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Sir Stephen Hough

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Sir Stephen Hough piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor One of the great pianists of our time brings us one of the great piano concertos of all time. Sir Stephen Hough, whose recording of the Rachmaninov concerto was a Sunday Times Record …

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Mischa Maisky

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Henry Le Feber Robertson Oublié*  world premiere Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’ Mischa Maisky cello Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor When Dvořák first heard America’s spirituals and plantation songs, he wrote that they would form ‘the future music of this country’. Rather sooner, the spirit …

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Piano Masterclass | Oxford Piano Festival 2024

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Oxford

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on the Oxford Piano Festival website.

Directing from the Keyboard Masterclass | Oxford Piano Festival 2024

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Oxford

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on the Oxford Piano Festival website.

Víkingur Ólafsson and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Vikingur Ólafsson piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor In a standout highlight of this year’s Festival, the beloved Icelandic pianist and born communicator Víkingur Ólafsson joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for the piano concerto by Robert Schumann – a supple and …

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Piano Masterclass | Oxford Piano Festival 2024

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Oxford

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on the Oxford Piano Festival website.

Tchaikovsky Five

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Glinka Overture Ruslan and Ludmilla* Side-by-Side Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti Voice-Leading** world premiere Walton Viola Concerto in A minor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti beatboxer Isobel Neary-Adams viola Marios Papadopoulos conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* John Traill conductor ** Emerging talent from the University of Oxford is to the fore in this concert showcasing the winner of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Senior Concerto …

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The Firebird

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Shor Violin and Viola Concerto Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) Marc Bouchkov violin David Aaron Carpenter viola Marios Papadopoulos conductor Music would never be the same after Igor Stravinsky unleashed The Firebird in 1910 – a ballet score that would herald the pictorial powers with which the composer would shock …

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Bach Mass in B Minor

Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Madison Nonoa soprano Anna Devin soprano Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist tenor James Platt bass Oxford Philharmonic Choir Marios Papadopoulos conductor Marios Papadopoulos assembles a team of front-rank soloists and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir at the Sheldonian Theatre for a performance of Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor. In the late 1740s, Bach …

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Mendelssohn Piano Trio

Holywell Music Room Holywell St., Oxford

Bach Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (arr. Mendelssohn) Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Mendelssohn) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Marios Papadopoulos piano It was Felix Mendelssohn who brought Bach back into currency in nineteenth-century Germany. In addition …

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