MacKinnon-Botti King of Kings* world premiere Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 Haydn Mass No. 11 in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’, Hob. XXII:II Annie Dutoit-Argerich narrator Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti beatboxer* Cédric Pescia piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Oxford Philharmonic Choir The evening begins with a world premiere by MacKinnon-Botti, a contemporary composition that promises to challenge and inspire, featuring the composer himself as beatboxing …

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Dvořák Carnival Overture, Op. 92* side-by-side Shor Violin Concerto No. 7 Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Giuseppe Gibboni violin Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor Richard Strauss spent the first half of his career producing a string of opulent, proto-cinematic tone poems that redefined orchestral virtuosity. The most epic of them is also the consummate musical autobiography. Ein Heldenleben is a …

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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Maxim Vengerov violin Rainer Küchl guest concertmaster Marios Papadopoulos conductor Violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for a stunning evening of intensity and grandeur. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, with its heartfelt and romantic lyricism, provides …

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Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Fflur Wyn soprano James Atkinson baritone Crouch End Festival Chorus Marios Papadopoulos conductor In 1857, grieving his late mother, Johannes Brahms began work on his choral masterpiece Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms’s colleague Schumann believed Brahms would deliver ‘wonderful glimpses of the spirit world’. Brahms obliged with a Requiem unlike any other: a piece …

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Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Nicola Benedetti violin Marios Papadopoulos conductor The great violinist Fritz Kreisler rated Edward Elgar alongside Beethoven and Brahms. When Kreisler said as much in a 1905 newspaper interview, Elgar picked up the threads of a concerto he’d begun nearly two decades earlier. The piece he finished …

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626 Sarah Dufresne soprano Claire Barnett-Jones mezzo-soprano Joshua Ellicott tenor Jonathan Lemalu bass Oxford Philharmonic Choir Rainer Küchl guest concertmaster Marios Papadopoulos conductor/piano Marios Papadopoulos conducts and performs in an evening devoted to the genius of Mozart. The programme opens with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, where …

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Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Marios Papadopoulos piano In the second of our Oxford Union series, Anne-Sophie Mutter takes centre stage in a conversation with Marios Papadopoulos followed by a performance of Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor in the Union’s Debating Chamber.

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Stephen Hough Piano Concerto, ‘The World of Yesterday’ Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Sir Stephen Hough piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Johannes Brahms looked out over an Austrian lake as he worked on his Symphony No. 2. The music captures the menacing yet mellifluous view of nature he …

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Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op. 80 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’, Op. 125 Anna Avramidou piano Zoe Nicolaidou soprano Shakira Tsindos mezzo-soprano Sotiris Charalampous tenor Yiorgo Ioannou baritone Crouch End Festival Chorus Marios Papadopoulos conductor An evening of majestic, joy-filled Beethoven to celebrate the Cyprus European Union Presidency. Young virtuoso Anna Avramidou takes centre stage in the uplifting …

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Mozart Divertimento for Strings in D major, K. 136 Schnittke Violin Concerto No. 3 Gubaidulina Impromptu Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’, K. 385 Gidon Kremer violin Stathis Karapanos flute Marios Papadopoulos conductor Violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer joins the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra alongside conductor and Music Director Marios Papadopoulos, for an evening of exceptional music. The programme will include music …

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