Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - 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’s deeply personal essay on inner demons, the torment of love and the irrepressible strength of the human spirit. María Dueñas, the violinist who seems to have captured the zeitgeist in her performances like none other, returns for the first of Prokofiev’s violin concertos, a work mingling tenderness with biting sarcasm as only Prokofiev could. The concert opens with the breakthrough work by the 23-year-old Doreen Carwithen from 1947, her swashbuckling overture inspired by John Masefield’s novel One Damn Thing After Another. 

Carwithen ODTAA Overture (One Damn Thing After Another) side-by-side* 

Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19  

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 

María Dueñas violin 

Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* 

Marios Papadopoulos conductor 

Ticket Information

• General Admission: £58, £42, £32, £18
• Concessions: £5 tickets for students/under-18s in the Upper Galleries and £5 off any other price band, 50% off for Disabled/Carer tickets (phone only) 
• Suitable for ages 6+
• Doors 7pm
• Running time of 2 hours with interval halfway
• Latecomers permitted at appropriate pause in the music
• For ticketing queries, email boxoffice@oxfordphil.com or call 01865 980980