Speed Interview: Robyn Allegra Parton
Tue 27 Nov 2012
Up and coming star Robyn Allegra Parton takes the quick question test.
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Women in Opera – Study Day
Mon 19 Nov 2012
Perhaps the best way to describe an OAE Study Day is that it’s like a television documentary, only live.
Read MoreCatherine Mackintosh: Speed Interview
Fri 4 Mar 2011
Catherine Mackintosh, an OAE violinist and ex leader, will be taking part in our The other amazing Mr Bach study day tomorrow, playing and talking about CPE Bach’s Trio Sonata Sanguineas and Melancholius. Here’s our speed interview with her: What/when was your big breakthrough? My breakthroughs have been many but small. A very early one…
Read MoreHappy / Sad (OAE players revealed)
Fri 4 Mar 2011
So the previous post clearly stumped you, though someone over on Facebook did guess one correctly! Both are violinists, with Catherine Mackintosh on the left in the ‘happy’ mask and Matthew Truscortt in the ‘grumpy’ mask. So what’s with the masks you might ask? Well, as part of our The other amazing Mr Bach CPE…
Read MoreEccentric, wild, adventurous & avant garde. Yes, it’s the other amazing Mr Bach
Wed 2 Mar 2011
Who knew such adjectives would be applied to a little known Baroque (or early Classical?) composer? But those are the words of OAE players and conductor Sir Roger Norrington, when asked to describe the music of CPE Bach. Steven Devine, who plays Harpsichord, goes on to say he’s ‘a bit of a maniac’. Who knew?…
Read MoreCPE Bach. Very Postmodern?
Fri 25 Feb 2011
Next week is CPE Bach week here at the OAE. Or, as we have called the concert, The other amazing Mr Bach week. It kicks off Sunday in Bradford-on-Avon with a concert of his music conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, which then comes to London on Thursday 3 March. Then we have a study day…
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