Name: James Ehnes Plays Schumann
Start: 2024-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Sheldonian Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Marios Papadopoulos

Others

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Instrumentalist

James Ehnes

Violin

James Ehnes Plays Schumann

Oxford

United Kingdom

The Sheldonian Theatre

James Ehnes Plays Schumann: Oberon Weber (+2 More)

Public

Oberon

Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op. 97 ("Rhenish")

Violin Concerto

Approved

Robert Schumann’s forceful imagination, his inquisitive mind, his passion for literature and his music of rare poetry exerted an influence on European creativity for decades. This concert culminates in one of the most propulsive symphonies ever written: Schumann’s captivating orchestral portrait of the deep and majestic River Rhine, complete with its splendid procession in salute to Cologne Cathedral. Before it, James Ehnes plays the composer’s Violin Concerto – a piece thought lost until it was discovered, with help from a séance, in the 1930s. In its intricate writing, Schumann’s work has been compared to the plotting characters in a play – precisely what Weber sought to achieve in the overture to his enchanting opera Oberon.

English

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Ensemble