Concerts
Upcoming Concerts
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Next Concert:
Thursday 13th November 2025 (Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa)
OUO’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.
Concert dates for future seasons:
Saturday 14th February 2026
Friday 22nd May 2026
Thursday 12th November 2026
Saturday 13th February 2027
Saturday 29th May 2027
Thursday 11th November 2027
Saturday 12th February 2028
Saturday 27th May 2028
Past Concerts
We are looking to build up the records in this section, if you have any information about concerts pre-2000 or any more details (e.g. pictures, memories, stories) about any concerts we would love to add them to this record. Please email ouo@ox.ac.uk or use the feedback form.