Mildly 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.
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Speed Interview – Rhiannon Morgan
Tue 29 Jan 2013
V4: The Seasons will see the OAE in a unique event that mixes period performance with the contemporary choreography of Henri Oguike. We met up with dancer Rhiannon Morgan at rehearsals to find out more about how she got in to dance.
Read MoreAntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Composer
Vivaldi/The Man Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice. He was baptized immediately after his birth by the midwife, which led many people to believe his life was somehow in danger. The real reason is still not known for sure, some argue it was due to ill health while others state that an earthquake the…
Read MoreLook! No Conductor!: Listen again
Fri 4 May 2012
Our conductor-less performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall last night was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and is now available to listen to on BBC iPlayer until next Thursday 10 May. Enjoy!
Read MoreBaroque Giants: Bach – Audience Reaction
Thu 8 Mar 2012
On Sunday we performed an all-Bach concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and caught up with the audience afterwards to find out what they thought of it. There are further chances to hear the concert in Bradford-on-Avon tomorrow, 9 March, and in Birmingham’s Town Hall on 10 March.
Read MoreSpinal Chords in rehearsal
Fri 3 Feb 2012
Giving a world premiere of a new work is, understandably, a rareity for the OAE. It’s not totally unknown however, and we have performed new pieces by Mark Anthony Turnage, Jonathan Dove and Heiner Goebbels in the past. Indeed the Goebbels has become something of a signature piece for us and the London Sinfonietta, with…
Read MoreThe Glory of Venice: Audience Reaction
Mon 30 Jan 2012
A few weeks ago we kicked off 2012 at the Southbank Centre with The Glory of Venice – a celebration of the music of Gabrieli. If you’re near Bristol there’s another chance to hear this concert at St George’s, on 19 February.
Read MoreEverything you ever wanted to know about Abel, Arne and JC Bach
Thu 17 Nov 2011
This Saturday at the Wiltshire Music Centre, and on Monday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, we’re teaming up with star violnist Rachel Podger for a cocnert called 1700s London and the Fab Four. The Fab Four in question are composers all active in London in the 1700s – Haydn (who you hopefully know of!), Abel,…
Read MoreHandel: What’s the appeal?
Fri 3 Jun 2011
In this latest video OAE violinist and musicologist Roy Mowatt explores what gives Handel’s music its mass, immediate appeal: Join us tomorrow for A celebration of Handel, live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Read MoreIn rehearsal with Roy Goodman and Robin Ticciati
Wed 11 May 2011
A few pictures snapped by our Intern Georgina of the OAE in rehearsal last week with two conductors – Roy Goodman rehearsing us at the Queen Elizabeth Hall for that evening’s performance of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, and Robin Ticciati at the helm in rehearsal for Glyndebourne’s Don Giovanni.
Read MoreArtur Pizarro: Speed Interview
Tue 3 May 2011
We’re currently performing Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with soloist Artur Pizarro – with him making his period instrument debut with us. Catch it at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London tomorrow – and in the mean time have a read of his Speed Interview with us: What/when was your big breakthrough? Well, I’ve been playing…
Read MoreFrom a dream to revolution. First Reviews
Wed 9 Feb 2011
First reviews and bloggers are in after our concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall last night: Independent (five stars!) Classical Source Orpheus Complex Also some coverage ahead of our debut concert in Sheffield: Sheffield Telegraph Remaining concerts in this tour in Sheffield (10 Feb) and Basingstoke (12 Feb)
Read MoreOne down, three to go!
Wed 9 Feb 2011
Last night saw the first of our From a dream to revolution concerts, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. It kicked off our green tour, and also saw our very first live stream take place (let us know what you thought if you saw it). The concert got a great reception from a sold out hall,…
Read MoreDebut live stream – tonight!
Tue 8 Feb 2011
Tonight sees our very first live stream of a concert, direct from the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre. We’ll be ‘on air’ from 5.45pm, with the OAE Extras event when conductor David Zinamn will be interviewed by broadcaster Rob Cowan. This will be followed at 7pm by the concert itself: Mendelssohn’s Overture, Intermezzo,…
Read MoreOAE goes green tomorrow (not literally!)
Mon 7 Feb 2011
As you might have gathered, we’re about to start our first fully fledged ‘Green Tour’ of the UK this month, kicking off with a sold-out concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall tomorrow night (8 Feb) conducted by David Zinman, followed by a trip up to Keswick in the Lake District, Sheffield, and then back down to Basingstoke. …
Read MoreOAE. Live and Free.
Fri 4 Feb 2011
Next week brings another OAE first – we’re doing our first ever live concert stream, in collaboration with IC247. Our From a dream to revolution concert on Tuesday 8 February at the Queen Elizabeth hall will be streamed online live and free, starting with the pre-concert interview with conductor David Zinman at 5.45pm and then…
Read MoreNight Shift round-up
Wed 26 Jan 2011
Well, this time last week we had the latest of our late night series of events, The Night Shift at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. It really feels like the series has ‘come of age’ now, with the event being the third in the last year to sell out, and our very first sell out at…
Read MoreBeyond Backstage at the Royal Festival Hall
Fri 17 Dec 2010
A few weeks ago members of the OAE Office team were lucky enough to have a special backstage tour of the Royal Festival Hall. Now ordinarily this wouldn’t be *that* interesting, because we all get to see backstage whenever we have a concert. But this tour went beyond backstage, past the dressing rooms into the…
Read MoreAsk Vlad!
Wed 1 Dec 2010
Next month, our Principal Artist Vladimir Jurowski returns to us to conduct a boundary pushing (for a period instrument orchestra) Symphonic Enlightenment programme of Mahler, Wagner and Liszt. There’s a performance in the Royal Festival Hall on 21 Jan, a Night Shift at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 19 Jan, and should you live in…
Read MoreThe missing link…?!
Tue 9 Nov 2010
We’ve been in the press quite a bit in the past few days, talking about Méhul’s lost symphony, which we’re performing this evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall: Today Programme Telegraph Guardian Whilst we were browsing for pictures of Méhul for our story, one of the office team commented on how much he looked like…
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