The Age of Silver & Gold
Fin de siècle? Which one? A wonderful coming together of minds – a conversation (or several conversations!) between the Director of the Oxford Festival of the Arts, and the Director of Musical Performance & Performance Studies at the University of Oxford, Dr Maria Razumovskaya, each with their own fin de siècle. One, the Silver Age of Russian poetry, and how composers like Schubert impacted Russian and European pre-revolutionary creatives; the other the Vienna Secession, the lushness of that sound, and the beauty of its philosophy: To every age its art, to every art its freedom.
Maria Razumovskaya has been described as a ‘virtuoso story-teller of the piano’ (Le Courrier), and possessing a ‘beguiling musical artistry’ (BBC Radio 3). She is always keen to share her curiosity for the stories behind the music and its makers.
Programme
Maria Razumovskaya
Franz Schubert Sonata in B♭ major, D 960
Interval
The Wells Quartet
Yuqi Liang — Violin, Julius Kiln — Viola, Oscar Lawson — Cello
G Major Beethoven String trio then (op.9 no.1)
Oxford Horns
Amy Thakurdas, Ella Ogilvy, Olaf Duenkel and Callum Scott
Hunting Chorus – Der Freischutz. Carl Maria Von Weber (1786–1826)
Horn Quartet – Franz Strauss (1822-1905)
* Rondino a la Chasse
* Oberbaierische Gebirgsweise
* Gavotte
* Minuetto
* Finale
Le Rendez-vous de Chasse. Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Evening Prayer – Hansel and Gretal. Englebert Humperdinck (1854 – 1921)
Tickets available for £18 | £12. Number of free tickets available.