Lydia Connolly leads a workshop which will address some of the most important questions facing young musicians on the brink of a career in classical music. What are the opportunities available within a complex ecosystem, how can they prepare themselves for a lifetime’s journey…
Desperate to find a new job in 1721, Bach wrote a set of instrumental concertos and sent them off to the Margrave of Brandenburg in the hope of getting an offer. Had the Margrave so much as glanced at the score for Six Concertos With Several Instruments Bach had sent…
Overlooking a lake in the Austrian resort of Pörtschach, Johannes Brahms wrote a symphony that captured all he saw: the beauty of the sunset, the stillness of the night, a new day awakening. Brahms’s symphony of light and shadows tells of the magnificence of creation,…
Calling all pirates! Dress up in your sea-faring finery and hurry aboard our Pirate ship, the Barnacle Bill, for an action-packed adventure on the Seven Seas with nautical nonsense and amazing maritime music. With Cap’n Alasdair ‘Awesome Al’ Malloy at the helm and the…
The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears. Be sure not to miss this showcase of outstanding talent from rising stars of the piano world.
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on our website.
Beethoven Excerpt from Andante favori, WoO 57 Beethoven Andenken, WoO 136 Beethoven An die Hoffnung, Op. 32 Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Beethoven Resignation, Wo0 149 Beethoven Bagatelle in E flat major,…
Described by Gramophone as ‘one of today’s most thrilling harpsichordists’, we are delighted to be welcoming Mahan Esfahani to lead the Oxford Philharmonic’s first masterclass of the academic year.
Alasdair always loves travelling from Scotland to join his friends in the Oxford Philharmonic but this time things don’t go quite to plan and he ends up having the most Incredible Journey! Instead of flying direct, he ends up having a riotous ride on boats, broomsticks, cars, carpets, roads, rails,…
John Wilson brings his conducting wizardry to bear on some of the British music closest to his heart. Punctuated with buzzing overtures by Vaughan Williams and Sullivan, we hear orchestral pictures of Nelson’s Column, Horse Guards Parade and more from Haydn Wood; a serene interlude from Delius and Eric Coates’s…