Sheldonian TheatreOxford, South-East, OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Wednesday 02 December 2026 | 19:30 |
Programme
| James, Billy | the deserter | |
| Shor, Alexey (b. 1970) | Cello Concerto no. 3 | |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95 |
Performers
| Maximilian Hornung | Cello |
| John Traill | Conductor |
| Marios Papadopoulos | Conductor |
| Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra |
Antonín Dvořák was expecting to miss home when he moved from Prague to New York to run America’s first conservatory. What he wasn’t expecting was to be so taken with the spirituals and plantation songs of America that he would fuse them with European traditions to form his symphonic masterpiece. In the end, any residue of sadness in Dvořák’s Symphony ‘from the New World’ is banished by its warmth, drama and spontaneity. Marios Papadopoulos conducts Dvořák’s letter from America here, preceded by Maximilian Hornung performing Alexey Shor’s Cello Concerto No. 3.
