OUO & Natalia Luis-Bassa: Bartok & Tchaikovsky

Thursday 13 November, 8pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
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Tickets: £18 (adult), £8 (concession)

Programme:

Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra 
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

Oxford University Orchestra’s long-time Principal Guest Conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa returns to the Sheldonian Theatre in a concert that features Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony (1878), a powerful and emotionally charged work that explores fate, struggle, and personal turmoil. Tchaikovsky moves from melancholy to frenzied energy, before culminating in a triumphant finale in which joy and resilience overcomes.

In the first half, the orchestra plays Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra (1943), a soloistic showcase to launch our 2025/26 season! Blending Hungarian folk influences with 20th century harmonies and dynamic rhythm drive, Bartok moves similarly from darkness to triumph, echoing his years of exile and enduring optimism.