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Mahler One

Mahler One
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Mahler One

10 May 2025 | 19:00 | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s

Palazzo Sisyphus world premiere*
Shor Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major, ‘Titan’

Behzod Abduraimov piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Marcello Palazzo conductor*

Mahler’s symphonies are his spiritual autobiographies, laying out his experiences and suffering for all to hear. His strikingly confident Symphony No. 1 of 1889 is cast in two parts: first the optimism and energy of youth; then the crisis of rejection and death. Yet Mahler’s symphony powers towards an exultant conclusion, overtly popular in style and imbued with a new confidence – the confidence of life itself. Marios Papadopoulos conducts Mahler’s Titanic symphony here after the world premiere of Sisyphus by University of Oxford and OPO Composers' Workshop alumnus Marcello Palazzo and another work from our Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor: with unexpected twists in its traditional structure, Shor’s Piano Concerto No. 1 blends nostalgia and exhilaration, and features the remarkable soloist Behzod Abduraimov.

Young Artists’ Platform
Pre-concert recital 18:00

Félix Godefroid Étude de concert
Louis Spohr Variations sur l’air: Je suis encore dans mon printemps
Marcel Grandjany Rhapsodie pour la harpe

Aoife Miralles harp

Mahler One

10 May 2025

Tickets: £15, £28, £38, £48
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s
Saturday 10th May, 2025 – 19:00
From £15
(Students from £5)

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