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Maxim Vengerov and the Oxford Philharmonic at the Barbican

Maxim Vengerov and the Oxford Philharmonic at the Barbican

Silver Jubilee Celebration

Monday 6 February 2023
Barbican Hall, London, 19:30 

Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 *
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 

Maxim Vengerov violin
Marios Papadopoulos conductor

London calls for this special appearance at the Barbican Centre. Longstanding friend Maxim Vengerov joins the Orchestra, bringing with him a work all about companionship and deep musical relationships: the radiant Violin Concerto that Felix Mendelssohn conceived as a gift for his own close musical confidante, Joseph Joachim. Marios Papadopoulos closes the concert with Brahms’s irresistible second symphony − a beauteous, undulating orchestral journey through shadows towards light.

Tickets £60 £45 £32 £22 £15

*Please note this change in programme.

Tickets £60 £45 £32 £22 £15

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