Four soloists perform eight seasons: Oxford Philomusica soloists at St George's Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 24 June 2013

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 21 June 2013

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4

Piazzolla, Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires)

Soloists of Oxford Philomusica

Marios Papadopoulos, Conductor

Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Violin

Yuri Zhislin, Violin

Carmine Lauri, Violin

Natalia Lomeiko, Violin

Soloists of Oxford Philomusica: Baroque music at St George's Bristol

Edward Whitney, 12th July

Baroque music is pretty old, isn’t it? But the great thing is, you don’t have to have the advanced years of a Brandenburg Concerto to put it on. The Oxford Philomusica has been active for little more than a decade – and they rushed through the pouring rain to play at the similarly young St George’s Bristol.

****1

Stars shine on Oxford Philharmonic's 20th anniversary concert

Roy Westbrook, 12th January

When did three such luminaries last grace the same concert, let alone the same first half?

*****

Caprice and conviction from Oxford Phil

Roy Westbrook, 26th October

I suspect that we seek out many of the world’s great soloists beacuse we know what we will get, but we might well seek out Buniatishvili because we don’t.

***11

Last minute replacement fails to dampen enthusiasm

Aaron Davies, 6th March

Valery Gergiev's late withdrawal meant Marios Papadopoulos, music director of the Oxford Philharmonic, stepped into the Russian's shoes.

****1

Scintillating in Prokofiev: Martha Argerich at Oxford

Roy Westbrook, 21st January

Fifty years on, Argerich is still the legendary tigress of the keyboard, yet more besides.

****1

The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Barenboim

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 7th October

In the first of two performances of this concert, St. George’s welcomed Michael Barenboim and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, previously known as the Oxford Philomusica.

***11

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.