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Choral Symphony

With soloists including Sir Bryn Terfel, Marios Papadopoulos conducts this epic symphony at the Sheldonian Theatre before a transfer to Carnegie Hall.

Christmas Oratorio

‘There is no more life-giving, joy-enhancing experience in Bach’s music than a great performance of the Christmas Oratorio’ wrote the composer’s biographer Sir Nicholas Kenyon.

An evening of music framed by Elgar, the composer who has captured the essence of England in music more resonantly than any other. Elgar’s Sospiri is a love-sick Adagio while his Symphony No. 1 appears to carry the hopes of a troubled nation in music of deep longing and optimism. As the composer who has inherited Elgar’s mantle in England, Thomas Adès also conducts his own Dawn – an intense meditation on cycles of time, light and renewal and a masterpiece in miniature. In this concert, it forms the missing link before Kurtág’s Movement for Viola and Orchestra – a grippingly physical opening to a full concerto, the rest of which was scrapped.

Tchaikovsky Five

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 Four

Young rising talent once again takes to the stage, as prize-winning violinist Jinzhu Li, joins the OPO in a performance of our Alexey Shor's Violin Concerto No. 5.

Steven Isserlis

This performance will undoubtedly show the technical mastery of the great British cellist Steven Isserlis through composers Alexey Shor and Shostakovich.

Sibelius Seven

Profound statements from the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius frame this concert, from the mixture of anger and stoicism that characterise his cry for independence against Russian occupation.