Elgar’s The Apostles
We accompanied the East Oxford Community Choir in their performance of the Elgar’s epic, The Apostles on 1 June. What a fabulous concert! Conductor James Longstaffe said, I wanted to […]
January’s concert was a cracker!
What an exciting concert we had last Saturday Jan 27th! It was one of those that left the orchestra members buzzing. And the feedback from the audience of almost 300 […]
OxInABox reviews our Sheldonian Concert
The best of Russia meets Oxford’s top amateur orchestra – add in a divine virtuoso violinist, and the result is stratospheric! It was a brave all-Russian programme in today’s cancel […]
Daily Info reviews Messiah
John Dunston of the Daily Info reviewed our performance of Messiah with vOx this Dec…. ‘The orchestra and chorus were inexhaustible. Despite some judicious and sensible cuts, this is still […]
Gaia Globe joins us for latest concert
What a treat for our June concert. We were conducted by the fabulous Chloe Rooke, whose engagement with the orchestra and enthusiasm are unbelievable and made the Brahms symphony very […]
French horn blasts and a distinct piccolo – Review of January concert
French horn blasts and a distinct piccolo It’s a fair way from a chilly, damp winter evening on Oxford’s High Street to perhaps a spring morning at St Mark’s Basilica, […]
Judith Weir blog loved our March concert
When my old college friend George Caird told me that he was planning to perform my piece Heroic Strokes of the Bow with an amateur orchestra, my initial thought was “is that wise?” Recently […]
Copland Appalachian Spring from 2017 concert
Listen here to Copland Appalachian Spring, from an Oxford Sinfonia concert in April 2017 conducted by Cayenna Ponchione
Zelenka Trio Sonata – broadcast on BBC Radio Three
Listen here to Zelenka Trio Sonata, from an Oxford Sinfonia chamber concert This excerpt was broadcast on BBC Radio Three in 2017
OUP choir 10 November
Joseph Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae Malcolm Pearce: A Wreathèd Garland Cecilia McDowall: Magnificat W.A.Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria Vivaldi’s lively distillation of the Italian musical style had a […]