Past Concerts

Details of our concerts over the past 10 years can be found below.

Also available:
our complete archive of concert performances, throughout the history of the orchestra (searchable and sortable).

2021/22

13 November 2021, The New World Beethoven Leonore Overture no. 3; Walton Violin Concerto, Eunsley Park (violin); Dvořák Symphony no.9 (The New World); More details

2019/20

14 March 2020, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky & Borodin Borodin Polovtsian Dances; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no.1, Thomas Kelly (piano); Rachmaninov Symphony no.2; More details

16 November 2019, Tchaikovsky, Strauss & Szymanowski Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet; Szymanowski Violin Concerto no.1, soloist Michał Ćwiżewicz; Strauss Death and Transfiguration More details

2018/19

22 June 2019, Beethoven 9 Janáček Sinfonietta; Beethoven Symphony no.9; More details

16 March 2019, Poem of Ecstasy Vincent d'Indy La Forêt Enchantée; Delius Concerto for Violin and Cello, Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Gemma Rosefield (cello); Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy; More details Daily Info Concert Review

17 November 2018, Russian Favourites Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite no.1; Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, soloist Alim Beisembayev; Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov), Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919); More details

2017/18

23 June 2018, Mahler, Beethoven & Schumann Beethoven Egmont Overture; Schumann Cello Concerto, soloist Indira Grier; Mahler Symphony No. 4, soloist Clare Tunney; More details Daily Info Concert Review

17 March 2018, Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, soloist Magdalene Ho; Dvořák Symphony No. 7; More details Daily Info Concert Review

18 November 2017, Bruckner Symphony No.6 Weber Der Freischütz Overture; Joseph Phibbs Clarinet Concerto, soloist Mark van de Wiel; Bruckner Symphony No. 6; More details

2016/17

24 June 2017, Tchaikovsky & Mahler Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, soloist Tamsin Waley-Cohen; Mahler Symphony No. 5; More details Daily Info Concert Review

18 March 2017, Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Josef Strauss Music of the Spheres; Dvořák Piano Concerto, soloist Julian Trevelyan; Sibelius Symphony No. 5; More details

12 November 2016, Enigma Variations Bax Tintagel; Walton Viola Concerto, soloist Timothy Ridout; Elgar Enigma Variations; More details

2015/16

18 June 2016, Sibelius Violin Concerto Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm; Sibelius Violin Concerto, soloist Mathilde Milwidsky; Debussy Prélude à 'L'après-midi d'un faune'; Strauss Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten

19 March 2016, Four Last Songs Debussy Nocturnes; Richard Strauss Four Last Songs, Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin 'Letter Scene', soprano soloist Rachel Nicholls; Ravel La Valse

21 November 2015, The Planets Elgar Cockaigne; York Bowen Viola Concerto soloist Lawrence Power; Holst The Planets

2014/15

20 June 2015, 'Romantic Masters at the Sheldonian' Sibelius En Saga; Brahms Violin Concerto soloist Anna-Liisa Bezrodny; Rachmaninov Symphony no.3

14 March 2015, 'Prize Winners, Walton & Brahms' Alex Symcox At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners; Walton Cello Concerto soloist Ariana Kashefi; Brahms Symphony no.2

15 November 2014, 'Pictures at an Exhibition' Tchaikovsky The Tempest; Ravel Piano Concerto in G soloist Alasdair Beatson; Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition. Daily Info Concert Review

2013/14

14 June 2014, Dvořák, Weber and Elgar Dvořák Noon Witch; Weber Clarinet Concerto no.1 soloist Mark van de Wiel; Elgar Symphony no.2.

15 March 2014, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Taneyev Overture 'The Oresteia'; Shostakovich Cello Concerto no.1 soloist Michael Petrov; Tchaikovsky Symphony no.4.

3 November 2013, Wagner Bicentenary Concert Prelude to Die Meistersinger, Tristan and Götterdämmerung highlights with Rachel Nicholls, soprano. Oxford Times Preview

2012/13

15 June 2013, Bruckner Symphony no.7 Korngold Violin Concerto soloist Andrew Haveron; Bruckner Symphony no.7.

16 March 2013, Beethoven Triple Concerto Mozart Overture; Don Giovanni; Beethoven Triple Concerto; Walton Symphony no.1

10 November 2012, Debussy La Mer Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le Toit; Saint Saens Violin Concerto no. 3; Ravel Tzigane; Debussy La Mer violin soloist, Mathilde Milwidsky.

2011/12

16 June 2012, Beethoven and Strauss Beethoven Symphony no.5; Strauss Don Quixote cello soloist, Tim Hugh

10 March 2012, Bartók and Brahms, St Aldates Church, Oxford Dvořák Slavonic Dances; Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin; Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 soloist, Tom Poster

5 November 2011, Mahler, Oxford Town Hall Mahler Symphony no.2 in collaboration with local choirs and the Musicians Benevolent Fund

2010/11

25 June 2011: 'Movie Music' Rózsa Violin Concerto soloist, Jennifer Pike; Strauss An Alpine Symphony

12 March 2011: Britten and Elgar Britten Cello Symphony soloist, Tim Hugh; Elgar Symphony no.1

6 November 2010: Rachmaninov and Stravinsky Liadov Baba Yaga; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.3 soloist, Danny Driver; Stravinsky The Rite of Spring