Sheldonian TheatreOxford, South-East, OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Thursday 20 November 2025 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60 |
Performers
| Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Paul Lewis | Piano |
| Marios Papadopoulos | Conductor |
Britain’s Beethoven pianist par-excellence, Paul Lewis, joins the orchestra and Music Director Marios Papadopoulos in the perfect surroundings of the Sheldonian Theatre for the piano concerto in which Beethoven presented himself as the bringer of peace to a world of fermenting strife. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is treasured not for its revolutionary heroism but for its poise and humanity. The same might be said of the composer’s Symphony No. 4, a work more guarded and contained than its more famous neighbours in which Beethoven apparently escaped into a world of pure, natural beauty.
