Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299 Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 Anthony Robb flute Sally Pryce harp Marios Papadopoulos conductor Miloš Forman’s 1984 movie Amadeus is a masterpiece from beginning to end, telling of the ambition, obsession and jealousy that nearly thwarted the career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and of the …
Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299 Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 Anthony Robb flute Sally Pryce harp Marios Papadopoulos conductor Miloš Forman’s 1984 movie Amadeus is a masterpiece from beginning to end, telling of the ambition, obsession and jealousy that nearly thwarted the career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and of the …
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Anna Fedorova piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor For Sibelius, only nature could transcend the agony of life. The composer’s Symphony No. 5 is perhaps the supreme musical example of that concept – a work in which the composer imagines himself soaring above …
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John Rutter Anniversary Greeting for the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Evgeny Kissin piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Under the greatest pressure, Shostakovich delivered his most supreme masterpiece. Condemned by the Soviet powers after his satirical opera Lady Macbeth, Shostakovich was ordered to write …
Mozart Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543 Charlotte Scott violin Marios Papadopoulos conductor Associate Concertmaster Charlotte Scott joins us for an evening of Mozart, this time the composer’s Violin Concerto No. 3 – a score characterised by …
Beethoven Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Members of the Oxford Philharmonic Marios Papadopoulos piano Tchaikovsky once dismissed the combination of piano, violin and cello as unworkable. But when his friend and mentor Nikolai Rubinstein died, Tchaikovsky changed tack dramatically. In Rubinstein’s memory, a piano trio of …
Tchaikovsky Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24* Side-by-Side Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Lise de la Salle piano Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor There’s a reason Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is the most popular work of its kind ever written. From lonely chords, this …
Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, ‘Fingal’s Cave’ Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried, WWV 86C Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’ Leia Zhu violin Marios Papadopoulos conductor Be transported from the urbane perfection of the Sheldonian Theatre into the mysteries of the forest, the wilds of the hills and valleys and the …
Marcello Palazzo Trails* world premiere Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, ‘The Great’ Janine Jansen violin Marcello Palazzo conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor From its monolithic opening theme kick-starting a cycle of inexorable momentum like a giant pendulum, to the breathless dash of its finale, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 of 1828 offers one …
Programme to be announced Martha Argerich piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Following sensational concerts in Oxford and Germany last season, Martha Argerich returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic with concerts in both Oxford and London. The performances promise to dazzle with the sheer brilliance of this astonishing pianist and celebrate her wonderful relationship with the Orchestra.
