Mendelssohn Violin Concertos, Alina Ibragimova
The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven’s violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a programme…
Read MoreMendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
Wed 4 Jan 2012
Here’s the latest of our OAE Extras events to go online, a pre-concert talk from back in September in which OAE Chief Executive and Mendelssohn enthusiast Stephen Carpenter talked about the composer and his Scottish Symphony.
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OAE at the Edinburgh International Festival
Fri 26 Aug 2011
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We’re really excited to be part of the Edinburgh International Festival and are taking our tour with the brilliant Vladimir Jurowski to the Usher Hall tonight where he’ll be conducting a programme of Weber, Liszt’s dramatic Faust Symphony and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E with Alina Ibragimova. Here’s a taster of what’s to come tonight,…
Read MoreJurowski tour: Spotify playlist
Wed 17 Aug 2011
Later this week we’re reunited with our Principal Artist, Vladimir Jurowski to start rehearsals for a tour with him. The first two dates of the tour take in San Sebastian and Edinburgh (for the festival), with a programme of Weber, Mendelssohn (the violin concerto with Alina Ibragimova) and Liszt’s epic Faust Symphony. While you may…
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Tue 22 Feb 2011
As mentioned below, our concert in Sheffield last week had a rather odd start. The Orchestra came on stage on time for a 7pm start, all fine. We settled in our seats. The Management team of 3 (myself, CEO Stephen Carpenter and Projects Director Ceri) were all split up in the hall, rather than sitting…
Read MoreName that concert – vote now!
Mon 13 Dec 2010
A while back we asked you for suggestions for our opening concert of our 2011-2012 concert of season at Southbank Centre. Now, we have to admit we weren’t really overwhelmed with entries, certainly not as many as last year, but despite this we did get a few good suggestions (after all, quality is better than…
Read MoreName that concert!
Fri 19 Nov 2010
A re-run of something we did a year or so back that in the end came up trumps. We give each concert in our Southbank Centre concert season a title – a way of summing up the evening in a few words. They’re (ideally) pithy, witty, perhaps a little irreverant, and should be a good…
Read MoreReviews round-up
Fri 5 Jun 2009
A selection of recent reviews: 23 April, The Night Shift, Queen Elizabeth Hall Guardian 5 May, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Middle Temple Hall Time Out Evening Standard 15 May, Bonduca, Kings Place The Times 20 May, Romantic Connections, Queen Elizabeth Hall Classical Source
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Thu 28 May 2009
One Concert in the Life of a Touring Musician So – how have we weathered these last eleven days? To summarise: four concerts in three venues: Kings Place, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and St. George’s Bristol; three days of ‘Giulio Cesare’ at Glyndebourne; two days of rehearsals at Maida Vale studios, rounded off with a…
Read MoreNew podcast
Thu 14 May 2009
So we decided to dip our toes into the world of podcasts with this trial one, during which you can find out more about the music featured in our concerts with Robin Ticciati next week (20 May at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and 23 May in St George’s Bristol). Let us know what you think!…
Read MorePizza delivery!
Tue 5 May 2009
Emma Pask, our Projects Intern, is here seen modelling the latest on-trend fashion. A Domino’s Pizza uniform. Why, you might ask? Well, tonight we’re performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream (with Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music) at Middle Temple, in Tim Carroll’s production which we premiered several seasons ago. And, it seems, a pizza delivery is an…
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