Tchaikovsky Five
Tchaikovsky Five
Carwithen ODTAA Overture (One Damn Thing After Another) side-by-side*
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
María Dueñas violin
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Marios Papadopoulos conducts his first concert of the season and brings with him one of the most riveting pieces in the history of the symphony – Tchaikovsky’s deeply personal essay on inner demons, the torment of love and the irrepressible strength of the human spirit. María Dueñas, the violinist who seems to have captured the zeitgeist in her performances like none other, joins the Orchestra for the first of Prokofiev’s violin concertos, a work mingling tenderness with biting sarcasm as only Prokofiev could. The concert opens with the breakthrough work by the 23-year-old Doreen Carwithen from 1947, her swashbuckling overture inspired by John Masefield’s novel One Damn Thing After Another.
The performance of Carwithen’s ODTAA Overture is supported by the William Alwyn Foundation.
Young Artists’ Platform
Pre-concert recital at 18:30
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05 Nov 2026
Tickets: £18, £30, £32, £42, £58
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
(Students from £5)
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