Venue, Timing and Cost
Benjamin Baker, violin
Suzanne Fischer, soprano
George Jackson, conductor
Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte, K.588
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart: ‘Come Scoglio’ from Così fan tutte & ‘Porgi Amor’ from Le Nozze di Figaro
Haydn: Symphony no. 103 in E-flat, ‘The Drum Roll’
The gifted young professional musicians of London Firebird Orchestra make their Oxford debut with a musical journey taking us to the great cities of Europe.
Under the baton of 2015 Aspen Conducting Prize winner George Jackson we travel from Vienna and the birthplace of Mozart’s operas to Leipzig, host to the premiere of Mendelssohn’s dazzling violin concerto, and finally to London for one of Haydn’s greatest London symphonies – the ‘Drum Roll’.
The concert also features talented soprano Suzanne Fischer and violinist Benjamin Baker – winner at the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.
Sponsored by the Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation
SJE Arts Next Generation Series
Further Information
Tickets available from http://www.sje-oxford.org/events/tickets or Oxford Playhouse, tel 01865 305305.
SJE Arts, St John the Evangelist church, 109A Iffley Road, Oxford, OX4 1EH
On Iffley Road between Marston Street and James Street, opposite the University Sports Ground. Bus No. 3 from the city centre stops directly outside.