Oxford Baroque Players

Oxford Baroque Players Oxford Baroque Players is Oxford’s leading modern-instrument baroque orchestra. Directed and led by University students.

Founders: Kentaro Machida & Jake Sternberg

Poster!
10/03/2026

Poster!

Poster reveal! We're so excited for our concert this weekend. Can't wait to see you there for a Purcell celebration!
10/11/2025

Poster reveal! We're so excited for our concert this weekend. Can't wait to see you there for a Purcell celebration!

Poster reveal for our next concert! The Oxford Baroque Players are so excited to perform a bouquet of Baroque concertos ...
02/06/2025

Poster reveal for our next concert! The Oxford Baroque Players are so excited to perform a bouquet of Baroque concertos next week.

Don’t miss out! Tickets remaining for Handel's Solomon on March 15 (Oxford) and March 19 (London).
14/03/2025

Don’t miss out! Tickets remaining for Handel's Solomon on March 15 (Oxford) and March 19 (London).

Introducing our title soloist for Handel's Solomon, Francis Gush!With a voice described as ‘bell clear and beautiful’ (T...
06/03/2025

Introducing our title soloist for Handel's Solomon, Francis Gush!

With a voice described as ‘bell clear and beautiful’ (The Stage), English-Dutch countertenor Francis Gush is a graduate of the Royal College of Music under the tutelage of Lawrence Zazzo and Rosa Mannion.

Enjoying a burgeoning international operatic career, Francis has performed with companies such as Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Tolomeo– Giulio Cesare, cover), English Touring Opera (Cesare– Giulio Cesare), the Opéra de Lille (Athamas– Semele, cover) and the English National Opera (Engage). Francis also recently made his international debut, performing the title role Titus in Titus L’Empéreur at the Händel Festspiele in Halle (Opera Settecento) to critical acclaim. This summer, Francis will make his debut at the Buxton International Festival, singing Harold in Dommett’s contemporary opera, Disorderly House, as well as Ixion in Charpentier’s Orphée with Vache Baroque.
Equally comfortable in concert and oratorio, Francis has made his debut with the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, singing a programme of Purcell and Blow. Other notable concert work includes his performance at the Wigmore Hall with Steven Isserlis, which was described as a ‘show-stealing turn’ (The Arts Desk), and his ‘blow-away performance’ (The Stage) as Arsace in Hampstead Garden Opera’s Partenope / Handel.

We at OBP are still reminiscing about our last concert! We collaborated with our stellar resident soloists and the choir...
18/11/2024

We at OBP are still reminiscing about our last concert! We collaborated with our stellar resident soloists and the choir of Pusey House, performing Haydn's Paukenmesse and The Heavens are Telling. The concert also featured J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Harpsichords with soloists Adam Chillingworth and François Cloete, before sealing off the night with J.C. Bach's Symphony in G minor op. 6 no. 6. What a bonanza! Take a look at these clips.

31/10/2024

Hear J.S. Bach’s Double Harpsichord Concerto at our upcoming concert, Haydn's Paukenmesse! (Performers: François Cloete & Adam Chillingworth)

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