The music of Beethoven is close to the hearts of the Oxford Philomusica. A series of Beethoven concerts established the orchestra in Oxford 15 years ago, and they returned to the composer’s music to mark their 10th anniversary. Marking the midway point in the Philomusica’s current Beethoven Festival, this concert paired Beethoven’s two F major symphonies (numbers 6 and 8) alongside his Second Piano Concerto, in B flat – repertoire spanning a period of over two decades.
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