Hough plays Hough
Hough plays Hough
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Stephen Hough Piano Concerto, ‘The World of Yesterday’
Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Sir Stephen Hough piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Johannes Brahms looked out over an Austrian lake as he worked on his Symphony No. 2. The music captures the menacing yet mellifluous view of nature he saw, as the passing clouds of day gave way to the infinite beauty of the sunset, the dark stillness of night and a glorious awakening to a new day. Before this, Sir Stephen Hough joins Marios Papadopoulos and the orchestra for a performance of his own piano concerto, a work ‘of jaw-dropping complexity and finger-crunching virtuosity’ for orchestra and pianist, in the words of one critic. The concert opens with purifying music by Ralph Vaughan Williams: his serene and somehow wholly English Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
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04 Jun 2026
Tickets: £20, £32, £42, £60
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
(Students from £5)
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Guest conductor from Spain Antonio Méndez leads the orchestra with guitarist Plínio Fernandes for company.
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Ravel Introduction and Allegro
Feb 28 2026 – 19:30
Principal woodwinds of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra take centre stage in a concert welding classical poise to unadulterated beauty.
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Two outstanding soloists and the Crouch End Festival Chorus join the orchestra and Music Director Marios Papadopoulos for Brahms’s masterpiece.
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