OUO & Daniel Hogan: An Evening of Orchestral Dances

About OUO & Daniel Hogan: An Evening of Orchestral Dances

Programme:

Adams – The Chairman Dances

Ginastera – Dance Suite from Estancia

Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances

Young conductor Daniel Hogan joins OUO in an evening of orchestral dances, featuring as its main item Rachmaninoff’s electrifying final masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances.

Entirely written in the United States, this work evokes a ghostly nostalgia of the composer’s Russian homeland, saturated with ecclesiastical chants such as the Dies irae, and enigmatic retrospections on his earlier works – the First Symphony and All-Night Vigil.

John Adams’ captivating The Chairman Dances, an “outtake” from his first opera Nixon in China portraying Chairman and Madame Mao’s exuberant foxtrot, will open the concert, alongside the Dance Suite from Ginastera’s Estancia, a lively ballet – inspired by the epic Martin Fierro by José Hernández – saturated with spirited Argentinian rhythms.

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Tickets

Please see important booking information below.

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Booking information

Ticket prices:

Standard – From £18.00   

Concessions – From £8.00

Dates & times:

Saturday 24 May 2025 at 7.30pm

Good to know:

• Please sign up for the mailing list via the form on the Contact page to be notified when tickets are available.
• Please arrive at the Sheldonian 15 minutes before the advertised concert time to be seated and allow the performance to start on time. Late arrivals may be denied entry until a suitable point in the programme and may be directed to alternative seating by Sheldonian staff.
• Online ticket sales will close approximately 45 minutes before the start of a concert. Tickets will be sold from the box office (Door C of the Sheldonian) from 30 minutes before the start of a concert, subject to availability. Tickets for OUO concerts regularly sell out, so we strongly recommend buying your tickets in advance. You may contact ouotickets@gmail.com if you are unable to buy tickets online. Card payment is preferred for tickets on the door, cash is accepted but no change will be available. 
• Please contact ouotickets@gmail.com with any ticketing queries, not the Sheldonian Theatre. Issues may also be resolved at the box office (Door C of the Sheldonian), which will open approximately 30 minutes before the start of the concert.
• Tickets can be booked using the system above or you can access our ticketing provider directly using the button below. www.ticketsource.co.uk/OUO

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