Desperate to find a new job in 1721, Bach wrote a set of instrumental concertos and sent them off to the Margrave of Brandenburg in the hope of getting an offer. Had the Margrave so much as glanced at the score for Six Concertos With Several Instruments Bach had sent…
Premiered in Birmingham, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practicing Lutheran from a famously Jewish family, Elijah is the consummate work of bridge-building, understanding and reconciliation. ‘I was able to sway at will the enormous mass of orchestra, choir and organ’ wrote Mendelssohn from the West…
Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra join distinguished alumni from the Morningside Music Bridge Festival for this performance of Mendelssohn Octet.
Marios Papadopoulos assembles a team of front rank soloists and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir for Bach's monumental B Minor Mass.
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Explore the fascinating links between two great creative geniuses in this insight day of talks, music and debate.
On the mighty Dobson organ at Merton College, Bath Abbey organist Huw Williams orients his recital around the last of Bach’s sublime Trio Sonatas.
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.
Antje Weithaas joins the OPO as soloist in Mendelssohn's expressive violin concerto before a performance of the same composer's Reformation symphony.
The OPO welcomes Christoph Eschenbach in this evening performance featuring the energetic 'Italian' Symphony by Mendelssohn.