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Insight Day: From Bach to Mendelssohn
30 Nov 2024 – 09:00
Explore the fascinating links between two great creative geniuses in this insight day of talks, music and debate.
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Bach Magnificat
30 Nov 2024 – 19:30
The Academy of Ancient Music visit from Cambridge – Music Director Laurence Cummings in tow – joining the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in Bach’s Magnificat.
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Mendelssohn’s Elijah
01 Dec 2024 – 18:00
Sir Bryn Terfel is Elijah in this performance uniting soloists, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
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‘An Hour with Bach’ Conversation with Víkingur Ólafsson
02 Dec 2024 – 19:30
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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Christmas with Sir John Rutter
12 Dec 2024 – 19:00
Sir John Rutter returns for a Christmas celebration with the Oxford Philharmonic, Merton College Choir and the Choristers of Winchester Cathedral.
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Happy Birthday Marios
20 Dec 2024 – 19:30
Music Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Piano Trio Rarities
11 Jan 2025 – 19:30
Love courses through this programme of chamber music delicacies played by two principal string players from the OPO, joined by the eminent pianist Russell Hirshfield.
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FUNomusica Family Concert: The Incredible Voyage of Alasdair Malloy
19 Jan 2025 – 16:00
Alasdair always loves travelling from Scotland to join his friends in the OPO but this time things don’t go quite to plan!
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Verdi Requiem
25 Jan 2025 – 19:00
World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work of awe and redemption.
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Insight Day: From Bach to Mendelssohn
Nov 30 2024 – 09:00
Explore the fascinating links between two great creative geniuses in this insight day of talks, music and debate.
Learn More
Bach Magnificat
Nov 30 2024 – 19:30
The Academy of Ancient Music visit from Cambridge – Music Director Laurence Cummings in tow – joining the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in Bach’s Magnificat.
Learn More
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Dec 01 2024 – 18:00
Sir Bryn Terfel is Elijah in this performance uniting soloists, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
Learn More
‘An Hour with Bach’ Conversation with Víkingur Ólafsson
Dec 02 2024 – 19:30
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Learn More
Christmas with Sir John Rutter
Dec 12 2024 – 19:00
Sir John Rutter returns for a Christmas celebration with the Oxford Philharmonic, Merton College Choir and the Choristers of Winchester Cathedral.
Learn More
Happy Birthday Marios
Dec 20 2024 – 19:30
Music Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
Learn More
Piano Trio Rarities
Jan 11 2025 – 19:30
Love courses through this programme of chamber music delicacies played by two principal string players from the OPO, joined by the eminent pianist Russell Hirshfield.
Learn More
FUNomusica Family Concert: The Incredible Voyage of Alasdair Malloy
Jan 19 2025 – 16:00
Alasdair always loves travelling from Scotland to join his friends in the OPO but this time things don’t go quite to plan!
Learn More
Verdi Requiem
Jan 25 2025 – 19:00
World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work of awe and redemption.
Learn MoreThe Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in the UK. The Orchestra’s reputation is based on the uncompromising artistic standards of its founder and music director, Marios Papadopoulos, and maintained by some of the finest musicians in the UK.
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With a top team of talented musicians, star soloists from across the globe, and as Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford, our education and community programme caters for budding musicians and music lovers of all ages.
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Featured Concert
The Firebird
The OPO present a mixture of past and present in concert alongside Nikita Boriso-Glebsky and David Aaron Carpenter.
Meet Our Music Director
Marios Papadopoulos
Having begun his career as a concert pianist, Marios Papadopoulos founded the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998 and continues to this day as its Music Director and conductor.