Festival Pass – Priority access to all events and behind the scenes
Full details to be announced in Summer 2025
Your OCMF 2025 Festival Pass gives you:
- Invitation to the VIP Reception to meet the artists
- A saving compared to buying individual tickets
- One ticket that gives you access to all events
- Priority access to events so you can choose the best seats
FRIENDS MEMBERS & FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS: Enjoy priority queuing at concerts and invitations to meet the artists after concerts
Our Friends members have been the cornerstone of our support each year, enabling us to deliver unforgettable concerts for the past 25 years.
As well as the exclusive access your Membership affords you, it will also help us sustain and enhance the magical experience of our festival for future audiences.
OCMF 2025: 22-27 September 2025
PAST EVENT: Eden in Asthall: 23-25 May 2025
25th Anniversary Concert and Dinner
The celebrations include a very special event on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Oxford Chamber Music Foundation and will include a visit to the magical gardens of Asthall Manor, a concert in the church and dinner in the Manor ballroom.
Lotte Betts Dean mezzosoprano | Roy Amotz flute | Brian O’Kane cello | Priya Mitchell violin | Annette Walther violin | Sascha Bota viola | Dirk Mommertz piano
This event marks the 25th Anniversary year for OCMF ahead of its autumn festival ‘Eden – Heaven Meets Earth’ from 22-27 September 2025.
TICKETS
Friday 23rd May, 7-8pm concert, picnic from 4pm
Genesis
St Nicholas’ Church, Asthall, Burford
Programme:
Bach Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
Jon Thow Invoke the Clouds
Takemitsu Air
Bach Goldberg Variations
Biber Passacaglia for solo violin
£30* – concert ticket includes access to the gardens from 4-6.30pm. Doors open at the Church at 6.30pm.
Saturday 24 May, 11am-2pm practical painting and drawing workshop ‘Asthall Trees – Where Heaven Meets Earth’ with Kieran Stiles
Booking direct through Kieran Stiles
£85
Saturday 24 May, 5.30pm
25th Anniversary Dinner and Concert: Heaven Meets Earth
Gardens open from 4pm. Concert 5.30pm in St Nicholas’ Church followed by reception and dinner at 6.45pm in the Asthall Manor ballroom.
Programme:
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel
Mozart Adagio from Flute quartet in D major
Dowland Flow my tears for soprano and strings
Ravel Shéhérazade: La Flûte enchantée for voice and flute
Beethoven Cavatina from String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat
Tavener Mother of God Here I Stand
Purcell ‘If music be the food of love’
£85*
Sunday 25 May, 3-4pm concert, picnic from 1pm
Voice of Nature
St Nicholas’ Church, Asthall, Burford
Programme:
Vivaldi ‘Spring’ from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi ‘Il Gardellino’
Respighi ‘Il Tramonto’
Strauss ‘Morgen’
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Casals Song of the Birds
Haydn String Quartet in D major Opus 64 no. 5 ‘Lark’ 1st movement
Roussel ‘Ciel, vers, vent’ for soprano and flute
Schubert ‘Im Frühling’ and ‘Heidenröslein’
John Cage Branches (1976)
£30* – concert ticket includes access to the gardens from 1-3pm. Doors open to the concert at 2.30pm.
*A Tickets Oxford transaction fee will apply
Parking is limited in the field opposite Asthall Manor – follow the parking signs on arrival. Please car share if you can, or consider coming by bus. Bus instructions are here: https://www.asthallmanor.com/plan-your-visit/