V4: The Seasons: Reviews and reaction
Sat 16 Feb 2013
We’re still humming The Four Seasons, following our concerts last week with OAE leader Kati Debretzeni and some glorious choreography from Henri Oguike’s dancers. Here’s some reviews from the night, as well as what you thought…
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V4: The Seasons in depth
Sat 2 Feb 2013
With our twist on Vivaldi’s legendary The Four Seasons coming up in less than a week, we went along to the rehearsals to chat to choreographer Henri Oguike, OAE violinist Kati Debretzeni and dancer Rhiannon Morgan, who told us more about how the collaboration came together. Full information and booking for the Southbank Centre event…
Read MoreV4: The Seasons: OAE & Vivaldi & Henri Oguike
Wed 16 Jan 2013
On 8 February at the Southbank Centre, we’ll be giving Vivaldi’s legendary The Four Seasons a fresh twist, in a major new collaboration with renowned choreographer Henri Oguike and OAE leader Kati Debretzeni, fusing authentic performance with contemporary choreography. Sounds intriguing? Well here’s a taster of what you can expect to see…
Read MoreOur New Year’s Resolutions
Fri 4 Jan 2013
As 2013 begins to take hold, most people come up with a New Year’s resolution or two, but in reality only 1 in 10 of us will keep at it for the whole year…depressing isn’t it?!
Read MoreA Christmas challenge…
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Here at the OAE offices, the excitement is building and the tension is mounting. Letters have gone out, social media and enewsletters are at the ready – and we are counting down the days: just over a week to go…
Read MoreIn conversation with OAE leader Kati Debretzeni
Sun 20 May 2012
One from the vaults, in fact way back in October 2011! This is a recording of our OAE Extras talk from 21 October at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, prior to a concert which Kati was leading. In this event she talked to Nicola Christie about, amongst other things, babychinos, bows and ‘Papa’ Haydn. Apologies for…
Read MorePreviewing the Oguike Four Seasons
Mon 30 Apr 2012
One of my personal highlights of the forthcoming 2012-2013 season of concerts is our collaboration with choreographer Henri Oguike. He’ll be working with OAE leader (and soloist for this concert) Kati Debretzeni, on a very special presentation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in which we’ll be adding new, contemporary choreography to Vivaldi’s masterpiece. The idea was…
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Bach: the missing soloists
Fri 27 Apr 2012
This Wednesday, 25 April, saw us at the Queen Elizabeth Hall performing an all-Bach concert, with soloist Ian Bostridge and director Steven Devine. What anyone who was at the concert will have realised though was that Ian was not the only soloist, with the Brandenburg Concerto No.4 and also the Cantata Ich habe genug also…
Read More2012-2013 Season – sneak preview
Wed 25 Jan 2012
As you may have read in a previous post, this Monday we launched our 2012-2013 Southbank Centre season to the press at the Royal Festival Hall. So it’s now time to give you some highlights and tell you what’s in store. Public booking for the season opens on 14 Feb, but you can book NOW…
Read MoreKati Debretzeni: Speed Interview
Mon 17 Oct 2011
On Friday this week, we’ll be celebrating three musical superstars in our Papa Haydn and his Wife concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. We caught up with one of the OAE leaders, Kati Debretzeni, who’ll be performing on the night:
Read MoreEvil black poodles, electrifying Beethoven and DNA. Our top OAE moments of 2010
Thu 23 Dec 2010
As has become customary at this time of year we asked around the office and orchestra for people’s top OAE moments of 2010. There are definitely a few trends in the below… and we’d love to know what your top OAE moments of the year were too. It’s difficult for me to decide whether Beethoven…
Read MoreNew Night Shift podcast
Thu 14 Oct 2010
Ahead of The Night Shift next week we have a new podcast – in it we speak to violinist Kati Debretzeni about the music in the concert, listen to your views on the last event at Wilton’s Music Hall, find out about the history of the Southbank Centre and lastly talk to band the Silvermoths…
Read MoreSpeed interview: Kati Debretzeni
Tue 12 Oct 2010
Next Wednesday, Kati, one of the OAE’s four leaders, will direct two concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, one at 7pm and a following Night Shift at 10pm. We caught up with her to ask her a few questions… What do you fear the most? Debilitating illness of a loved one. Which mobile number do…
Read MoreIn the Green Room: Karen Robinson pics, part 5
Wed 1 Sep 2010
The final instalment of backstage pictures of the OAE by Karen Robinson. See some featured around the Southbank Centre site soon as part of a campaign highlighting the new concert season.
Read MoreIn the Green Room: Karen Robinson pics, part 3
Fri 2 Jul 2010
Continuing our series of pics by Karen Robinson…
Read MoreIn the Green Room: Karen Robinson pics, part 2
Mon 28 Jun 2010
Here’s a second set of pics taken backstage around our performance of L’estro Armonico earlier this year, taken by Karen Robinson. This set is from the afternoon rehearsal.
Read MoreA "sunny" afternoon in the country
Wed 1 Jul 2009
A sunny June afternoon managing an OAE concert in the Kent countryside? Or so I thought… Blazing, humid sunshine accompanied the majority of the car journey down to beautiful Boughton Aluph church near Ashford in Kent last Saturday for the OAE’s appearance at the Stour Music Festival, where one of our OAE Leaders Kati Debretzeni was directing a…
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