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Tessa Nicholson Masterclass

27 Jul 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Jayson Gillham

27 Jul 2024 – 19:30

Jayson Gillham launches 2024’s Oxford Piano Festival with a programme of works by the Romantic pianist–composer par-excellence, Frédéric Chopin.

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Colin Stone Masterclass

28 Jul 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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William Fong Masterclass

28 Jul 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

28 Jul 2024 – 19:30

Hailed as a successor to Kissin and Sokolov, Dmitry Ishkhanov brings with him the Russian repertoire with which he is rapidly making his name around the world.

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Marios Papadopoulos Masterclass

29 Jul – 03 Aug 2024

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Ian Fountain Masterclass

29 Jul 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Barry Douglas Masterclass

30 Jul 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Sergei Babayan

30 Jul 2024 – 19:30

Traversing his own transcriptions and those of Rachmaninov, Keith Jarrett and more, Sergei Babayan presents a delectable menu of songs without words.

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Rustem Hayroudinoff Masterclass

31 Jul 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on our website.

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Ian Jones Masterclass

31 Jul 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Participants’ Recital

31 Jul 2024 – 19:30

The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears.

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Marilyn Engle Masterclass

01 – 01 Aug 2024

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Víkingur Ólafsson

01 Aug 2024 – 19:30

Beloved Icelandic pianist and born communicator Víkingur Ólafsson joins the Orchestra for the piano concerto by Robert Schumann.

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Noriko Ogawa Masterclass

02 Aug 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on our website. Romy Nevo                           Beethoven   Concerto No. 3 in C minor,

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Stephen Kovacevich Masterclass

02 – 03 Aug 2024

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Kevin Chen

02 Aug 2024 – 19:30

Kevin Chen launches his recital at the University Church with a selection of Scarlatti’s intriguing works, in the fine company of repertoire staples by Chopin and Schumann.

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Kathryn Stott

03 Aug 2024 – 19:30

A true great of the British piano scene makes one last appearance at the Oxford Piano Festival before her well-deserved retirement from the concert stage.

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Kathryn Stott Masterclass

04 Aug 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Maxim Vengerov

04 Oct 2024 – 19:00

Long standing friend of the Oxford Philharmonic, Maxim Vengerov returns to Olivier Hall in a night of Mozart Violin Concertos.

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Tchaikovsky Five

17 Oct 2024 – 19:30

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.

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The Firebird

31 Oct 2024 – 19:30

Marios Papadopoulos conducts the Oxford Phil in a night of bold and imaginative works, including the iconic Firebird Suite.

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Contrasts

02 Nov 2024 – 19:30

Associate Concertmaster of the OPO, Adrian Adlam, joins the orchestra’s Solo Clarinet Laura Ruiz Ferreres and pianist Thomas Hell for an evening of chamber music.

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Bach Mass in B Minor

21 Nov 2024 – 19:00

Marios Papadopoulos assembles a team of front-rank soloists for the debut of the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in a performance of Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor.

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The Brandenburg Concertos

22 Nov 2024 – 19:00

Charismatic harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is our guide through the delectable smorgasbord that is Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.

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Mendelssohn Piano Trio

23 Nov 2024 – 19:30

This performance of two of Mendelssohn’s most effective transcriptions is capped by the composer’s own Piano Trio, a joyous conversation for violin, cello and piano.

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Bach Magnificat

30 Nov 2024 – 19:30

The Academy of Ancient Music visit from Cambridge – Music Director Laurence Cummings in tow – joining the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in Bach’s Magnificat.

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Mendelssohn’s Elijah

01 Dec 2024 – 18:00

Sir Bryn Terfel is Elijah in this performance uniting soloists, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Christmas with Sir John Rutter

12 Dec 2024 – 19:30

Sir John Rutter returns to Oxford for another Christmas celebration with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Merton College Choir and the Choristers of Winchester Cathedral.

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Happy Birthday Marios

20 Dec 2024 – 19:30

Music Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto in B flat major and conductor in the same composer’s Symphony No. 4.

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Piano Trio Rarities

11 Jan 2025 – 19:30

Love courses through this programme of chamber music delicacies played by two principal string players from the OPO, joined by the eminent American pianist Russell Hirshfield.

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Verdi Requiem

25 Jan 2025 – 19:00

World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work of awe and redemption.

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Martha Argerich

23 Feb 2025 – 19:30

The great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist, in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Martha Argerich

24 Feb 2025 – 19:30

The great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist, in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Bach Cello Suites Part I

28 Feb 2025 – 19:30

Peter Adams, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra comes to the Holywell Music Room for this traversal of the odd-numbered suites.

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Bach Cello Suites Part II

01 Mar 2025 – 19:30

Mats Lidström, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, picks up the mantle from his colleague Peter Adams at the Holywell Music Room.

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St Matthew Passion

02 Mar 2025 – 18:00

The choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford and the boy choristers of Radley College join the Orchestra for the Everest of Bach’s output, the St Matthew Passion.

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Mendelssohn Octet

03 Mar 2025 – 19:30

Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra join distinguished alumni from the Morningside Music Bridge Festival for this performance of Mendelssohn’s joyous Octet.

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Sir András Schiff

05 Mar 2025 – 19:30

Sir András Schiff has made the music of Bach his own and will perform Die Kunst der Fuge in this evening at the Sheldonian Theatre.

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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

13 Mar 2025 – 19:30

Antje Weithaas joins the OPO as soloist in Mendelssohn’s expressive violin concerto before a performance of the same composer’s Reformation symphony.

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Dvořák Eight

10 Apr 2025 – 19:30

Bomsori Kim brings her virtuosic storytelling to two spellbinding violin works distilled from great operas.

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Mozart Great Mass in C Minor

17 Apr 2025 – 19:30

Sir John Rutter conducts Mozart’s monumental Great Mass in C minor, the culmination of a programme that includes some of the most sublime music Mozart wrote for the church.

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Mahler One

10 May 2025 – 19:00

Marios Papadopoulos conducts Mahler’s Titanic symphony after another work from our Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor.

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Beethoven Seven

22 May 2025 – 19:30

Marios Papadopoulos takes the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra through the momentous symphonic dance that is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

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Tchaikovsky Pathétique

06 Jun 2025 – 19:30

Andrew Litton conducts Tchaikovsky’s pivotal Pathetique symphony, and is joined by the Orchestra’s Solo Cello Mats Lidström in the performance of his own concerto.

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Haydn ‘Oxford’ Symphony

12 Jun 2025 – 19:30

One of Britain’s genuine musical heroes, John Lubbock leads the OPO in a celebration of the genius composer with close links to the city and university, Joseph Haydn.

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Angela Gheorghiu

19 Jun 2025 – 19:30

Angela Gheorghiu, one of the most glamorous and gifted opera singers of our time, returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra to close the season.

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Tessa Nicholson Masterclass

Jul 27 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Jayson Gillham

Jul 27 2024 – 19:30

Jayson Gillham launches 2024’s Oxford Piano Festival with a programme of works by the Romantic pianist–composer par-excellence, Frédéric Chopin.

Learn More

Colin Stone Masterclass

Jul 28 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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William Fong Masterclass

Jul 28 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Jul 28 2024 – 19:30

Hailed as a successor to Kissin and Sokolov, Dmitry Ishkhanov brings with him the Russian repertoire with which he is rapidly making his name around the world.

Learn More

Marios Papadopoulos Masterclass

Jul 29 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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Ian Fountain Masterclass

Jul 29 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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A concert presenting two of the greatest piano quintets in the repertoire: Shostakovich in unusually carefree and charming mode, and Brahms’s great chamber music epic.

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Barry Douglas Masterclass

Jul 30 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

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The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Sergei Babayan

Jul 30 2024 – 19:30

Traversing his own transcriptions and those of Rachmaninov, Keith Jarrett and more, Sergei Babayan presents a delectable menu of songs without words.

Learn More

Rustem Hayroudinoff Masterclass

Jul 31 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on our webs

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Ian Jones Masterclass

Jul 31 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Participants’ Recital

Jul 31 2024 – 19:30

The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears.

Learn More

Marilyn Engle Masterclass

Aug 01 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Víkingur Ólafsson

Aug 01 2024 – 19:30

Beloved Icelandic pianist and born communicator Víkingur Ólafsson joins the Orchestra for the piano concerto by Robert Schumann.

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Noriko Ogawa Masterclass

Aug 02 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2024 on our webs

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Stephen Kovacevich Masterclass

Aug 02 2024 – 14:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Kevin Chen

Aug 02 2024 – 19:30

Kevin Chen launches his recital at the University Church with a selection of Scarlatti’s intriguing works, in the fine company of repertoire staples by Chopin and Schumann.

Learn More

Kathryn Stott

Aug 03 2024 – 19:30

A true great of the British piano scene makes one last appearance at the Oxford Piano Festival before her well-deserved retirement from the concert stage.

Learn More

Kathryn Stott Masterclass

Aug 04 2024 – 09:30

The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.

Learn More

Maxim Vengerov

Oct 04 2024 – 19:00

Long standing friend of the Oxford Philharmonic, Maxim Vengerov returns to Olivier Hall in a night of Mozart Violin Concertos.

Learn More

Tchaikovsky Five

Oct 17 2024 – 19:30

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.

Learn More

The Firebird

Oct 31 2024 – 19:30

Marios Papadopoulos conducts the Oxford Phil in a night of bold and imaginative works, including the iconic Firebird Suite.

Learn More

Contrasts

Nov 02 2024 – 19:30

Associate Concertmaster of the OPO, Adrian Adlam, joins the orchestra’s Solo Clarinet Laura Ruiz Ferreres and pianist Thomas Hell for an evening of chamber music.

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Whatever the weather is outside, we have music to match as the Oxford Philharmonic and weather man Alasdair Malloy lead us through a meteorological musical marvel!

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Bach Mass in B Minor

Nov 21 2024 – 19:00

Marios Papadopoulos assembles a team of front-rank soloists for the debut of the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in a performance of Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor.

Learn More

The Brandenburg Concertos

Nov 22 2024 – 19:00

Charismatic harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is our guide through the delectable smorgasbord that is Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.

Learn More

Mendelssohn Piano Trio

Nov 23 2024 – 19:30

This performance of two of Mendelssohn’s most effective transcriptions is capped by the composer’s own Piano Trio, a joyous conversation for violin, cello and piano.

Learn More

Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony

Nov 29 2024 – 19:30

Marios Papadopoulos conducts an evening of Mendelssohn featuring his highlights written from the Caledonian coast.

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Bach Magnificat

Nov 30 2024 – 19:30

The Academy of Ancient Music visit from Cambridge – Music Director Laurence Cummings in tow – joining the Oxford Philharmonic Choir in Bach’s Magnificat.

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Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Dec 01 2024 – 18:00

Sir Bryn Terfel is Elijah in this performance uniting soloists, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.

Learn More

Víkingur Ólafsson comes to the Sheldonian Theatre presenting his Bach transcriptions that delicately balance the old and new, the familiar and the unexpected.

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Christmas with Sir John Rutter

Dec 12 2024 – 19:30

Sir John Rutter returns to Oxford for another Christmas celebration with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Merton College Choir and the Choristers of Winchester Cathedral.

Learn More

Happy Birthday Marios

Dec 20 2024 – 19:30

Music Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto in B flat major and conductor in the same composer’s Symphony No. 4.

Learn More

Piano Trio Rarities

Jan 11 2025 – 19:30

Love courses through this programme of chamber music delicacies played by two principal string players from the OPO, joined by the eminent American pianist Russell Hirshfield.

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Alasdair always loves travelling from Scotland to join his friends in the OPO but this time things don’t go quite to plan!

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Verdi Requiem

Jan 25 2025 – 19:00

World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work of awe and redemption.

Learn More

Martha Argerich

Feb 23 2025 – 19:30

The great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist, in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Learn More

Martha Argerich

Feb 24 2025 – 19:30

The great Martha Argerich returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist, in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Learn More

Bach Cello Suites Part I

Feb 28 2025 – 19:30

Peter Adams, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra comes to the Holywell Music Room for this traversal of the odd-numbered suites.

Learn More

Bach Cello Suites Part II

Mar 01 2025 – 19:30

Mats Lidström, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, picks up the mantle from his colleague Peter Adams at the Holywell Music Room.

Learn More

St Matthew Passion

Mar 02 2025 – 18:00

The choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford and the boy choristers of Radley College join the Orchestra for the Everest of Bach’s output, the St Matthew Passion.

Learn More

Mendelssohn Octet

Mar 03 2025 – 19:30

Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra join distinguished alumni from the Morningside Music Bridge Festival for this performance of Mendelssohn’s joyous Octet.

Learn More

Sir András Schiff

Mar 05 2025 – 19:30

Sir András Schiff has made the music of Bach his own and will perform Die Kunst der Fuge in this evening at the Sheldonian Theatre.

Learn More

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Mar 13 2025 – 19:30

Antje Weithaas joins the OPO as soloist in Mendelssohn’s expressive violin concerto before a performance of the same composer’s Reformation symphony.

Learn More

The OPO welcomes Christoph Eschenbach in this evening performance featuring the energetic ‘Italian’ Symphony by Mendelssohn.

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Dvořák Eight

Apr 10 2025 – 19:30

Bomsori Kim brings her virtuosic storytelling to two spellbinding violin works distilled from great operas.

Learn More

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor

Apr 17 2025 – 19:30

Sir John Rutter conducts Mozart’s monumental Great Mass in C minor, the culmination of a programme that includes some of the most sublime music Mozart wrote for the church.

Learn More

Mahler One

May 10 2025 – 19:00

Marios Papadopoulos conducts Mahler’s Titanic symphony after another work from our Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor.

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It’s all fun and games today as the musicians of the Oxford Philharmonic and Alasdair Malloy open up their tuneful toybox and play music to match the contents.

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Beethoven Seven

May 22 2025 – 19:30

Marios Papadopoulos takes the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra through the momentous symphonic dance that is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

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Tchaikovsky Pathétique

Jun 06 2025 – 19:30

Andrew Litton conducts Tchaikovsky’s pivotal Pathetique symphony, and is joined by the Orchestra’s Solo Cello Mats Lidström in the performance of his own concerto.

Learn More

Haydn ‘Oxford’ Symphony

Jun 12 2025 – 19:30

One of Britain’s genuine musical heroes, John Lubbock leads the OPO in a celebration of the genius composer with close links to the city and university, Joseph Haydn.

Learn More

Angela Gheorghiu

Jun 19 2025 – 19:30

Angela Gheorghiu, one of the most glamorous and gifted opera singers of our time, returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra to close the season.

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