Jazz at St.

Giles
ENCORE!!
St Giles salutes Britten!
Join us for a celebration mini festival celebrating the centenary year of Benjamin Britten (1913-2013). Consisting of four wonderful concerts and including internationally-famed musicians, proceeds from the festival will go towards St. Giles church and its work with the homeless and dispossessed. Tickets for all concerts are available on the door, or can be booked online at www.jazzatstgiles.com.
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St. Giles Church is a vibrant, welcoming community that embraces a wide variety of activities talks, concerts, bell-ringers, a boys choir, a famous candlelit Carol service and services to suit everyone: Holy Communion, Evensong, Mid-week Eucharist, Evening Prayer, Taiz Service. For details of service times please go to www.st-giles-church.org or see the notice boards outside the church. Whatever your faith, you are warmly welcome!
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Encore!
St Giles salutes Britten!

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For further information contact Jean Darke on 01865 514 575 or jeandarke@btinternet.com. For information on the Britten Centenary Year, please visit Britten in Oxford.com and Britten 100.com

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Friday 25 - Sunday 27 January | 2013

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Jazz at St Giles is supported by generous donors including:

Scott and Valerie Bullock; Jean Darke; Roy and Jane Darke; Chris and Sao Foy; Dana Josephson; David Longrigg; Richard and Faye Pring; Dr. Peggie Rimmer; Tom and Elena Snow; Roger W Turner; Paul Wadesley
and numerous other generous donors who wish to remain anonymous

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A sparkling festival of jazz and the music of Benjamin Britten to celebrate his Centenary Year

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Jacqui Dankworth David Gordon Trio Pete Oxley /Nicholas Meier St. Giles Choristers

Following on the heels of the hugely successful Jazz at St. Giles Autumn Series, St. Giles now joins the worldwide celebrations of composer Benjamin Brittens Centenary year. This wonderful festival of jazz and Britten tributes is encapsulated in a joyous weekend of music making by renowned jazz musicians and the Choristers of St. Giles.

27 January | 3.30pm
St. Giles Choristers
Brittens songs for children Friday Afternoons

26 January | 12pm 25 January | 7.30pm

Jacqui Dankworth
Outstanding and world-renowned singer Jacqui Dankworth daughter of Dame Cleo Laine and the late Sir John Dankworth sings Brittens jazz cabaret songs as well as compositions by John Dankworth, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Jacqui is accompanied by the equally distinguished jazz pianist and classical harpsichordist, David Gordon. Together as an acclaimed duo they have toured extensively in the UK and abroad. Jacqui also performs with her much-lauded quartet Buttery and has an extensive recorded catalogue.

The Oxley-Meier Guitar Duo

Pete Oxley, (who began his musical career in Paris before returning to the UK in 1997, where he opened the famous Spin jazz club in Oxford), plays guitar with a mind-blowing brilliance that leaves you breathless at his technique. Equally at home with both the classical and jazz repertoire, he has now released 10 critically acclaimed CDs featuring his original compositions. Nicholas Meiers unique style is a blend of Metheny-esque jazz and Turkish-inspired world music. Nick has toured extensively with his band the Meier Group, winning best band prize at the recent Juan-les-Pins jazz festival. Recent albums feature a wonderful heady mixture of Flamenco, jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern music. Together the duo will perform jazz from their newly released CD, plus their own tributes to Britten.

26 January | 7.30pm
David Gordon Trio
Back by public demand!! The David Gordon Trios inaugural concert of our Autumn Series left the audience clamouring for more. With Paul Cavaciuti (drums) and Jonty Fisher (bass), jazz pianist David Gordon rides rough-shod over the boundaries between jazz, acoustic groove and classical music, blazing a rare trail through the jazz world with an innate sense of melody and rhythmic drive. Also a renowned harpsichordist, David has performed at the BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, and the Musikverein, Vienna, and has an extensive recorded repertoire, both classical and jazz.

The boys of St Giles all-male choir (the only one in the city outside of the University colleges) sing brilliantly at all choir-accompanied services. The boys train under their choral director Nicholas Prozzillo accompanied by organist Andrew Patterson, through the Choir Academy, from which they receive both vocal and theoretical music training. They also benet from learning the condence-building Alexander Technique. Inevitably the Academy is always looking for funding for training, purchase of music, events, etc., and we plan soon to launch a Sponsor a Choirboy scheme. Whereas funds raised from the other three concerts in this mini festival will go, as usual, towards the churchs work with the homeless, todays revenue will be passed straight to choir funds.

Tickets: 10 (5 concessions, children free)

Tickets: 20 (15 concessions)

Tickets: 10 (8 concessions)

Tickets: 18 (13 concessions)