Love's Messengers

Wed 14 October

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The second of our events marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten is today’s lunchtime concert, where James Way, Lotte Betts-Dean and Natalie Burch imagine an evening at the Red House, the home of Britten and Peter Pears. For the rest of the day we are at Oxford’s new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities: a composition workshop in the afternoon, a virtuosic piano recital at rush-hour, the ever-popular Roderick Williams in the evening, and a late-night performance of a bold new setting of Kafka by composer Can Bilir, performed by soprano Anna Dennis and pianist John Reid.

Today's highlight event...

14 October 2026 | 7:30pm

Roderick Williams: Love's Minstrels

Roderick Williams & Sholto Kynoch

Roderick Williams' appearances at the Festival are always eagerly anticipated and this recital is sure to be a highlight of the year. The typically inventive programme tells stories of courtly love across the ages...