William Christie director
Renata Pokupic mezzo-soprano
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of our time, and an artist the OAE worked with regularly, most notably at Glyndebourne and on CD. Today’s tribute to her features some of Handel’s most dramatic and emotionally intense arias, interspersed with some of his gutsy orchestra music, all directed by renowned baroque specialist…
The Man Rameau was secretive about the first half of his life: it seems that he never imparted any detail of it to his friends or even to his wife. We know he was born in a family of musicians, that his father was his first teacher and that he worked as an organist in…
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One of the highlights of our upcoming new season at Southbank Centre is our collaboration with rare opera specialists Opera Rara. We’re teaming up with them to make a recording and give what will be the UK premiere of Offenbach’s opera Fantasio – at the Royal Festival Hall on 15 December. As this is such…
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Professor Julian Rushton takes a detailed look at Mozart’s last three symphonies, in a pre-concert talk given before the concert ‘By Jupiter, that’s the last of Mozart!’ on 29 January 2013 at the Royal Festival Hall, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
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The 3 June saw us perform an all Handel programme in the final concert of our 2012-2013 Season – Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
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For those of you who attended our Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson on Monday 3 June, we can tell you that the encore performed was the Musette from Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op6 No6. You may have also noticed that Stéphanie d’Oustrac was unfortunately indisposed and unable to join us on this occasion. We were, however,…
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It’s lovely and sunny in London today, but in case you’re at work and not out enjoying it, here’s a list of things that’ll fill you with more warmth than a thousand suns.
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Their music might have stood the test of time, but what about their looks?
Read MoreWe’ve managed to cram footage from all the myriad of activities we get up to here at the OAE, into the time it takes a second hand to do a full revolution… …from our regular Southbank concerts to our Education projects to our late night The Night Shift events and more, it’s all here.
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Continuing a partnership developed during our Anthem project last year, this April, OAE musicians Katherine Spencer, Katie Heller and Iurii Gavryliuk went to Plymouth Music Zone (PMZ), for a three day creative music course with disabled young adults and local secondary school students.
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Last season we proved that not all audiences are the same and with the last concert of the season taking place tonight, we put together a playlist to find out what tracks our audience and Orchestra love to listen to. Enjoy.
Read MoreOver the last year we’ve had the opportunity to work with some fantastic collaborators and what’s more, some of those collaborators were our very own audience. At the start of the season, we put a call-out to members of the OAE audience, asking for volunteers with a ‘strong look’ to star in a marketing campaign…
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Education Director Cherry Forbes discusses her time at the Beverley Early Music Festival.
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When we close our season on 3 June, all arias performed will be from roles associated with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Here Lindsay Kemp discusses the performer and the history behind the music.
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Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins us on 3 June for Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Here she goes up against the clock in our speed interview…
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On 3 June, we take to the stage at Royal Festival Hall for a tribute to the great mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
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A chance to hear some of the audience reactions to the third and final part of our Kings Place ‘Bach Unwrapped’ series ‘Cantatas and Brandenburg Concertos’.
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This week, Communications Intern Pep Gorgori tells us his Current Distractions. Pep is a musicologist and journalist from Barcelona who, after working some years in Spain, is now studying an MA at Goldsmiths College, to improve his knowledge in Arts Administration and Cultural Policies.
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This week, as part of our collaboration with National Centre for Early Music (NCEM), we’ve been working with students from Years 7 and 8 from Beverly Grammar School, as well as York University MEG students, recreating Purcell’s Fairy Queen.
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