Mon 27 Nov 2017
St John's Smith Square
Mozart: Master of Deception, with Rachel Podger
Haydn Symphony No. 26 Lamentatione
Mozart Violin Concerto No.1
JC Bach Symphony in G minor
Mozart Violin Concerto in No.5
Rachel Podger director and violin
There is more to Mozart than meets the eye.
His repertoire is full of surprises and deceptions.
Mozart was the ultimate musical genius – and the ultimate game player. He tore up the rulebook, and if you hear his music twice, you never have quite the same experience.
Faust and the Mozart Concertos programme
Wed 12 Apr 2017
Here’s the programme for our Faust and the Mozart Concertos concert on Tuesday 18 April at the Royal Festival Hall. You can also pick up a physical copy free of charge on the night itself.
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Max Mandel chats about Mozart and American composer Michael Gordon
Thu 5 May 2016
‘The person who can make you cry in a major key, like no-one else can.’
Read MoreFrances Kelly and her 18th century, single action pedal harp.
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Frances Kelly takes us through some of the basics of her instrument which she will play in Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto on Sunday 14 February 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall.
Read MoreYou’re not going home, are you?
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Finishing around 8.30pm, our Kings Place concert is the perfect aperitif for a sophisticated New Year’s Eve in the heart of Kings Cross and Camden.
So, if you’re planning on sticking around after the chamber music and Viennese dances, here are our top local tips to keep you entertained to midnight and beyond.
Read MoreThe West London Synagogue
Tue 27 Oct 2015
We’re taking a break from our 30th birthday season at Southbank Centre to pay a visit to the stunning West London Synagogue, just off Edgware Road.
Read MoreBBC Proms
Thu 23 Apr 2015
The sun is shining and that means – for us at least – three things are crawling out from their winter hibernation: opera festivals, the Proms and ice-cream van drivers.
Read MorePlaylist: The Bohemians
Mon 2 Feb 2015
We perform our all-wind programme in London on Thursday 5 February (book tickets/more info).
The only way to experience it is to actually be there. But until then check out some other ensembles’ interpretations in our playlist below.
Read MorePlaylist: Lord of the Strings
Fri 21 Nov 2014
Next week we’re performing an all-strings programme at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with Richard Tognetti.
Read MorePut your thinking caps on and name a concert for us…
Mon 10 Nov 2014
Wow, that came round fast. It only seems like yesterday that we were asking you to help us name a concert in our current season (Lord of the Strings, coming up on 25 Nov and on tour), and here we are doing it all over again – this time for our 2015-2016 season, which gets announced in January.
Read MoreSomething to look forward to: Glyndebourne 2015
Tue 26 Aug 2014
The dinner jackets have been returned to their wardrobes and the picnic hampers stowed as Glyndebourne is over for another year.
Read More5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera
Mon 30 Jun 2014
We’re currently performing La Finta Giardiniera at Glyndebourne Opera House. Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about this Mozart opera, check it out and tell us about it!
Read MoreThe Hall of the Shame
Mon 19 May 2014
Over the last few weeks absolutely loads of you have been in touch to tell us your most hated classical pieces. And we weren’t exempt, with one person arguing this ”doesn’t achieve anything. Just more nauseating PR”, I think it’s safe to assume we made his hall of shame. We had a great laugh hearing some of your responses and have put together the definitive list. So get your ear plugs at the ready, here’s you top ten most hated classical pieces.
Read MoreOperamaniac – 5 Operas to see before you die
Thu 17 Apr 2014
We all have our favourite operas (if you are into opera, of course). And frequently an intense debate among opera fanatics can arise over who is the best composer. After two hundred years we still debate about Wagner and Verdi, two amazing composers that changed opera forever. With this in mind, I have recently been asked the following: “Daniel, if you had to nominate five (and only five) operas that everyone must see before they die, what would they be?”
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Speed Interview – Victoria Simmonds
Thu 28 Nov 2013
We chased down the wonderful Victoria Simmonds; aka Flamel in our up and coming concert performance of Offenbach’s Fantasio, to talk about some of the finer things in life (books, opera, Brad Pitt, that sort of thing…)
Read MoreMozart – The Final Rush
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Time is running out to pre-order our brand new CD – Mozart’s Complete Horn Concertos, with our Principal Horn Roger Montgomery. Purchase it before Monday to receive a special discounted rate!
Read MorePre-concert talk: Julian Rushton – 29 January 2013
Tue 11 Jun 2013
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.
Read MoreMozart, Le nozze di Figaro DVD
Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is the quintessential Glyndebourne opera – first performed in 1934 and in 1994 when the opera house re-opened.
‘This is a Figaro of rare grace, naturalness and charm’, said The Daily Telegraph, and for The Sunday Times it was a production that ‘affirms Mozart’s most beloved masterpiece as both of its time and perennially modern, Grandage oiling the comic mechanisms of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto with a master technician’s hands.’
Read MoreCurrent Distractions
Thu 25 Apr 2013
A Viola player using the latest technology to create a musical composition, an artist based in Singapore that can create life-like images with just paint and resin – there’s so much to see here and all so culturally nourishing. Plus, if you can make it to the bottom, there’s a picture of Haydn in hair curlers.
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