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Berlioz and Brahms

Berlioz and Brahms
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Berlioz and Brahms

18 Jan 2024 | 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street

Berlioz Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Op. 7
Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73*

Sophie Bevan soprano
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor

The Orchestra fills the Sheldonian Theatre with Brahms’s irresistible second symphony – a beauteous, undulating orchestral journey through shadows towards light. Before it, Ryan Wigglesworth and Sophie Bevan delve into the extraordinary musical imagination of Hector Berlioz courtesy of the thrilling overture to his Shakespearean opera and his delectable songs on the theme of love passionate, unrequited and lost.

* Please note this change in programme.

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Berlioz and Brahms

18 Jan 2024

Tickets: £15, £28, £38, £48
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
Thursday 18th January, 2024 – 19:30
From £15
(Students from £5)

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