A Viennese New Year
A Viennese New Year
Strauss II Overture to Die Fledermaus
Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss II Kaiser Waltz
Strauss II Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss II Frühlingsstimmen – Voices of Spring
Strauss II Pizzicato Polka
Strauss II The Blue Danube
Strauss I Radetsky March
Paloma So violin
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Glazunov’s Violin Concerto is one of the best-kept secrets of the romantic repertoire, a score whose sensuous, rhapsodic solo line weaves sweetness and melancholia. The sensational prodigy Paloma So plays it here but for the rest of this concert, prepare to party like its 1899 as the Oxford Philharmonic masquerades as its Vienna counterpart to bring in the New Year with the stirring marches, pointed polkas and elegant waltzes of Austrian tradition. Marios Papadopoulos takes charge of music bounding with joie de vivre that’s also all about detail and style. There’s no better way to drive away the January blues than be swept away by some of the most embracing music ever written.
04 Jan 2026
Tickets: £15, £28, £38, £48
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s
(Students from £5)
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