Autumn 2021 Brochure

Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford

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Concerts October 2021 - January 2022

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Concerts October 2021 - January 2022

Oxford

Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford

Welcome from Marios Papadopoulos, Music Director It has never given me more pleasure to say (or write) the words, ‘welcome back!’

After a very different 18 months in which the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra has found alternative ways of reaching an audience, we are filled with excitement to be able to get back to what we do best – playing to packed houses in Oxford’s most beautiful buildings.

2020’s many cancellations mean we have unfinished business, not least in completing our Oxford Beethoven Festival 2020. Our plans for the composer's 250th anniversary were some of the most comprehensive in the UK, and I am delighted that we are now able to reschedule many of these events and bring the Festival to a conclusion. A glistening jewel in our Beethoven calendar this autumn will be Anne-Sophie Mutter’s performance of the Violin Concerto on 10 December.

Elsewhere, there is plenty to savour, including new works from our Composers’ Workshop and solo performances by our own principals. As usual, we collaborate with some of Oxford’s finest choirs, including the Choir of Merton College and Schola Cantorum of Oxford in Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah respectively, and the Choir of Keble College in a performance of Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ mass.

My colleagues and I look forward to welcoming you.

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Beethoven's Emperor Thursday 21 October 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, 'Emperor' Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor Few works communicate just how significant and pivotal Beethoven was as a cultural figure as the ‘Emperor’ piano concerto, every bit deserving of its title. This unprecedented ‘grand concerto’ would explode the scale of the genre and prove a model for composers from Brahms to Liszt and beyond.

Inspired by new, louder and more sensitive pianos and alarmed by Napoleon’s bombardment of Vienna, Beethoven created a monumental musical testament to the freedom of man. Marios Papadopoulos plays and directs the concerto after Beethoven’s highly spirited Symphony No. 4.

Tickets £48 £38 £28 £15 (students from £5)

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Mozart's Requiem Thursday 28 October 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 Requiem in D minor, K. 626 Laura Ruiz Ferreres clarinet Mary Bevan soprano Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano Joshua Ellicott tenor Ashley Riches bass Choir of Merton College (Director of Music: Benjamin Nicholas) Marios Papadopoulos conductor In memory of James Sherwood Mozart’s unfinished Requiem turned out to be his own. This unfailingly gripping work moves from the dark clouds of fate to the piercing light of optimism – a last bid for positivity in the tragic life of a genius cut off in his prime. After his equally sublime late Clarinet Concerto – played by outstanding Spanish clarinettist Laura Ruiz Ferreres – Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra are joined by one of the finest mixed-voice college choirs in the land for Mozart’s last musical will and testament. Join us for the most iconic Requiem ever written in the unmatched surroundings of the Sheldonian Theatre.

Tickets £48 £38 £28 £15 (students from £5)

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Beethoven's Romances Tuesday 9 November 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 CAROL J JONES The Light Thief (world premiere)* BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Charlotte Scott violin Shlomy Dobrinsky violin Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor

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Pre-concert Recital 18:30 Young Artists' Platform A chance to hear talented young musicians Free admission

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After the world premiere of a work selected specially from our 2019 Composers’ Workshop, we hear one of Beethoven’s most fresh-faced symphonies and a score that is a joy from start to end – his eighth. Beethoven is in a similarly optimistic mood in his Romances, which betray none of the tragedy of the composer’s life at the time. These lyrical songs for violin and orchestra – played by our own Associate Concertmasters Charlotte Scott and Shlomy Dobrinsky – radiate delicacy and warmth. Pulses will race, however, with Beethoven’s orchestral journey from unjust incarceration to blazing liberty – his Leonore Overture No. 3.

Tickets £48 £38 £28 £15 (students from £5)

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A World at our Feet Sunday 14 November 2021 Oxford Town Hall, 15:00

FUNomusica Family Concert Most suitable for ages 4-8

Alasdair Malloy presenter Celebrating dance from all around the world, Alasdair Malloy and the Oxford Philharmonic spin us off our feet on a joyous journey around the globe, discovering just how the whole world loves to dance. Leaping from ballroom to barn dance, salsa to samba, this concert will certainly get more than your toes tapping!

Come in your favourite dancing costume and be prepared to learn a very unusual dance: Mr Mozart’s Macarena!

Concert ends 16:00

Tickets adults £10 children £4 Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Beethoven's Pastoral Saturday 20 November 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON To Breathe Now (world premiere)* WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’ Carmine Lauri violin John Traill conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor Celebrating his 50th birthday, our very own Concertmaster Carmine Lauri steps into the limelight to play Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 – the greatest masterpiece from a man considered one of the finest violinists of all time.

After Wieniawski’s intense and invigorating music, and the first performance of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s To Breathe Now, we take a walk in the countryside courtesy of Beethoven. In the composer’s Symphony No. 6, which quickly attracted the nickname ‘Pastoral’, we step directly into the joy of the composer’s childhood and his thanksgiving for the wonders of the earth.

Tickets £48 £38 £28 £15 (students from £5)

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Beethoven and his Colleagues IV Saturday 27 November 2021 Holywell Music Room, 19:30

BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3 ROLLA Grand Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 12 No. 3 BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, ‘Kreutzer’ Natalia Lomeiko violin Yuri Zhislin violin/viola Sasha Grynyuk piano

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The Beethoven and his Colleagues Series, interrupted by the pandemic, resumes with performances by Oxford Philharmonic principals Natalia Lomeiko and Yuri Zhislin. Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ sonata has to be heard to be believed, and can only be heard once a violinist has confounded the notion that this devilish score is ‘impossible to play’, as Rodolphe Kreutzer declared. This sonata is full of new techniques, bursting with unbridled fury and pitting violin and piano against one another in a perpetual struggle, for which we welcome the fitting skills of Natalia Lomeiko and Sasha Grynyuk.

They also give us the pent-up energy of the sonata that paved the way for the ‘Kreutzer’ (No. 4), while Yuri Zhislin plays Beethoven’s deeply personal No. 3. The two string players are united for a miniature gem

by Alessandro Rolla.

Tickets £30 (students £5)

Mark Padmore & Mitsuko Uchida Wednesday 8 December 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

Programme to include: BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, D. 957 Mark Padmore tenor Mitsuko Uchida piano The lives and works of Beethoven and Schubert are tightly bound. An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved) was the first coherent cycle of related songs ever created, a passionate paean to love in the allegorical form of a hymn to nature that extends techniques Beethoven used in his ‘Pastoral’ symphony. Schubert stood on Beethoven’s shoulders, raising the level of art song still further. His own collection Schwanengesang echoes Beethoven’s in its themes of lost love, distance and communion with nature.

Few artists get to the heart and soul of this music like Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida.

Tickets £54 £40 £30 £18 (students from £5)

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Anne-Sophie Mutter Friday 10 December 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:00

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 HAYDN Mass No. 11 in D minor, Hob. XXII:11, 'Nelson Mass' Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Soraya Mafi soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano Joshua Ellicott tenor Dominic Sedgwick bass Choir of Keble College (Director of Music: Paul Brough) Marios Papadopoulos conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and brings to our Beethoven festivities the composer’s joyous, lyrical Violin Concerto. Keble College's own chapel choir, flourishing under Paul Brough, joins the Orchestra and four distinguished soloists for a performance of Haydn’s exuberant and perfectly formed mass in celebration of the ‘saviour of Europe’ following his defeat of Napoleon in 1798, Admiral Lord Nelson. Marios Papadopoulos leads this celebratory concert at the Sheldonian Theatre.

Tickets £60 £42 £32 £20 (students from £5) Supported by Michael Thomas and Serena Simmons, and Oxford Sciences Innovation

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Handel's Messiah Thursday 16 December 2021 Sheldonian Theatre, 19:00

HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56 Rhian Lois soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards mezzo-soprano Robert Murray tenor Peter Harvey bass Schola Cantorum of Oxford Steven Grahl conductor

2020 gave us a taste of the unthinkable: a Christmas without Handel’s most festive oratorio, Messiah. Part German passion, part English anthem, part Italian opera, Messiah changed the landscape of vocal music in Britain from the moment it was first performed in 1742 and has held audiences awestruck for nearly three centuries – a towering and inspired creation for soloists, chorus and orchestra that still brings audiences to their feet.

Steven Grahl of Christ Church conducts the Orchestra and his own Schola Cantorum of Oxford in a performance of Messiah that, after all we’ve been through, will surely be extra special.

Tickets £48 £38 £28 £15 (students from £5)

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Chamber Music at Merton Sunday 9 January 2022 TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, 15:00 (Rose Lane entrance)

FAURÉ Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 IRELAND Piano Trio No. 2 in E major FRANCK Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, FWV 8 Natalia Lomeiko violin Mats Lidström cello Katya Apekisheva piano Oxford Philharmonic Concertmaster Natalia Lomeiko and Solo Cello Mats Lidström join pianist Katya Apekisheva for chamber music from England, France and Belgium. John Ireland’s 1917 Piano Trio No. 2 is a work of haunting beauty in which the composer confessed to ‘clinging to the beauty that remained on earth amidst the carnage.’ The war was a memory for Gabriel Fauré, whose 1923 Piano Trio in D minor is a melodic journey from solemnity to joie de vivre. There is no shortage of passion and intensity in César Franck’s only Violin Sonata, a wedding present for the great Belgian virtuoso Eugene Ysaÿe buoyed by the prospect of nascent love.

Tickets £30 (students £5)

(includes interval tea and biscuits) Supported by Elizabeth & David Ure and Celia & Andrew Curran

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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra occupies a unique position in the UK’s orchestral landscape. It counts some of the world’s greatest artists as its regular collaborators, including Maxim Vengerov, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martha Argerich and Sir András Schiff. Since its establishment in 1998, it has built a reputation maintained by some of the finest musicians in the UK and rooted in the uncompromising artistic standards of its founder and Music Director, Marios Papadopoulos.

In addition to an annual concert season in Oxford and performances across the UK, the Oxford Philharmonic presents family concerts, a chamber music series and the annual Oxford Piano Festival. It boasts a growing list of international engagements, having recently played at the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen. In 2022, it will make its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Oxford Philharmonic has made acclaimed recordings of music by Nimrod Borenstein for Chandos as well as the first cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich for the Swedish label BIS – both conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the latter featuring the Orchestra’s Solo Cello, Mats Lidström, as soloist. The Orchestra has recorded for Sony Classical, Delphian and Novum labels and collaborated on record with the renowned choirs of New College, Merton College and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Maxim Vengerov became the Oxford Philharmonic’s first Artist in Residence following a remarkable debut with the ensemble in 2013. Over an unprecedented four-season collaboration, Vengerov and the Orchestra performed across the UK and recorded the violin concertos of Brahms and Sibelius in addition to Mendelssohn’s Octet. As part of the Oxford Philharmonic’s 20th anniversary celebrations in 2018/19, Vengerov was joined by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Martha Argerich for a gala concert with the Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London.

In December 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Orchestra recorded a concert in a tribute to all those working on developing a vaccine for Covid-19 at the University of Oxford, including the world premiere of John Rutter’s Joseph’s Carol, commissioned by the Orchestra for the occasion. Rutter and the Orchestra were joined in their tribute by Sir Bryn Terfel, Alexandra Lowe, chorister Alexander Olleson, and the Choir of Merton College. The film included a special performance by Maxim Vengerov alongside tributes from Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford Louise Richardson, and HRH Princess Alexandra, the Orchestra’s Royal Patron.

The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra has been firmly committed to outreach work from its earliest days, taking music to areas of social and economic disadvantage including hospitals and special schools in partnerships with Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council.

In 2002, the Oxford Philharmonic was appointed the first ever Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford, and frequently collaborates with the Faculty of Music in educational programmes. In the 2019/20 season, the orchestra launched its Side-by-Side scheme for school and University students, which provides an opportunity for young musicians to perform within the ranks of a professional symphonic ensemble.

A partnership with J & A Beare provides the Orchestra's distinguished members with opportunities to play on Stradivari instruments, adding a new dimension to the sound of the Orchestra.

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The Oxford Philharmonic Academy and Community Work Education and outreach is at the heart of the work of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. We are ambassadors for music education helping people of all ages and backgrounds to become involved in music, and to nurture and cultivate talent. The Oxford Philharmonic Academy incorporates all our educational programmes ranging from special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and primary to tertiary level education. Family concerts held in conjunction with the Oxford City Council foster a love of music in young children and their families. Over the years, our programmes have won awards for their excellence and beneficial impact.

During lockdown we devised inventive new ways to reach children isolated at home, and many of these new techniques will be incorporated in our programmes going forward.

Schools at primary level

We are actively involved in bringing music to disadvantaged communities with high levels of unemployment, crime and social service intervention where there is little or no exposure to classical music. We run in-house programmes with Special Schools and primary schools in ethnically diverse areas of the city, and we host days of music-making and learning for children from across Oxfordshire.

Secondary Schools and University

We collaborate with the Oxfordshire County Music Service to offer special opportunities to talented young musicians. The most gifted young people benefit from our Residency Programme at the University of Oxford, and the high-level tuition given to pianists during the Oxford Piano Festival. Our principal players and visiting international artists offer tuition for students at all levels.

Hospitals

Over the years we have been very active in local hospitals and have established special relationships with a number of units. Our workshops for patients of all ages with physical and mental disabilities continue to achieve significant therapeutic results.

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Support the Orchestra (Charity No. 1084256) We are excited to be back on stage and presenting our 2021/22 season. With a full schedule of concerts in prospect as well as ongoing education and community projects, the Orchestra has a lot of activities to fund which would be impossible to deliver without the generosity of our supporters.

Friends and Patrons

Our Friends and Patrons are the backbone of the Orchestra. As a member of the OPO family, your subscription allows you to enjoy benefits including priority booking, interval hospitality, and more.

Visit our website at oxfordphil.com for further details.

Support our Concerts

Why not support a specific aspect of an individual concert? Your support will be acknowledged in printed programmes and online.

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£100 provides programme notes £250 provides the printed programme £500 supports an orchestral musician £1,000 supports the concertmaster £2,500 supports the participation of a choir £5,000 supports a soloist

General Support

If you would like the Orchestra to thrive in every aspect please consider making an unrestricted gift.

To donate or learn more about how to support, please contact Cherie Lai on 01865 987 222 or at cherie@oxfordphil.com.

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How to Book Box Office Online: oxfordphil.com Telephone: 01865 980 980 (Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00) E-mail: boxoffice@oxfordphil.com Booking Dates Thursday 30 September, 11:00 Priority booking for Patrons and multi-buy purchases of 9+ concerts Monday 4 October, 11:00 Priority booking for Friends and multi-buy purchases of 5 - 8 concerts Friday 8 October, 11:00 General booking Priority booking for multi-buy purchases by telephone only Covid Safety For the safety of our audience members, every ticket holder must have a valid NHS Covid Pass or provide a negative Covid-19 test result taken no more than 48 hours prior to the performance.

We reserve the right to check Covid Passes and test results on entry.

Unless exempt, face coverings must be worn when moving around the venue and are strongly encouraged when seated.

Audience members should maintain social distancing wherever possible.

Hand sanitiser is provided throughout our venues. We continue to follow government guidelines and we will regularly update our safety measures.

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How to Save Refunds and Conditions of Sale Tickets may be exchanged for another concert or a credit voucher (valid for six months) if returned at least two weeks before the concert. Refunds can only be given if a concert is sold out or cancelled; an administration fee of £2 per ticket will apply. Ticket holders who have tested positive for COVID-19, or who are displaying symptoms of the virus, or who have been instructed to self-isolate are asked not to attend events. They can request a full refund or exchange their ticket(s) for a gift voucher by contacting our box office.

Please note our concerts are not recommended for children under the age of six.

We reserve the right to refuse admission and to change the date, time, artist, programme or venue of any event where unavoidable.

Please see our website for full T & Cs.

Discounts cannot be combined

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Venue Information

Multi-buy Bookings Must be booked in one transaction.

Book 5 – 8 concerts and save 10%.

Book 9+ concerts and save 15%.

Multi-buy tickets cannot be refunded and can only be exchanged for events within the same season.

Group Bookings Book 10+ tickets for one concert and save 10%.

Concessions Full-time students receive a £5 ticket in the lowest price band or a £5 discount for all other price bands through generous contributions to our Concert Access Fund for Students.

Unemployment benefit claimants save £5 on full-price tickets. Under 18s, registered disabled and wheelchair users with one companion save 50%.

Holywell Music Room Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3SD Oxford Town Hall St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX Sheldonian Theatre Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College Rose Lane, Oxford OX1 4DT

Box Office The box office at the Sheldonian Theatre opens 4 hours before each concert.

The box office at all other venues opens 1 hour before each concert.

Opening Times Doors open 30 minutes before the advertised concert start time and 10 minutes before a pre-concert event.

Special Requirements If you require a wheelchair space or have specific access or seating requirements please call us on 01865 980 980 so that we can advise you on the best seating arrangements for your needs. All our venues have disabled access and facilities.

Latecomers We will endeavour to admit latecomers when possible. Latecomers will be seated in a designated area until the interval, when they can take their allocated seat.

Unreserved Seating Unreserved seating entitles you to a seat within your chosen area rather than a specific seat.

Sponsors and those with disabilities are entitled to reserved seating, allocated at Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra's discretion.

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Donors and Benefactors Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust (charity no. 1084256) acknowledges with deep gratitude the financial contributions made over the last twelve months by the following:

Diamond Benefactors Arts Council England, A.G. Leventis Foundation, Dr Russell Hirshfield & Leila Larijani, The Sackler Trust, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Lief & Johanna Rosenblatt Platinum Benefactors The H.K. Leventis Foundation, Geoffrey & Caroline de Jager, Zvi & Ofra Meitar Family Fund Gold Benefactors Alfiya Askar Abulkhair & Timur Kuanyshev, Marco & Francesca Assetto, Joshua & Ruth Berman, Dr John & Baroness Deech, Prof. & Mrs Raymond Dwek CBE, David Haenlein, The Tolkien Trust, Christopher Wright Silver Benefactors Prof. Paul Davies & Dr Saphié Ashtiany, Sir Victor & Lady Blank, BMW UK, Dorset Foundation, Anita Higham OBE, Lady Horton, The Michael Marks Charitable Trust, Michael & Susan Pragnell, Simon & Alison Ryde, Bjarne & Yvonne Rieber, Sir Howard & Lady Stringer, Fahad & Lema Al Tamimi, David & Elizabeth Ure

Benefactors Stephen & Jane Barclay, Mark & Linda Barrett, Sir Winfried Bischoff, Brent Borough Council, Irja Brant, The Calleva Foundation, Dr Peter Collins, The Dalgleish Trust, Alun Evans & Hilary Reid Evans, Peggotty & Andrew Graham, Ron & Penny Gulliver, Jeff & Pauline Hewitt, Robert & Caroline Jackson, Mr & Mrs John Leighfield CBE, Sir Sydney Lipworth QC & Lady Lipworth CBE, Anthony & Jenny Loehnis, Constantine Logothetis, Colin Maund, Oxford City Council, Mark & Jill Pellew, Lennart & Mona Perlhagen, Andrew & Bee Robb, Dr Natasha & Mr Igor Tsukanov, Dr Pål Voltersvik & Mrs Liv Høgvold, Robert & Felicity Waley-Cohen, Sam & Suzanne Webber, Mr & Mrs Nicholas Wills Aeonian Circle Prof. Paul Davies & Dr Saphié Ashtiany, Maggie Copus, Hellios Information Ltd, Anita Higham OBE, David & Elizabeth Ure

Patrons John & Hilary Bach, Angela Beatson Wood, Mary Beattie, BMO Financial Group, Dr Penelope Brook, Stephanie Butcher, Emma Chamberlain OBE, Prof. David Coleman, Charles & Gisela Cooper, Andrew & Nicola Cornick, Neville & Christine Dalton, Patricia Donnelly, Shannon Fairbanks, David & Elizabeth French, Christopher & Marian French, Tim Gilbert, David Golding, Dr William Hayes & Dr Anne Grocock, Peter & Valerie Hill, Godfrey & Elizabeth Holliday, Sir John & Lady Hood, Karen Hsu, Glen & Mandy James, Prof. Richard Jenkyns, Dr Peter & Juliet Johnson, Sir David & Lady Keene, Prof. Martin Kemp, Sir Anthony & Lady Kenny, Dr Konstanze KoepffRöhrs, Mr Michael Leech OBE & Dr Joyce Leech, David & Kaye Lillycrop, Eric & Clare Lowry, Prof. Peter Mackridge, Joy Morning, Amanda Nicholson, Neil Pearson, Dr David Pick, Derek & Muriel Norma Pilkington, Tom & Hilde Purves, Michael Rouse CBE, F A M Ruck Keene, Blake R Samuels, Sander Schakelaar, Alan Smith, Marrack Tonkin, Prof. Peter & Mrs Mary Jeanne Tufano, Richard & Angela Wade, Linda Walker & Christoph von Graffenried, Tony Walton, Dr Trudy Watt Donors who prefer to remain anonymous

The University of Oxford logo is the registered trademark of the University of Oxford. The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is licensed to use the mark in the branding of events in the United Kingdom. The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is run by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust. Neither the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra nor the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust are part of the University of Oxford.

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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Patron HRH Princess Alexandra Life Presidents Geoffrey de Jager Harry Leventis Menahem Pressler Honorary President The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH Vice President Sir Victor Blank Patron Vladimir Ashkenazy Piano Festival Patron Alfred Brendel KBE Piano Festival President Sir András Schiff Patron for New Music Marina, Lady Marks Music Director Marios Papadopoulos MBE Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust Registered Charity no. 1084256 Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG (Chair) Geoffrey de Jager (Deputy Chair) Dr Saphié Ashtiany Alfiya Askar Marco Assetto Raymond Blanc OBE Prof. Michael Earl

David Haenlein Lord Hall Dr Russell Hirshfield Bianca Jagger Rasha Khawaja Dr Marios Papadopoulos MBE Sir Jonathan Phillips Prof. Sir Andrew Pollard Advisory Council Dr Saphié Ashtiany (Chair) Emma Chamberlain OBE Prof. Michael Earl Joanna Foster CBE Peggotty Graham Jeff Hewitt Robert Jackson Lord Krebs Dr Jill Pellew Sir Jonathan Phillips Bob Price Hilary Reid-Evans Lady Stewart Prof. Irene Tracey Prof. Sir John Vickers David Whelton Finance and Risk Committee Prof. Michael Earl (Chair) David Haenlein Jeff Hewitt Colin Maund Tom Purves Richard Smethurst

Honorary Members Lord Butler of Brockwell Sir Jeremy Greenstock Lady Heseltine John Leighfield CBE Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Sir Michael Parkinson CBE Dr Michael Peagram Anthony Smith CBE Prof. Reinhard Strohm Francesca Schwarzenbach George Tsavliris Bruno Wang Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Productions Ltd Company no. 03592323 VAT no. 208 4077 20 Directors Dr Saphié Ashtiany Marco Assetto David Haenlein Anthi Papadopoulos Marios Papadopoulos MBE Board Members, American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Joshua M. Berman Russell Hirshfield Marios Papadopoulos MBE Christopher Wright

Advisory Council, American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Sir John Hood Leila Larijani Aviad Meitar Antony Phillipson HE Mr Matthew Rycroft CBE James Sherwood†, (Chairman Emeritus) Executive Management Music Director Marios Papadopoulos MBE Chief Operating Officer Anthi Papadopoulos Director Education and Community David Haenlein

Marketing Officer Siena Linton Ticketing and Events Officer Lukas Beck University Residency Coordinator Beau Marshall Piano Festival Coordinator Lukas Beck Press and PR Nicky Thomas Media Tours Manager Cate Hall Librarian Helen Harris Stage Manager Max Howard

Administration Design/Office Supervisor Larisa Afrić Executive Assistant to the Music Director Beau Marshall Planning Officer Helen Ecclestone Development Officer Cherie Lai Logistics Officer Bethany Wright

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Diary October 2021 - January 2022

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Booking dates Thursday 30 September, 11:00 - Priority booking for Patrons and multi-buy purchases of 9+ concerts Monday 4 October, 11:00 - Priority booking for Friends and multi-buy purchases of 5 - 8 concerts Friday 8 October, 11:00 - General booking opens Priority booking for multi-buy purchases by telephone only

October

December

Thursday 21 October Sheldonian Theatre Beethoven's Emperor

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Thursday 28 October Sheldonian Theatre Mozart's Requiem

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November

Tuesday 9 November Sheldonian Theatre Beethoven's Romances 5 Sunday 14 November Oxford Town Hall FUNomusica

Wednesday 8 December Sheldonian Theatre Mark Padmore & Mitsuko Uchida 9 Friday 10 December Sheldonian Theatre Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Thursday 16 December Sheldonian Theatre Handel's Messiah 11

January 6

Saturday 20 November Sheldonian Theatre Beethoven's Pastoral 7 Saturday 27 November Holywell Music Room Beethoven & his Colleagues IV 8

Sunday 9 January TS Eliot Theatre Chamber Music at Merton

Family Concert Chamber Concert Pre-concert Event

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