Oberon's Grove: Vengerov/Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, with Marios Papadopoulos, conductor, at Carnegie Hall with a program of Bruch, Navarra, and Brahms. Maxim Vengerov was the soloist for the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.
This was such a great evening of music-making. The Oxford Philharmonic is a superb ensemble, achieving a rich and deeply satisfying blend; section by section, these are some of the finest musicians I have ever heard. And when solo moments popped up, the individual players played like gods and goddesses. A special favorite with the audience was oboist Clara Dent, who won a burst of cheers when Maestro Papadopoulos has her rise for a bow.
Oberon’s Grove
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, with Marios Papadopoulos, conductor, at Carnegie Hall with a program of Bruch, Navarra, and Brahms. Maxim Vengerov was the soloist for the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.
This was such a great evening of music-making. The Oxford Philharmonic is a superb ensemble, achieving a rich and deeply satisfying blend; section by section, these are some of the finest musicians I have ever heard. And when solo moments popped up, the individual players played like gods and goddesses. A special favorite with the audience was oboist Clara Dent, who won a burst of cheers when Maestro Papadopoulos has her rise for a bow.
The Bruch opened the evening. The great violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim championed this work, and while Joachim was a famed interpreter of the concertos of Brahms and Mendelssohn, he called Bruch's "the richest, the most seductive" of them all. Tonight, Maxim Vengerov seconded that opinion with his beautifully detailed playing.
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