Sheldonian TheatreOxford, South-East, OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Thursday 23 October 2025 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Symphonic variations for Orchestra, Op.78 | |
| Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) | Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op.75 | |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70 |
Performers
| Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Bence Bogányi | Bassoon |
| Tomáš Netopil | Conductor |
The seventh might not be Dvořák’s most well-known symphony, but it’s arguably his best – a tightly-packed masterpiece for orchestra in which dark clouds and splendid sunshine jostle for supremacy along a melody-fuelled, rhythm-buoyed journey to triumph. Music Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil, conducts this towering masterpiece of a symphony here alongside Weber’s operatically-inclined bassoon concerto, with OPO Solo Bassoon Bence Bogányi as soloist. More Czech music completes the programme. Dvořák’s Symphonic Variations, which presents 28 views of the same exotically-shaped tune, from the sweeping to the frolicking.
© Marco Borggreve