Your guide to classical and other concerts in Oxfordshire from June 23 -29. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com).

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FRIDAY, JUNE 23

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford: Oxford Bach Choir. Gala Concert. Britten Sinfonia. Conductor Nichoas Cleobury. Includes chorus from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Handel's Zadok the Priest. 7.30pm. 01865 798600.

Oxford Folk Club, Port Mahon, St Clement's: Open night.

The Mitre, High Street, Oxford: Oxford Jazz Club.

Parish Church of St Martin, Bladon: Helen Maxey and Sally Mears (sopranos), Mike Fisher (flute), Anthony Wilkes (cello), Roger Teichmann (organ). Monterverdi, Bach, Vivaldi. 8pm.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 24

Oxford Town Hall: Benson Choral Society. Beethoven, Third Piano Concerto and Missa Solemnis. Conducted by Chris Walker in his 25th anniversary year with the choir. 7.30pm. 01865 407395.

Sheldonian Theatre: Thames Vale Youth Orchestra. Vaughan-Williams, Overture the Wasps and Serenade to Music; Sibelius, Symphony No 5. 5.30pm.

Garsington Manor: Garsington Opera. Haydn, Il mondo della luna. 6pm. 01865 361636.

OXSRAD Recreation Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston: OXSRAD Choir. 7.30pm.

Appleton Village Hall: John Renbourn (guitar). 8pm. 01865 862923.

Trinity Church, Conduit Road, Abingdon: Abingdon Operatic Society group Kaleidoscope. 7.30pm. Interval refreshments. 01865 736153. St Andrew's Church, Great Rollright: Harpsichord recital by Helen Rogers. 7.30pm. 10 includes buffet supper. Music by Couperin, J S Bach, Scarlatti, Buxtehude. 01608 730758.

Adlestrop Church: Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads, a celebration of gardens and gardeners in words and music on the anniversary of the day in 1914 when Edward Thomas "discovered" Adlestrop. Readers Anne Harvey and Gordon Ottewell. Music by Brian Etheridge (baritone), Christopher Tadman-Robins (piano) and Philippa Tennant (clarinet). 7.30pm. 01608 658333.

Snell's Hall, East Hendred: Spire. 01235 762644.

Brackley Music Festival: telephone Brackley Town Hall for full programme details.

St Mary's Chuch, Steeple Barton: Choros. Midsummer Magic. 7.30pm. 01869 232618.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 25

Holywell Music Room: Sophie Barber (violin) and James Kirby (piano). Beethoven, Sonata op 12, no 2; Prokofiev, Sonata in F minor. 11.15am. And at 8pm, London Wind Trio. Mozart, Poulenc, Glinka. 01865 798600.

Garsington Manor: Garsington Opera. Schumann, Genoveva. 6.15pm. 6.1. 01865 361636.

Oxford Apollo: Think Floyd. 0870 6063500. 7.30pm.

Cricketers Arms, Iffley Road, Oxford: Luis D'Agostino Trio, guitar-led modern jazz, weekly. The Manor, Mill Lane, Chalgrove: fireworks, performance of Hourglass, by Russell Kilmister, rock music celebrating Chalgrove in the 20th century; and jazz. Bring a picnic and candles, 8pm. 01865 891885.

St Mary's Church, Adderbury: Tippett String Quartet. 7.45pm.

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MONDAY, JUNE 26

Garsington Manor: Garsington Opera. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro. 5.45pm. 01865 361636.

Holywell Music Room: The Brodsky Quartet. Beethoven op 18 no 3 and no 4; Tanaka and Beamish String Quartets. 8pm. 01865 798600.

Jacqueline du Pr Music Building, St Hilda's College: Brookes University Students' recital. Today 1pm and 7.30pm, Tues 5.45, 7.30pm.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 27

Holywell Music Room: Moonrakers. Acoustic Celtic music. 7.30pm. 01865 769206.

Nettlebed Folk Song Club: Hugh Crabtree and Phungus. 01628 636620.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28

New College Chapel: Gary Cooper (harpsichord). J S Bach, 48 Preludes and Fugues, Part II, 8pm. Tickets at the door only.

All Saints Methodist Church, Abingdon: Kennington and District United Church Choirs present La Vie Parisienne. A concert version in costume. 7.30pm. Admission free. 01865 735885.

Garsington Manor: Garsington Opera. Schumann, Genoveva. 6.15pm. 6.1. 01865 361636.

Holywell Music Room: The Brodsky Quartet. Beethoven op 18 no 2 and no 5; Smirnov and Jegede String Quartets. 8pm. 01865 798600.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 29

Oxford Playhouse : Richard Thompson. 7.30pm. 01865 798600.

Garsington Manor: Garsington Opera. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro. 5.45pm. 01865 361636.

The Spin, The Wheatsheaf, High Street, Oxford: Damon Brown (trumpet). 01865 243276.

Longwick Village Hall: Princes Risborough Music Society. Songs from the shows. 7.30pm. Also Jun 30 and Jul 1. For tickets and further details about these performances tel 01844 213247.