Mendelssohn Octet
Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra join distinguished alumni from the Morningside Music Bridge Festival for this performance of Mendelssohn Octet.
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‘An Hour with Bach’ Conversation with Víkingur Ólafsson
The performance lasts 30 minutes with a 30 minute Q&A. Víkingur Ólafsson’s recording of original works and piano transcriptions of music by Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most lauded releases of 2019 and won BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Year award. The Icelandic pianist has spent decades…
Two Celli
The combination of two celli with piano creates a powerful sound, close to a symphonic sound. It allows the cellists to remain within the singing register of the instrument. Our programme tonight starts with Bach and ends with a samba and a blues, with Boccherini, Dvořák, Milhaud and John Ireland…
Sir András Schiff
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.
Bach Cello Suites Part II
Mats Lidström, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, picks up the mantle from his colleague Peter Adams at the Holywell Music Room.
Bach Cello Suites Part I
Peter Adams, Solo Cello of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra comes to the Holywell Music Room for this traversal of the odd-numbered suites.
Piano Trio Rarities
Love courses through this programme of chamber music delicacies played by two principal string players from the OPO, joined by the eminent pianist Russell Hirshfield.
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
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.
Contrasts
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.
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
Marios Papadopoulos joins members of the Oxford Philharmonic for a work that is symphonic in scale and theatrical in drama.