Sun 23 Jun 2013
All Saints’ Boughton Aluph
Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
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…
Fix up, Look ♯ (How composers might look today…)
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Their music might have stood the test of time, but what about their looks?
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Not all audiences are the same – Playlist
Mon 3 Jun 2013
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 MoreLindsay Kemp on Handel and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Wed 29 May 2013
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.
Read MoreLorraine Hunt Lieberson – Performing Handel
Fri 24 May 2013
On 3 June, we take to the stage at Royal Festival Hall for a tribute to the great mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
Read MoreLorraine Hunt Lieberson
Mon 13 May 2013
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was born in San Francisco, on 1 March 1954. She grew up in a very musical household, with both her parents being music teachers and heavily involved in opera.
Read MoreMildly Rude?
Wed 1 May 2013
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve added a concert entitled Mildly Rude? to our 2013/2014 Southbank Centre season. Rounding off our Gamechangers series, it’s a opportunity to hear music from one of Britain’s unsung classical heroes, William Boyce.
Read MoreSally Bruce-Payne – Speed Interview
Fri 12 Apr 2013
Mezzo-soprano Sally Bruce-Payne joins us at Kings Place, on 19 April, for Bach Unwrapped: Cantatas and Brandenburg Concertos. We asked her to take our speed interview, here’s what she had to say.
Read MoreCountertenor
The countertenor is the highest male adult voice. Peter Giles, a professional countertenor and noted author on the subject, defines the countertenor as a musical part, rather than a vocal style or mechanism. The countertenor range is generally equivalent to an alto range, extending from approximately G3 or A3 to E5 or G5 and they…
Read MoreTOTS playlist: March
Sat 23 Mar 2013
We hope you enjoyed our OAE TOTS go Wind today- it was fabulous to see so many music makers at Kings Place on a snowy Saturday morning! If you grown-ups would like to know what you heard and maybe listen again at home, here’s a list of some of the music we played: Anon (songs)…
Read MoreHandel, Theodora CD
Peter Sellers takes Handel’s tale of self sacrificial love between a Christian virgin and a Roman bodyguard in 4th century Antioch and by resetting it in modern day America, transforms it into a timeless parable of spiritual resistance to tyranny and persecution. Handel Theodora William Christie conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Cast: Lorraine Hunt,…
Read MoreMessiah on tour
Tue 18 Dec 2012
The Orchestra are currently on a festive tour- taking Handel’s Messiah to Las Palmas, Alicante and Moscow with director and OAE Principal Keyboard player, Robert Howarth.
Read MoreMessiah: audience reaction
Mon 17 Dec 2012
We finished our last concert of 2012 with a suitably festive performance of Messiah at the Royal Festival Hall on 11 December. Afterwards, we chatted to some of the audience to find out what they thought of the concert. Here’s what they had to say- including rocking basses, lifts and a bit of good old-fashioned…
Read MoreMessiah: The best bits
Mon 10 Dec 2012
Music critic Andrew Mellor popped into the office last week and told us about his favourite moments in Messiah and why it’ll ‘grab you by the scruff of the neck’, before our performance of Handel’s festive oratorio tomorrow at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Here’s what he had to say…
Read MoreRobert Howarth On Messiah
Fri 7 Dec 2012
As we return to Royal Festival Hall for Messiah on Tuesday 11 December, director Robert Howarth talks about what the OAE will bring to Handel’s epic masterpiece.
Read MoreA Massive Messiah?
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Messiah has long fascinated those musicians who peer into musical history, largely because it healthily challenges most of our preconceived notions of ‘faithfulness to the score’ and ‘authenticity’. What, for example, is the right way to perform an ‘authentic’ Messiah? The way Handel performed it in Dublin or London? After all, there must have been…
Read MoreSpeed Interview: Robert Howarth
Fri 30 Nov 2012
In the lead up to Messiah on 11 December, we fired some quick questions at director Robert Howarth.
Read MoreSpeed Interview: Robyn Allegra Parton
Tue 27 Nov 2012
Up and coming star Robyn Allegra Parton takes the quick question test.
Read MoreSpeed Interview: Julia Doyle
Fri 23 Nov 2012
As acclaimed soprano Julia Doyle prepares for her performance in Handel’s celebrated Messiah on 11 December, she took some time out to tell us a bit about her pre-concert superstitions and some of her musical heroes.
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