Fretwork
Take Five
Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
A sequence of music for five viols, some of it in five time, including Take Five, made famous by Dave Brubeck but actually written by his saxophonist, Paul Desmond.
But there's music in five by Christopher Tye from the 1530s and by John Baldwin, the extraordinary 'Proporcions to the minim: five minims', and Radiohead's 'Everything in its right place'. Orlando Gough's 'Birds on Fire' places Klezmer tunes against Viennese schmalz with five beats to the bar, while Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres' is in a constantly expanding and contracting time frame.
But there's music in five by Christopher Tye from the 1530s and by John Baldwin, the extraordinary 'Proporcions to the minim: five minims', and Radiohead's 'Everything in its right place'. Orlando Gough's 'Birds on Fire' places Klezmer tunes against Viennese schmalz with five beats to the bar, while Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres' is in a constantly expanding and contracting time frame.
Music at Oxford
Mon, 18 May 2026
Jacqueline du Pré Building, Oxford
7:30pm
£25 (conc. available)
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A sequence of music for five viols, some of it in five time, including Take Five, made famous by Dave Brubeck but actually written by his saxophonist, Paul Desmond.
But there's music in five by Christopher Tye from the 1530s and by John Baldwin, the extraordinary 'Proporcions to the minim: five minims', and Radiohead's 'Everything in its right place'. Orlando Gough's 'Birds on Fire' places Klezmer tunes against Viennese schmalz with five beats to the bar, while Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres' is in a constantly expanding and contracting time frame.
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Jacqueline du Pré Building, Oxford
St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY
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