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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
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SUMMARY:The Firebird
DESCRIPTION:Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre\, Op. 40\nShor Violin and Viola Concerto\nMussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)\nStravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) \nMarc Bouchkov violin\nDavid Aaron Carpenter viola\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nMusic 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 and enchant generations of theatregoers. Stravinsky found the perfect subject matter in the collision of the evil magician Kaschchei with the just and irrepressible Firebird. The suite of music from the ballet ends in an infernal dance ripe for Stravinsky’s own brand of violent syncopation. Marios Papadopoulos conducts it here\, alongside wickedly entertaining music from Saint-Saëns\, and an atmospheric mountain climb from Mussorgsky. The concert is complete with the virtuosic and lyrical concerto for violin and viola by Alexey Shor\, our Composer-in-Residence\, highlighting the instruments’ poetic qualities while seamlessly blending their technical brilliance and emotional depth.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/the-firebird/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241121T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
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SUMMARY:Bach Mass in B Minor
DESCRIPTION:Bach Mass in B minor\, BWV 232 \nMadison Nonoa soprano\nAnna Devin soprano\nKathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano\nJames Gilchrist tenor\nJames Platt bass \nOxford Philharmonic Choir\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nMarios 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 returned to two movements of the Latin Mass written a decade and a half earlier\, expanding them into what many consider his towering achievement. The B minor Mass would prove the culmination of the composer’s work in sacred music\, establishing new ways of organising sounds\, words\, harmonies and keys while creating the most epic of journeys in faith and music.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/bach-mass-in-b-minor/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241123T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241123T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T083901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T083901Z
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SUMMARY:Mendelssohn Piano Trio
DESCRIPTION:Bach Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E major\, BWV 1006 (arr. Mendelssohn)\nBach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor\, BWV 1004 (arr. Mendelssohn)\nMendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor\, Op. 49 \nSoloists of the Oxford Philharmonic\nMarios Papadopoulos piano \nIt was Felix Mendelssohn who brought Bach back into currency in nineteenth-century Germany. In addition to reviving countless works by his Leipzig forebear\, Mendelssohn made his own arrangements\, including his expanding of the poised calligraphy of Bach’s Partitas for solo violin. This performance of two of Mendelssohn’s most effective transcriptions is capped by the composer’s own Piano Trio No. 1\, a joyous conversation for violin\, cello and piano in which the thunderously dramatic alternates with the gently elegiac.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mendelssohn-piano-trio/
LOCATION:Holywell Music Room\, Holywell St.\, Oxford\, OX1 3SB\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241129T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241129T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T084100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T084100Z
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SUMMARY:Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony
DESCRIPTION:Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture\, Op. 26 * Side-by-Side\nMendelssohn Piano Concerto in G minor\, Op. 25\nMendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor\, Op. 56\, ‘Scottish’ \nNuron Mukumi piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor\nCayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* \nWandering the streets of Edinburgh and rambling the hillsides of the Hebrides in 1829\, Mendelssohn was overcome. Nothing\, apparently\, had prepared him for the impact of the dramatic Caledonian coastline and imposing capital. Mendelssohn’s splendid symphonic souvenir of Scotland moves from dark standing stones to Scottish folk tunes across forty minutes of free-flowing\, rugged musical brilliance. Marios Papadopoulos conducts it here after the sea-spray of the composer’s Hebrides Overture and the passionate G minor Piano Concerto under the agile fingers of Nuron Mukumi\, alumnus of the Oxford Piano Festival.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mendelssohn-scottish-symphony/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241201T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T084307Z
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SUMMARY:Mendelssohn's Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Mendelssohn Elijah\, Op. 70 (sung in English)\n\nMasabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano\nAngharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano\nAdam Gilbert tenor\nSir Bryn Terfel bass-baritone \nCrouch End Festival Chorus\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nPremiered in Birmingham\, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practicing Lutheran from a famously Jewish family\, Elijah is the consummate work of bridge-building\, understanding and reconciliation. ‘I was able to sway at will the enormous mass of orchestra\, choir and organ’ wrote Mendelssohn from the West Midlands back to Leipzig as he reported on preparations for the oratorio examining the Old Testament figure of Elijah\, a ground-shaking and inspiring monument to the nobility of faith. Sir Bryn Terfel is Elijah in this performance at the Sheldonian Theatre uniting soloists\, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mendelssohns-elijah/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241220T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241220T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
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SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Marios
DESCRIPTION:Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major\, Op. 83*\nBrahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor\, Op. 98 \nMarios Papadopoulos piano/conductor\nMichael Papadopoulos conductor* \nMusic Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto in B flat major and conductor in the same composer’s Symphony No. 4. Brahms wrote the second of his concertos at the ripest moment of his productivity\, apparently able to animate any possible musical idea and to blend beauty with ferocity and drama with intimacy. Rising star Michael Papadopoulos\, makes his debut as conductor with the Oxford Philharmonic to provide an accompaniment of symphonic proportions to this\, the grandest of piano concertos of the Romantic era. After the interval\, Marios Papadopoulos steps on the podium to conduct Brahms’s Apollonian final symphony – a work conceived as a retreat from the world that reflects on the composer’s lifelong servitude and his luminous acceptance of the end of his creative and mortal lives.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/happy-birthday-marios/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250125T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250125T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T084839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T084839Z
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SUMMARY:Verdi Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Verdi Messa da Requiem \nLauren Fagan soprano\nMaria Schellenberg mezzo-soprano\nDavid Junghoon Kim tenor\nBlaise Malaba bass\nCrouch End Festival Chorus\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nThere is no more dramatic setting of the Requiem Mass in the repertory than Giuseppe Verdi’s\, written to commemorate friends but giving full voice to the composer’s theatrical instincts and vivid response to religious imagery and poetry. World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather at the Sheldonian Theatre for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work of awe and redemption\, often referred to as ‘an opera in disguise’\, with the full force of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and its Music Director\, Marios Papadopoulos.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/verdi-requiem/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250223T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250223T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T085401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T085401Z
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SUMMARY:Martha Argerich
DESCRIPTION:Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor\, Op. 33* Side-by-Side\nBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major\, Op. 19\nTchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor\, Op. 36 \nMartha Argerich piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor\nCayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* \nThe great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as a concerto soloist\, in Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto\, surrounded surrounded in this programme by orchestral music of brilliance and drama. Samuel ColeridgeTaylor’s Ballade promises a wild ride: its energy and urgency will make any audience sit up and listen. To close\, Marios Papadopoulos conducts Tchaikovsky’s great symphonic tussle with fate. In his red-blooded Symphony No. 4\, the composer who always wore his heart on his sleeve manages to mine the consolation of hope from the turmoil of tragedy and despair\, creating a live music experience like no other.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/martha-argerich-2/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T085527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T085527Z
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SUMMARY:Martha Argerich
DESCRIPTION:Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor\, Op. 33\nBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major\, Op. 19\nTchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor\, Op. 36 \nMartha Argerich piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nThe great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as a concerto soloist\, in Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto\, surrounded surrounded in this programme by orchestral music of brilliance and drama. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade promises a wild ride: its energy and urgency will make any audience sit up and listen. To close\, Marios Papadopoulos conducts Tchaikovsky’s great symphonic tussle with fate. In his red-blooded Symphony No. 4\, the composer who always wore his heart on his sleeve manages to mine the consolation of hope from the turmoil of tragedy and despair\, creating a live music experience like no other.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/martha-argerich-3/
LOCATION:Barbican\, Silk Street\, London\, EC2Y 8DS\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250313T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T085737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T085737Z
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SUMMARY:Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
DESCRIPTION:Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor\, BWV 1067\nMendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor\, Op. 64\nMendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D major\, Op. 107\, ‘Reformation’ \nAnthony Robb flute\nAntje Weithaas violin\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nAfter its pious opening\, Mendelssohn’s ‘Reformation’ Symphony explodes into a declaration of faith and equality – an image of the Lutheran Reformation as one of fortitude\, industry\, democratisation and joy\, all of which permeate the composer’s best-kept symphonic secret. Before the embracing energy of Mendelssohn’s symphony comes the composer’s supremely elegant Violin Concerto in the sensitive hands of Antje Weithaas and music by Mendelssohn’s beloved Bach: the standout Orchestral Suite No. 2\, with its modish flute solos.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mendelssohn-violin-concerto/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250410T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T091038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T091038Z
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SUMMARY:Dvořák Eight
DESCRIPTION:Humperdinck Prelude from Hansel and Gretel\nWieniawski Fantaisie brilliante\, on themes from Gounod’s Faust\, Op. 20\nWaxman Carmen Fantasy\nDvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major\, Op. 88 \nBomsori Kim violin\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nWinner of the Concerto Prize at the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Awards\, Bomsori Kim brings her virtuosic storytelling to two spellbinding violin works distilled from great operas: Waxman’s famous Carmen Fantasy and Wieniawski’s wickedly entertaining fantasy on themes from Gounod’s Faust. Complementing these performances\, Marios Papadopoulos conducts Humperdinck’s glowing prelude to Hänsel and Gretel and Dvořák’s thrilling Symphony No. 8\, a supreme marriage of immediacy and architectural brilliance.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/dvorak-eight/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250510T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T091228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T091228Z
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SUMMARY:Mahler One
DESCRIPTION:Palazzo Sisyphus world premiere*\nShor Piano Concerto No. 1\nMahler Symphony No. 1 in D major\, ‘Titan’ \nBehzod Abduraimov piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor\nMarcello Palazzo conductor* \nMahler’s symphonies are his spiritual autobiographies\, laying out his experiences and suffering for all to hear. His strikingly confident Symphony No. 1 of 1889 is cast in two parts: first the optimism and energy of youth; then the crisis of rejection and death. Yet Mahler’s symphony powers towards an exultant conclusion\, overtly popular in style and imbued with a new confidence – the confidence of life itself. Marios Papadopoulos conducts Mahler’s Titanic symphony here after the world premiere of Sisyphus by University of Oxford and OPO Composers’ Workshop alumnus Marcello Palazzo and another work from our Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor: with unexpected twists in its traditional structure\, Shor’s Piano Concerto No. 1 blends nostalgia and exhilaration\, and features the remarkable soloist Behzod Abduraimov. \nYoung Artists’ Platform\nPre-concert recital 18:00
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mahler-one/
LOCATION:Oxford Town Hall\, St Aldate's\, Oxford\, OX1 1BX\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20240910T091430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T091430Z
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SUMMARY:Beethoven Seven
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven Overture ‘Coriolan’\, Op. 62\nPaganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major\, Op. 6\nBeethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major\, Op. 92 \nCarmine Lauri violin\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nMarios Papadopoulos takes the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra through the momentous symphonic dance that is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7\, a work whose pounding\, marching and pirouetting permanently realigned western music’s fundamental relationship between rhythm and harmony. Another of our own musicians\, Concertmaster Carmine Lauri\, is the soloist in the most lyrical and operatic violin concerto by the great guru of virtuosity\, Niccolò Paganini\, a work that will fill the Sheldonian Theatre with rococo elegance. To open\, all the ferocity and impact of one of Beethoven’s most striking orchestral overtures\, ‘Coriolan’.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/beethoven-seven/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20250619T183000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T160245Z
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SUMMARY:Angela Gheorghiu
DESCRIPTION:Strauss II Overture Die Fledermaus\nMascagni Prelude & Intermezzo Cavalleria Rusticana\nPuccini Preludio sinfonico\nLehár Overture The Merry Widow\nVerdi La Traviata Prelude Act I\nPuccini ‘In quelle trine morbide’ from Manon Lescaut\, Act II\nPuccini ‘Donde lieta usci’ from La bohème\, Act III\nPuccini Manon Lescaut Intermezzo Act III\nPuccini ‘Un bel di vedremo’ from Madama Butterfly\, Act III\nPuccini ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi \nAngela Gheorghiu soprano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nAngela Gheorghiu\, one of the most glamorous and gifted opera singers of our time\, returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra to close the season at the Sheldonian Theatre. Together\, they will celebrate a composer to whom she has dedicated a lifetime: Puccini. After landmark appearances as his heroines Tosca and Madama Butterfly on the world’s greatest opera stages\, Gheorghiu performs the most beloved arias from Puccini’s operas\, while the orchestra brings its storytelling talents to bear in enchanting overtures and tragic intermezzos from favourite operas and operettas.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/angela-gheorghiu/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T113927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T113927Z
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SUMMARY:Haydn Nelson Mass
DESCRIPTION:MacKinnon-Botti King of Kings* world premiere\nSchoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte\, Op. 41\nHaydn Mass No. 11 in D minor\, ‘Nelson Mass’\, Hob. XXII:II \nAnnie Dutoit-Argerich narrator\nAlessandro MacKinnon-Botti beatboxer*\nCédric Pescia piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor\nOxford Philharmonic Choir \nThe evening begins with a world premiere by MacKinnon-Botti\, a contemporary composition that promises to challenge and inspire\, featuring the composer himself as beatboxing soloist. This is followed by Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte\, delivering a dramatic exploration of political power\, brought to life through a vivid orchestral and vocal arrangement. The concert concludes with Haydn’s Nelson Mass\, a monumental work combining magnificence and emotional depth\, showcasing the brilliance of both the orchestra and choir.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/haydn-nelson-mass/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T114244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T114244Z
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SUMMARY:Ein Heldenleben
DESCRIPTION:Dvořák Carnival Overture\, Op. 92* side-by-side\nShor Violin Concerto No. 7\nStrauss Ein Heldenleben\, Op. 40 \nGiuseppe Gibboni violin\nCayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nRichard 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 picture of ambition\, bravery and resilience which combines music of unprecedented richness\, excitement and tenderness. Strauss’s bold orchestration might scatter its adversaries with panache but it concludes with a humbling glimpse of life’s spiritual journey. Before it\, Giuseppe Gibboni is the soloist for the spirited momentum and tender repose of OPO Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor’s Violin Concerto No. 7.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/ein-heldenleben/
LOCATION:Oxford Town Hall\, St Aldate's\, Oxford\, OX1 1BX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260202T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260202T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260202T193000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T114619Z
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SUMMARY:Maxim Vengerov
DESCRIPTION:Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major\, Op. 35\nBrahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor\, Op. 68 \nMaxim Vengerov violin\nRainer Küchl guest concertmaster\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nViolin 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 the perfect showcase for Vengerov’s extraordinary technique and emotional depth. Following\, Brahms’s First Symphony unleashes a tidal wave of tension and triumph\, with Papadopoulos leading the orchestra through its stirring passages\, culminating in a glorious\, heroic conclusion. \nThis concert is supported by Dr Michael Peagram.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/maxim-vengerov/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260308T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T114810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T114810Z
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SUMMARY:Brahms German Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem\, Op. 45 \nFflur Wyn soprano\nJames Atkinson baritone\nCrouch End Festival Chorus\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nIn 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 that carries the gift of spiritual comfort rather than the threat of impending judgment – a glowing message of brotherhood and consolation\, a work of its time and place but with universal resonance. Two outstanding soloists and the Crouch End Festival Chorus join the orchestra and Music Director Marios Papadopoulos for Brahms’s consolatory masterpiece.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/brahms-german-requiem/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T115022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T115022Z
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SUMMARY:Nicola Benedetti
DESCRIPTION:Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor\, Op. 61\nElgar Enigma Variations\, Op. 36 \nNicola Benedetti violin\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nThe 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 five years later\, performed in this concert by the exceptional Nicola Benedetti\, is as epic and emotive as it is personal and elusive\, ‘enshrining the soul’ of an unknown person. A more famous enigma is found in Elgar’s dazzlingly virtuosic set of variations for orchestra. His Enigma Variations are portraits of friends and celebrations of orchestral panache. But they also offer glimpses into the soul of an artist who might have been careful not to reveal his secrets but was never afraid to show his emotions.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/nicola-benedetti/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T115400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T115400Z
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SUMMARY:Mozart Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major\, K. 488\nMozart Requiem in D minor\, K. 626 \nSarah Dufresne soprano\nClaire Barnett-Jones mezzo-soprano\nJoshua Ellicott tenor\nJonathan Lemalu bass\nOxford Philharmonic Choir\nRainer Küchl guest concertmaster\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor/piano \nMarios Papadopoulos conducts and performs in an evening devoted to the genius of Mozart. The programme opens with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23\, where Papadopoulos’s delicate yet dynamic piano playing brings this lyrical masterpiece to life. The second half of the concert features Mozart’s Requiem\, a profound and dramatic work\, performed by the Oxford Philharmonic Choir\, capturing both the composer’s deep spirituality and his unparalleled gift for orchestral and choral texture.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/mozart-requiem-2/
LOCATION:Olivier Hall\, St Edward’s School\, St Edward's School\, Woodstock Rd\, Oxford\, OX2 7NN\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260517T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260517T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T115738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T115738Z
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SUMMARY:In conversation with Anne-Sophie Mutter
DESCRIPTION:Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor\, Op. 108 \nAnne-Sophie Mutter violin\nMarios Papadopoulos piano \nIn 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.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/in-conversation-with-anne-sophie-mutter/
LOCATION:Debating Chamber. Oxford Union\, Frewin Court\, Oxford\, OX1 3HZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T115948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T115948Z
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SUMMARY:Hough plays Hough
DESCRIPTION:Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis\nStephen Hough Piano Concerto\, ‘The World of Yesterday’\nBrahms Symphony No. 2 in D major\, Op. 73 \nSir Stephen Hough piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nJohannes 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 saw\, as the passing clouds of day gave way to the infinite beauty of the sunset\, the dark stillness of night and a glorious awakening to a new day. Before this\, Sir Stephen Hough joins Marios Papadopoulos and the orchestra for a performance of his own piano concerto\, a work ‘of jaw-dropping complexity and finger-crunching virtuosity’ for orchestra and pianist\, in the words of one critic. The concert opens with purifying music by Ralph Vaughan Williams: his serene and somehow wholly English Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/hough-plays-hough/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T120237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T120237Z
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SUMMARY:Beethoven Nine
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor\, Op. 80\nBeethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor\, ‘Choral’\, Op. 125 \nAnna Avramidou piano\nZoe Nicolaidou soprano\nShakira Tsindos mezzo-soprano\nSotiris Charalampous tenor\nYiorgo Ioannou baritone\nCrouch End Festival Chorus\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nAn evening of majestic\, joy-filled Beethoven to celebrate the Cyprus European Union Presidency. Young virtuoso Anna Avramidou takes centre stage in the uplifting Choral Fantasy\, then Marios Papadopoulos leads the orchestra and exceptional vocal soloists in a triumphant performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. \nThe Cultural Section of the Cyprus High Commission is proud to support this flagship concert\, presented as part of the official celebrations of Cyprus’s Presidency of the European Union.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/beethoven-nine/
LOCATION:Cadogan Hall\, London\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T120508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T120508Z
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SUMMARY:Gidon Kremer
DESCRIPTION:Mozart Divertimento for Strings in D major\, K. 136\nSchnittke Violin Concerto No. 3\nGubaidulina Impromptu\nMozart Symphony No. 35 in D major\, ‘Haffner’\, K. 385 \nGidon Kremer violin\nStathis Karapanos flute\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nViolin 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 by Gubaidulina and Schnittke\, both of whom composed for Kremer and are an integral part of his musical universe. Known for his passionate playing\, Kremer brings his brilliance to the stage in a performance full of intensity and emotional depth.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/gidon-kremer/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra":MAILTO:events@oxfordphil.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260730T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260730T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T042814
CREATED:20260119T120649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T120649Z
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SUMMARY:Grieg Piano Concerto
DESCRIPTION:Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor\, Op. 16\nRachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor\, Op. 27 \nTheodosia Ntokou piano\nMarios Papadopoulos conductor \nThe festival is thrilled to present one of the most exciting emerging instrumental talents\, Greek pianist Theodosia Ntokou\, who has counted Martha Argerich as her mentor since 2009. Theodosia joins the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for all the fresh air\, spontaneity and adventure of one of the central piano concertos of the literature\, that by Edvard Grieg – followed here by Rachmaninov’s symphony of infernal whirlwinds\, passionate declarations of love and heartfelt longing for peace.
URL:https://mariospapadopoulos.co.uk/event/grieg-piano-concerto/
LOCATION:Sheldonian Theatre\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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