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Tchaikovsky Five

Tchaikovsky Five
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Tchaikovsky Five

17 Oct 2024 | 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street

Glinka Overture Ruslan and Ludmilla* Side-by-Side
Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti Voice-Leading** world premiere
Walton Viola Concerto in A minor*
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti beatboxer
Isobel Neary-Adams viola
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*
John Traill conductor **

Emerging talent from the University of Oxford is to the fore in this concert showcasing the winner of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Senior Concerto Competition and the world premiere of a piece presented in our 2024 Composers' Workshop. Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti is both composer and soloist in his Voice-Leading for beatboxer and orchestra, while Isobel Neary-Adams plays Walton’s dark, excitable, lyrical and quick-witted viola concerto. Having opened with Glinka’s sprightly Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture, joined by a cohort of Side-by-Side alumni, the concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s symphonic expression of hope in the face of adversity, his luminous Symphony No. 5 Supported by the University of Oxford in celebration of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Silver Jubilee.

Tchaikovsky Five

17 Oct 2024

Tickets: £15, £28, £38, £48
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
Thursday 17th October, 2024 – 19:30
From £15
(Students from £5)

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