Not all tours are the same…
Mon 3 Dec 2012
Not all tours are the same… …so we found out when OAE violinist Susie Carpenter-Jacobs went behind the scenes for us back in May, when we took our Bostridge sings Bach concert on tour to Warsaw, Dresden, Prague, Vienna and Innsbruck. Her video postcard gives a snapshot of what our musicians get up to whilst away…
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The evolution of the violin bow
Thu 8 Nov 2012
OAE violinist, Henrietta Wayne, gives us an insight into the history of the violin bow, from the 1500s to today. Watch the video to find out about what a violin frog is and how you can make your own bow with a twig and string!
Read MoreRachel Podger and the OAE
Fri 18 Nov 2011
Rachel Podger first started dabbling with Baroque performance techniques by having lessons ‘on the quiet’. Though nobody knew she was at it, she was soon noticed for her talents – winning the solo violin prize at the Guildhall School of Music and eventually becoming Leader of Trevor Pinnock’s increasingly renowned busy baroque ensemble The English…
Read MoreKati Debretzeni: Speed Interview
Mon 17 Oct 2011
On Friday this week, we’ll be celebrating three musical superstars in our Papa Haydn and his Wife concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. We caught up with one of the OAE leaders, Kati Debretzeni, who’ll be performing on the night:
Read MoreViolin
What makes the OAE a ‘period instrument orchestra’ is that the players use either original instruments or copies of original instruments from the Age of the Enlightenment (17th/18th centuries). This means that the sound they create is closer to the sound that composers such as Mozart and Haydn would have had in mind when composing….
Read MoreAn impromptu violin lesson in Modena – update!
Thu 26 May 2011
Some of you may have missed the comment on the post below from Principal Double Bass Chi-chi, so here it is – complete with some pictures of the violin lesson! “It was a great night out. Marco came to our rehearsal this afternoon, and invited Netty & I back to the restaurant for some nourishment…
Read MoreAn impromptu violin lesson in Modena
Wed 25 May 2011
Members of the Orchestra are currently in Modena, Italy – we’re there with the London Sinfonnietta, giving a performance of Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I have Seen. Principal Flute Lisa Beznosiuk tells us about their evening: “We’re in elegant boiling hot Modena, arrived last night. Last night four of us (Netty, Chi-chi and Shelagh…
Read MoreGaffer tape pics – No.10
Wed 26 May 2010
Today we feature Matthew Truscott, violin and Tom Dunn, viola.
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