Finishing the Donkey
Sat 27 Apr 2013
One of the joys of working in OAE Education is the variety of projects you get to work on.
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V4: 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 MoreSpeed Interview – Henri Oguike
Wed 6 Feb 2013
As his dancers warmed up for V4: The Seasons, we spoke with choreographer Henri Oguike about some of the simple things in life.
Read MoreSpeed Interview – Edward Kitchen
Sun 3 Feb 2013
As rehearsals for V4: The Seasons stopped for a well-earned coffee break, we took the opportunity to speak with dancer Edward Kitchen.
Read MoreSpeed 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 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 MoreV4: The Seasons: OAE & Vivaldi & Henri Oguike
Wed 16 Jan 2013
On 8 February at the Southbank Centre, we’ll be giving Vivaldi’s legendary The Four Seasons a fresh twist, in a major new collaboration with renowned choreographer Henri Oguike and OAE leader Kati Debretzeni, fusing authentic performance with contemporary choreography. Sounds intriguing? Well here’s a taster of what you can expect to see…
Read MoreChoreography, cake & collaborations: why you should come to an Insight Club
Wed 2 Jan 2013
Have you stared longingly at our OAE Extras Pre-concert event series listing, and been gutted that you can’t make it along because a) you can’t get to the Southbank Centre by 5.45 because you have a full time job, or b) because in your hectic life it’s the choice between dinner before the concert and…
Read MoreA Christmas challenge…
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Here at the OAE offices, the excitement is building and the tension is mounting. Letters have gone out, social media and enewsletters are at the ready – and we are counting down the days: just over a week to go…
Read MoreNew Insight Clubs now on sale
Tue 12 Jun 2012
Our Insight Clubs for the 2012-2013 Season are now on sale. We’ve been running these events for a few years now, as a way of exploring aspects of what we do in greater depth. They’re very informal events, typically with around 30-40 people in attendance, and there’s always a chance for you to put your…
Read MorePreviewing the Oguike Four Seasons
Mon 30 Apr 2012
One of my personal highlights of the forthcoming 2012-2013 season of concerts is our collaboration with choreographer Henri Oguike. He’ll be working with OAE leader (and soloist for this concert) Kati Debretzeni, on a very special presentation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in which we’ll be adding new, contemporary choreography to Vivaldi’s masterpiece. The idea was…
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Canary Competition (win tickets!)
Thu 22 Dec 2011
This New Year we’re at our Kings Place base, performing two concerts to mark the end of 2011 (on 31 Dec at 6pm and 1 Jan at 1pm). The programme contains Vivaldi’s evergreen Four Seasons, but also one real curiosity, Telemann’s Canary Cantata. The piece was written as a tribute to Telemann’s pet song-bird, and…
Read MoreVivaldi Concerti CD
Vivaldi Concerti CD Concerto in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, violin, cello and harpsichord “Il Proteo o sia il mondo al rovescio” RV 572 Concerto in D minor for oboe RV 454 Concerto in D minor for 2 recorders, 2 oboees, bassoon and 2 violins RV 566 Concerto in F major for 2…
Read MoreIn the Green Room: Karen Robinson pics, part 1
Thu 17 Jun 2010
A while back, photographer Karen Robinson was commissioned by Southbank Centre to take pictures of the Resident Orchestras and their major artists, with a view to using the images for the Southbank Centre’s 2010-2011 Classical Music Season. You may well have already seen the photographs in the Southbank’s Classical Music Guide. As part of the…
Read MoreVivaldi review
Sat 20 Feb 2010
The first review of our Vivaldi concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall is now online to read. For this complete performance of L’estro Armonico we split the music over two hour-long concerts at 6.15pm and 8.45pm, with a free talk at 7.45pm. If you were there what did you think of this arrangement? Would you…
Read MoreBeethoven and Vivaldi podcast
Thu 28 Jan 2010
Another new podcast – this time looking at our upcoming concerts at Southbank Centre. Vladimir Jurowski talks about the Beethoven series and Symphonies 4 and 7, while OAE Leader Alison Bury also talks about Beethoven before moving onto our upcoming Vivaldi concert in April. Listen to the podcast here or download it on itunes.
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