Marios Papadopoulos is the Oxford Piano Festival's Artistic Director. Since his London debut in 1974, his career as a pianist and conductor has been worldwide. His prolific output as a recording artist includes Beethoven Piano Sonatas, performances of Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Wind with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, works by Mussorgsky - including Pictures …
Marios Papadopoulos is the Oxford Piano Festival's Artistic Director. Since his London debut in 1974, his career as a pianist and conductor has been worldwide. His prolific output as a recording artist includes Beethoven Piano Sonatas, performances of Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Wind with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, works by Mussorgsky - including Pictures …
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Yefim Bronfman piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Yefim Bronfman is championed by critics as a superlative exponent of Brahms. His sensational 2012 Proms performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 captivated London audiences and his debut at the …
Marios Papadopoulos is the Oxford Piano Festival's Artistic Director. Since his London debut in 1974, his career as a pianist and conductor has been worldwide. His prolific output as a recording artist includes Beethoven Piano Sonatas, performances of Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Wind with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, works by Mussorgsky - including Pictures …
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’ Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor Beethoven beyond the stereotypes. The composer loved to perform the second of his piano concertos, not to position himself as the conquering hero but …
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’ Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor Few works communicate just how significant and pivotal a cultural figure Beethoven was like the ‘Emperor’ piano concerto, every bit deserving of its title. This unprecedented ‘grand concerto’ would explode the …
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BEETHOVEN Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Eleanor Dennis soprano Ian Bostridge tenor David Soar bass The Choir of Keble College Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Marios Papadopoulos conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and brings to our Beethoven celebrations one of the composer’s most joyous, lyrical works …
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BEETHOVEN Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80, ‘Choral Fantasy’ Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ Claire Rutter soprano Angela Simkin mezzo-soprano Toby Spence tenor David Shipley bass Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn Paul Krämer chorus master Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor Concert introduced by John Suchet Beethoven’s ninth still sounds palpably off-the-leash despite the …
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Mozart Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K. 505 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 John Rutter Anniversary Greeting for the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (world premiere)* Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Sophie Bevan Soprano John Rutter conductor* Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor The seventh is Beethoven’s most fascinating symphony – a work whose new vision of rhythm’s …
Morfydd Llwyn Owen Nocturne* Side-by-Side Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, ‘Enigma’ Alban Gerhardt cello Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor When Edward Elgar started to improvise a little tune at his piano one day, considering how a group of his closest friends might play that tune, he gave birth to one …
