I am looking forward to my upcoming concert with Oxford’s Radcliffe Orchestra which will take place on Saturday, 14 March at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church, Linton Road, Oxford.

The programme starts with George Butterworth’s Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad, first performed in Leeds by the London Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch in October 1913 and only three years before the composer’s death at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Sunil Manohar returns to the orchestra after his memorable performance of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto last year, to perform the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F, first performed in 1925 in Carnegie Hall. The concert will conclude with the Symphonic Dances of Rachmaninov, a real showcase for every section of the orchestra first performed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in January 1941.

As in previous years, the concert is given in aid of charity and this year we will be raising funds for Restore, working for mental health across Oxford and in conjunction with North Oxford Rotary.

Please come and join us!

George Gershwin

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