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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Speed Interview – Kati Debretzeni
Thu 31 Jan 2013
In the lead up to V4: The Seasons, we spoke with lead violinist Kati Debretzeni about her fears, her heroes and the challenges of combining period music with contemporary dance.
Read MoreSpeed 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 MoreCurrent Distractions
Thu 15 Nov 2012
As the last greying pumpkin remains rotting on doorsteps and the firework-burnt lawns of England begin to freeze over, we enter the pre-Christmas limbo period, also known as boredom. So this week, I, Nancy Cole, am charged with the role of distracting you from the soaring heating bills with a collection of cheerful goings on…
Read MoreA concert in a tent – an OAE first?
Tue 31 Jul 2012
We don’t usually post about Night Shift stuff on the main OAE blog, as we have a whole website for it over here, but our events this week are so unusual we thought it’d be wrong not to tell everyone about them.
Read MoreRattle Reviewed
Wed 13 Jun 2012
Here’s a round up of reviews from Sunday’s French Impressionists concerts with Sir Simon Rattle and Pierre-Laurent Aimard:
Read MoreThe Night Shift pint glass
Our very first piece of Night Shift merchandise on the online shop! Enjoy your beer at home in this Night Shift branded tulip-shaped pint glass. Find out more about The Night Shift.
Read MoreLisa Beznosiuk: Speed Interview
Tue 6 Mar 2012
We chatted to OAE Principal flautist Lisa Beznosiuk to ask her a few questions, amidst her solo performances with us this week on our Baroque Giants: Bach tour in London, Birmingham and Bradford-on-Avon.
Read MoreLaurence Cummings: Speed Interview
Tue 28 Feb 2012
After a very slight break for the OAE, we’re going on another tour, this time with Laurence Cummings who will be directing an all-Bach programme from the harpsichord. In London we’ll be at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 4 March, followed by The Night Shift on the same night and the programme also appears as …
Read MoreA musical stalker…
Thu 23 Feb 2012
Tomorrow night our late-night series The Night Shift comes to the legendary Roundhouse in Camden for one of our biggest Night Shift events yet, with over 80 musicians on stage to play Orchestral highlights from Berlioz’s Romeo & Juliet. The tag-line for the series is ‘Classical Music: Minus the Rules‘ and we bore that in…
Read MoreOur top moments of 2011…
Tue 3 Jan 2012
It’s time for our yearly feature where we ask OAE staff and musicians what their top moments of the past year were, so here we go – and feel free to add your top moments to the comments! “As always with OAE events when you think back over the year it’s SO difficult to pick…
Read MoreSir Mark Elder announced as a Principal Artist of the OAE
Mon 12 Dec 2011
We are thrilled to be able to announce that Sir Mark Elder has today been appointed a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, joining our three other Principal Artists Iván Fischer, Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Simon Rattle. Sir Mark’s association with the Orchestra dates back to 1992 and has included landmark…
Read MoreWe did it!
Wed 26 Oct 2011
As you may have seen, over the past month we have been busy raising funds to put on a whole tour of Night Shift’s in pubs, following on from the success of our initial event in September. Well, we had a flood of donations in the closing days of the campaign and were thrilled not…
Read MoreThe Night Shift: in pictures
Wed 12 Oct 2011
Here’s a few pictures from our Night Shift event at the Southbank Centre at the end of September. Apologies for the delay- we’ve had a very busy few weeks, launching our new concert series, The Works, and launching this new website! You can view the full set (all taken by Joe Plommer) over on The…
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If you want a gig in a pub…give us a hug
Fri 23 Sep 2011
If you’ve been following our Night Shift page on Facebook or our Twitterfeed you might have seen some odd pictures posted in recent days…the office giving each other a hug (repeated here for your viewing pleasure), pork scratchings, a pint, a bunch of postcards… Well we can finally reveal what it’s all about. As you…
Read MoreThe Night Shift previewed in the Londonist
Wed 7 Sep 2011
If you’ve not come across it before the Londonist is a great online magazine, with info and previews of lots of interesting things to do around town. We’re really thrilled they’ve done a little piece on our Night Shift in-a-pub, and that they’re really *got* the OAE and what we’re all about. If you’re intrigued…
Read MoreAlgae, cravings and no wine. Natasha’s first day
Tue 6 Sep 2011
I’m Natasha, half of the new Communications Intern duo (my partner in crime being Darren Charlton, the Thursday-Friday man. We’re still looking for a good Jedward style name so have a look at suggestions on the previous blogand start thinking up your own ingenious ideas). I graduated in July from Bristol University so this is…
Read MoreThe Night Shift: abstract architecture or pop art Vs vorticists?
Thu 4 Aug 2011
One for Night Shift fans – we’ve got a little vote going on over on our Night Shift Facebook page to help us decide on the flyer designs for the next year or so of events. Our designer Martin from INTRO has come up with two great options, ‘Abstract Architecture’ and ‘Pop Art Vs Vorticists’,…
Read MoreThe Night Shift in pictures and video
Wed 13 Jul 2011
Here’s a little audio-visual recap of The Night Shift which we held at Village Underground a few weeks back. Project Director Ceri’s account of how her Night Shift day went is below, but in this post we have a little video with footage from the event plus audience reaction – make sure you watch…
Read MoreHow to survive The Night Shift…
Fri 8 Jul 2011
A day in the life of The Night Shift from Ceri’s perspective: It’s 9.30am on Friday 24th June, It’s been a looooong week: Monday Dublin, Tuesday Royal Festival Hall, Wednesday and Thursday catching up and meetings – and that’s just for me! I assume it’s been worse for the players who also had Glyndebourne…
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