Musical Pause

with Sini Simonen, Dr Maria Razumovskaya and Faculty of Music Students

Booking no longer available as this event is oversubscribed. It may be possible to admit non-registered attendees once those who have registered have been seated.
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Dr Maria Razumovskaya

Free entry - registration recommended.

Presented by the Faculty of Music, where Sini Simonen is part of the Hans Keller String Quartet Programme. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust. 

Take a musical moment to pause, recharge and unwind at the end of the working day with our first rush hour concert of the term.

This concert brings together professional violinist Sini Simonen and Oxford University's Director of Performance, Dr Maria Razumovskaya, in an evening of side-by-side performances with Faculty of Music students. 

The programme will feature performances of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7, Britten's Three Divertimenti for String Quartet and Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478.

 

 

Programme

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet no. 7

Sini Simonen, violin
Cecilia Loughney, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello

Benjamin Britten Three Divertimenti for String Quartet

Sini Simonen, violin
Samuel Cole, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K478

Sini Simonen, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello
Maria Razumovskaya, piano

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