Mon 3 Jun 2013
Royal Festival Hall
Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Handel Overture to Giulio Cesare
Handel L’angue offeso mai riposa from Giulio Cesare
Handel Ah! Whither should we fly…As with rosy steps the morn from Theodora
Handel Concerto Grosso in B minor Op.6 No.12
Handel Where shall I fly? from Hercules
Handel Overture to Theodora
Handel Lord, to Thee each night and day from Theodora
Handel Dopo notte from Ariodante
Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat Op. 3 No. 2
Handel Svegliatevi nel core from Giulio Cesare William Christie director
Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano
Anna Stephany mezzo-soprano
Renata Pokupić 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.
New brochure now online…
Fri 17 May 2013
The time has come to unveil our new season brochure.This year we went for a purely visual approach, developed with our designers Harrison and Co and photographer Eric Richmond, which has a slight retro feel, using geometric shapes combined with a simple two tone palette.
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Feisty Females: Part 6 – Cleopatra
Wed 15 May 2013
Who was she? Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Unlike the rest of the feisty females we’ve featured in this series, she was a real historical figure but has reached an almost legendary status due to her accomplishments and the other famous rulers with whom she associated.
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 MoreOAE Tots go Strings: what you heard
Mon 15 Apr 2013
We had great fun in our OAE Tots go Strings concert on Saturday and hope you did too. If you’d like to know a bit more about what we played, read on: Most of our concert was made up of Telemann’s Don Quixote pronounced ‘Don Keyshot’. See what we did there with our donkey theme!…
Read MorePre-concert talk: Creation 9 January 2013
Thu 4 Apr 2013
In this talk Richard Wigmore looks at the history and vivid descriptions of Haydn’s The Creation. Was it ‘programme music’ before its time?
Read MoreSpeed Interview- Shelley von Strunckel
Wed 3 Apr 2013
Ahead of our Insight Club on 6 April, we chatted to astrologist and OAE enthusiast Shelley von Strunckel about Mozart, mysticism and The Matrix…
Read MoreQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: Curtain raisers and high drama- audience reaction
Fri 15 Mar 2013
We welcomed esteemed conductor Marin Alsop and British soprano Emma Bell to the stage for a dramatic concert featuring Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann on 8 March at the Southbank Centre. Here’s what the audience thought of the night…and below, what the press had to say. The Times (subscribers only) Seen and Heard Classical Source Lieto…
Read MoreCelebrating 200 years of the Royal Philharmonic Society
Thu 7 Mar 2013
Our concert this Friday marks, to the day, the 200th anniversary of the first concert given by the Philharmonic Society of London (later the Royal Philharmonic Society) which was set up in 1813 by a group of professional musicians with the aim “to promote the performance, in the most perfect manner possible, of the best…
Read MoreMozart’s Eroica: audience reaction and reviews
Tue 5 Mar 2013
We were honoured to welcome one of the world’s greatest pianists, András Schiff, to the stage on 25 February for two Mozart piano concertos.
Read MoreOur website: How is it working for you?
Mon 4 Mar 2013
Can you believe it’s been a whole year since we launched our new website? We took on board what you said about making concerts easier to find with a brand new calendar, combined our blog into the layout, with lots of new content and launched our very own OAE Shop, where you can browse and…
Read MoreThe Works returns with Pergolesi: video teaser
Sat 2 Mar 2013
For those of you who haven’t tried out one of our The Works concerts yet, we’ve got a great event coming up this month at Southbank Centre on 26 March.
Read MoreMozart – Making Ennui Epic
Mon 25 Feb 2013
In Curtain Raisers and High Drama on 8 March, Marin Alsop joins us for an evening of hugely evocative music written for the female voice. Among works by Weber, Beethoven and Schumann, there’s also a chance to hear Elettra’s heart wrenching lament O smania! O furie!… from Mozart’s Idomeneo, an aria so powerful, you might…
Read MorePre-concert talk: A Touch of Brass, 25 October 2012
Fri 22 Feb 2013
Andrew Watts (OAE Principal Bassoon) discusses posthorns, hunting horns, sackbutts, clarino, hand-stopping, beer, harmonies, bandstands and the evening’s concert, with Martin Lawrence (Horn) and David Blackadder (Trumpet) from the OAE brass section. This pre-concert talk was given before the A Touch of Brass concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre on 25 October 2012.
Read MoreQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: in conversation
Wed 20 Feb 2013
As part of our Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers podcast, we chatted to conductor Marin Alsop and soprano singer Emma Bell about their experiences with the OAE, including why singing certain arias can be like taking part in The Great British Bake Off…
Read MoreV4: 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…
Read MoreFeisty Females: Part 5
Tue 12 Feb 2013
After a bit of a break, our Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers series returns on 8 March at the Queen Elizabeth Hall when Emma Bell sings a whole host of arias written for the female voice, including an aria from Mozart’s Idomeneo featuring the famous ladykiller, Elektra. Here’s a bit about her… Who was she? Elektra…
Read More2013-2014 London concerts: now on sale
Fri 8 Feb 2013
Our 2013-2014 Southbank Centre season is now on public sale. It all starts off on 30 September when baroque legend William Christie returns to us to conduct a programme of orchestral overtures and arias by Rameau as well as music from England’s favourite adopted composer, George Frideric Handel. This opening concert not only starts our…
Read MoreBy Jupiter, that’s the last of Mozart: reviews and reaction
Tue 5 Feb 2013
We finally finished our European tour with Sir Simon Rattle with a flourish at the Royal Festival Hall last Tuesday. Here’s what the press had to say, as well as what you thought of the night.
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