Eroica Symphony
Eroica Symphony
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’
Marios Papadopoulos conductor/piano
Two hundred years since the death of Beethoven, there remains no composer who has changed music, art and society so profoundly. In the first of a series of concerts marking the anniversary, Marios Papadopoulos conducts the symphony that expanded the ambition and scale of orchestral music almost overnight – the unstoppable force that is Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’. To open the concert and the series, Marios takes to the piano to play and direct a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – the piece in whose compelling rhythmic drive and unorthodox harmonic shifts Viennese audiences first sensed that this was a composer who was about to re-write the rules in music of deep humanity and shattering power.
Pre-concert talk by Sir Nicholas Kenyon at 18:30
Beginning Beethoven Year: a preview of the season
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is devoting a major part of its season in 2027 to Beethoven. Nicholas Kenyon introduces some of the themes of this major year-long celebration.
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21 Jan 2027
Tickets: £18, £30, £32, £42, £58
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
(Students from £5)
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