The Oxford Sinfonia

John Warner conducts Mendelssohn and Schumann
2023-09-23 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
We welcome back John Warner to conduct us in a programme of Mendelssohn’s Overture and Scherzo from a Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ravel’s Pavane, Chausson’s Poème for violin (soloist Roma Tic) and orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Schumann’s Symphony No 4.
Two aspects of Romanticism will be contrasted in this programme: the music of two early Romantic German composers, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and works from the end of the 19th century by two French composers, Chausson and Ravel. Mendelssohn’s glorious incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his evocative Hebrides Overture are justly famous. Ravel’s haunting Pavane for a Dead Infanta is instantly accessible, while Chausson’s Poème is his most celebrated work, encored three times at an early performance! Schumann’s 4th Symphony will be presented in its original 1841 version, often preferred for its more transparent scoring and fresher sound.
John Warner is Founder and Artistic Director of Orchestra for the Earth and Music Director of Oxford Opera. He has conducted orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic and regularly assists conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Harding.

Classics from Vienna
2023-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Kentaro Machida conducts us in a programme of Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture, Mozart’s Horn Concerto no 4 and Schubert’s 9th Symphony ‘The Great’.
Kentaro Machida is a Japanese conductor and organist and a recent first-class graduate of the University of Oxford He was senior organ scholar at Merton College, accompanying the college’s renowned mixed-voice choir in their BBC broadcasts, CD recordings, and UK and international tours.
Our soloist is Zoe Tweed, studied at the Royal Academy of Music for both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and is now a busy freelance Horn player.
She is on trial for Principal Horn with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and performs with various orchestras across the UK including working as Guest Principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra. Zoë is interested in a range of musical styles and genres and is an avid chamber musician, having both written and arranged works for brass and wind quintet. She is also involved in recording sessions for TV and Film and as a Munster Trust Recital Artist, she hosts solo recitals around the country.
All seating is unallocated and accompanied children are free. Your ticket confirmation will be emailed to you on purchase: this email is your ticket(s). Don’t expect a hard copy! For our regulars, please note the EARLIER start time of 19.00

‘Spring Serenade’ featuring works by Mozart, Dvorak and Elgar.
2023-03-25 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Ben Goodall conducts us in a programme of string and wind serenades. Programme is Elgar’s String Serenade (Op20), Dvorak’s Wind Serenade (Op44) and String Serenade (Op22) and Mozart’s String Serenade No 6 (‘Serenada Notturna’ K239) and Wind Serenade No 11 (K375). All seating is unallocated and accompanied children are free. Your ticket confirmation will be emailed to you on purchase: this email is your ticket(s). Don’t expect a hard copy!

Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky, featuring Jennifer Pike
2023-01-28 19:30 - 22:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ
We are very excited to welcome Jennifer Pike to the Sheldonian to perform Khachaturian’s violin concerto. Conducted by Robert Weaver, we will open with Khachaturian’s stirring Adagio from the ballet Spartacus and conclude with Tchaikovsky’s ever popular 5th Symphony.
Jennifer is renowned for her “dazzling interpretative flair and exemplary technique” (Classic FM) and is in demand as soloist and recitalist all over the world. She is known as an artist of exceptional integrity and depth, whilst her ability to “hold an audience spellbound” (The Strad) and “luminous beauty of tone” (The Observer) have established her as one of the most exciting artists performing today.
Jennifer first gained international recognition in 2002, when, aged 12, she became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the youngest major prize winner in the Menuhin International Violin Competition. Since then, she is a regular at the BBC Proms and Wigmore Hall and with major orchestras worldwide. Jennifer was awarded an MBE for services to Classical Music in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Programme included with ticket and accompanied children free in Semi-Circle and both Upper and Lower Galleries. Within each area, tickets are for unallocated seating within that area.

Messiah
2022-12-03 19:30 - 22:00 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
We are combining forces with vOx, Oxford’s leading chamber choir ( https://www.vox-choir-oxford.co.uk/ ) in a full performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Conducted by vOx’s David Crown, we will be at St Mary’s on 3 Dec. The soloists are: Madeline Robinson (Soprano), Annie George (Mezzo), Osian Wyn Bowen (Tenor) and Simon Pratt (Bass/Baritone).
All tickets include programme. All seating unallocated. Accompanied children are free. Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list. We encourage you to sit closely in family groups.

Vivaldi with Bicester Choral and Operatic Society
2022-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 | St Edberg’s Church, Bicester, Old Place Yard, Bicester, OX26 6AU, United Kingdom
We will be accompanying the Bicester Choral and Operatic Society on 15 Oct at 19.30 in St. Edburg’s Church, Bicester
Conducted by Martin Quinn, the programme is Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589, Vivaldi’s Magnificat RV 610 and Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso RV 578.
Tickets are available on https://bcoswesing.org.uk/tickets

Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn
2022-09-24 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Joe Davies conducts us in a programme of Mozart’s overture the ‘Abduction from Seraglio’, Beethoven’s ‘Ruins of Athens’, Mozart’s 3rd Violin Concerto and Haydn’s Symphony No 100 (the ‘Military’). Whilst studying at Oxford University, Joe directed a memorable performance of Bernstein’s Candide at the Playhouse. He is now based in the Midland and critically praised as an ‘inspiring’ conductor with a ‘substantial future ahead of him’.
Emma Lisney is our soloist and we welcome back to Oxford: in 2016 she won first prize at the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition, performing Prokofiev’s second violin concerto with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. After graduating from Oxford, she has had masterclasses with Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov and is now very much in demand.
All tickets include programme. All seating unallocated and accompanied children are free. Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list. We encourage you to sit closely in family groups: we have limited the number of tickets to ensure there will be space between groups

Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms
2022-06-25 18:30 - 20:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
We are beyond delighted to welcome back Chloe Rooke and Maddy Pickering in a programme of Beethoven’s Leonora Overture, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin (Haim Choi) and viola (Maddy) and finishing with Brahms’ Symphony No 4.
All tickets include programme. All seating unallocated and accompanied children are free. Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list. We encourage you to sit closely in family groups: we have limited the number of tickets to ensure there will be space between groups

Wendover Choral Society
2022-05-21 19:30 - 21:30
On 21 May, we are joining the Wendover Choral Society in a programme of Beethoven’s Mass in C and Mozart’s Symphony No. 29. Conducted by Peter Bassano, the concert will be held in St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Wendover, HP22 6NL. Tickets on the door.

Rameau, Debussy, Ravel and Beethoven
2022-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
James Ham conducts Rameau’s Overture to Les Indes Galantes, Debussy’s Petite Suite, Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin and Beethoven’s Symphony No 1. All tickets include programme. All seating unallocated and accompanied children are free. Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list. We encourage you to sit closely in family groups: we have limited the number of tickets to ensure there will be space between groups

JC Bach, Haydn, Bologne and Mozart
2022-01-29 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Margaret Faultless, a co-leader of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, returns to lead an exciting programme of Mozart’s Serenade No 12 K388 (directed by Julian Faultless), JC Bach’s Symphony G Minor Op 6, Joseph Bologne’s (Chevalier de St Georges) Symphony No2 Op11 D Major and Haydn’s Symphony 31 (Hornsignal). All tickets include programme. All seating unallocated and accompanied children are free. Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list. We encourage you to sit closely in family groups: we have limited the number of tickets to ensure there will be space between groups

Faure Requiem with Cherwell Choral Society
2021-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | St Peter and St Paul, Deddington, Church Street, Deddington, OX15 0SA, United Kingdom

Mozart and Bach
2021-10-16 20:30 - 22:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
THIS EVENT IS RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER
George Caird conducts Oxford Sinfonia in
Mozart Symphony 29
Bach Brandenburg Concerto no 1
Mozart Divertimento K131
Tickets available from the links below.
Accompanied children free.
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ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

Don Giovanni
2021-09-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ
In one of the first big post-lockdown music events in Oxford, Ian Brown former pianist of the Nash Ensemble conducts the Oxford Sinfonia in a concert performance of Mozart’s outrageous and chilling comedy Don Giovanni. Set to some of Mozart’s most powerful music, this is a tale of an incorrigible young playboy who blazes a path to his own destruction in a single day.
For this Sheldonian performance, Ian Brown has brought together some of the UK’s brightest young singers, with Jake Muffett as the Don, Per Bach Nissen as Leporello, Lauren Joyanne Morris as Zerlina, Belinda Williams as Donna Anna, Garsington Opera award winner Josephine Goddard as Donna Elvira, Felix Kemp as Masetto and Dingle Yandell as the Commendatore. All come with formidable reputations in their careers to date with starring reviews and awards from Glyndebourne, Garsington Opera, WNO, ENO and many other opera companies in the UK and across Europe.

POSTPONED Handel Messiah at SJE Arts
2020-12-20 17:00 - 19:00 | SJE Arts, 109a Iffley Rd, Oxford, OX4 1EH, United Kingdom
vOx and Oxford Sinfonia come together to play Handel’s Messiah in its original orchestration.
soloists to be annnounced
Conductor David Crown
Tickets available from the links below.
Accompanied children free.
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ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

POSTPONED Joe Davies conducts Ives, Copland, Maxwell Davies and Barber
2020-09-26 20:30 - 22:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Joe Davies conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Emma Lisney Violin
Stephanie Franklin Mezzo Soprano
Britten Suite on English Folk Songs
Elgar Sea Pictures
Ives Three Places in New England
Barber Violin Concerto
Copland Four Dances from Rodeo
Tickets available from the links below.
Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list and are not refundable.
ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

POSTPONED Chloe Rooke conducts Mozart, Beethoven and Sibelius
2020-06-27 20:30 - 22:30 | St Barnabas, Oxford, St Barnabas Street, Oxford , Oxon, OX2 6BG, United Kingdom
Chloe Rooke conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Mozart Impresario overture
Beethoven Violin concerto soloist Madeleine Pickering
Sibelius Symphony no 2
Tickets available from the links below.
Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list and are not refundable.
ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

POSTPONED: Rutter in Christchurch, Dorset
2020-06-13 20:30 - 22:30 | Christchurch Priory, Priory House, Quay Road, Christchurch, BH23 1BX
Rutter: Magnificat, Gloria, Te Deum, Five Meditations for Orchestra
Christ Church Priory, Dorset, for the Christ Church Festival
Tickets available from https://www.christchurchpriory.org

POSTPONED: Rutter and Copland with OUP choir
2020-05-30 20:30 - 22:30 | St Barnabas, Oxford, St Barnabas Street, Oxford , Oxon, OX2 6BG, United Kingdom
Rutter Feel the Spirit
Copland Appalachian spring
Conductor Ben Goodall

Tickets from OUP choir

POSTPONED: Parry, Elgar and Walton with Cherwell choral society
2020-05-16 20:30 - 22:30 | St Peter & St Paul, Deddington, Church Street, Deddington, Oxon, OX15 0SA, United Kingdom
POSTPONED: looking to re-arrange
Martin Quinn conducts Cherwell Choral Society
Parry I was glad
Parry Blest pair of Sirens
Elgar Pomp & Circumstance No. 4
Walton Crown Imperial
Elgar Spirit of England
Deddington Parish church
Tickets from Cherwell choral society

POSTPONED: Graham Blyth conducts Beethoven, Sibelius and Brahms
2020-04-25 20:30 - 22:30 | SS Peter and Paul, Wantage, Church Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8AQ
POSTPONED. NEW DATE WILL BE ADVISED.
Graham Blyth conducts Oxford Sinfonia in Wantage Parish church
Beethoven Violin concerto
Sibelius Symphony no 7
Brahms St Anthony Variations
Tickets from hChallow Park Hall

POSTPONED: St John Passion with Banbury Choral Society
2020-04-04 20:30 - 22:30 | St Mary’s Banbury, Horse Fair, Banbury , Oxon, OX16 0AA, United Kingdom
Postponed: looking to re-arrange
St John Passion
Banbury Choral Society
Conductor Julian Harris

St Mary’s Church, Horse Fair, Banbury
Tickest available from Banbury Choral Society

POSTPONED: Robert Weaver conducts Coult, Korngold and Brahms
2020-03-28 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Robert Weaver conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Schumann arr by Tom Coult, 6 Studies in Canonic Form op 56
Korngold violin concerto soloist Jennifer Pike
Brahms symphony no 4
Tickets available from the links below.
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ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

Peter Bassano conducts Gabrieli, Mozart and Beethoven
2020-01-25 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Peter Bassano conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Giovanni Gabrieli:
Canzon septimi toni á 8
Sonata piano e forte
Canzon duo decimi toni á 10
Beethoven: Trauergesang Male voice choir
Mozart: Symphony No 36 ’Linz’
Beethoven: Symphony No 5
Tickets available from the links below.
Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list and are not refundable.
ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

Oxford Sinfonia accompanies OUP choir in Faure Requiem
2019-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 | St Barnabas, Oxford, St Barnabas Street, Oxford , Oxon, OX2 6BG, United Kingdom
Oxford Sinfonia accompanies OUP choir in:
Stanford Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in Bflat
Mendelssohn ‘Hear my prayer’
Vaughan Williams ‘Serenade to Music’
Faure Requiem
Conductor Malcolm Pearce

Tickets from OUP choir

Paul Wingfield conducts
2019-09-21 20:30 - 22:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Paul Wingfield conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 – soloist Domonkos Csabay
Beethoven symphony no 3 Eroica
Tickets available from the links below.
Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list and are not refundable.
ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

Banbury choral society
2019-07-13 20:30 - 22:30 | St Peter & St Paul, Deddington, Church Street, Deddington, Oxon, OX15 0SA, United Kingdom
Banbury Choral Society
Conductor Julian Harris
Vivaldi Magnificat, Purcell three pieces
Tickets £15

Pro Musica Singers - Mozart at the Sheldonian
2019-07-03 20:30 - 22:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ
Pro Musica Singers with Oxford Sinfonia
Astorga Stabat Mater
Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart Requiem

Tickets from Oxford Pro Musica Singers

Ian Brown conducts Mozart and Beethoven
2019-06-29 20:30 - 22:30 | University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Ian Brown conducts Oxford Sinfonia
Mozart Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C
Mozart Symphony No 41 ‘Jupiter’
Tickets available from the links below.
Tickets bought from this Sinfonia website include enrolment on our mailing list and are not refundable.
ALL SEATING UNRESERVED

Haydn Creation with Wendover choral society
2019-05-18 20:30 - 21:30
Haydn Creation with Wendover choral society
Wendover parish church
Conductor Peter Bassano
