards” Time Out

With this year’s special 25th anniversary festival we hope to create a musical Eden in an increasingly troubled world. We celebrate in sound the glories of nature’s garden; explore the music of innocence and of human desire; and offer works which suggest the drama of the Fall, and the journey back to a state of spiritual grace.