Mendelssohn Violin Concertos, Alina Ibragimova
The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven’s violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a programme…
Read MoreMahler Totenfeier CD
In this live recording from the Royal Festival Hall, we shine our musical torch into the realms of some later repertoire, shedding new light on the music of Mahler.
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…
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Beethoven Symphonies 4&7: DVD
A live recording from the Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris. Vladimir Jurowski, as part of our 2010 Beethoven Series, conducts Symphonies 4 and 7, plus the Coriolan Overture. Running time: 89 minutes Region Code: 0 (worldwide )
Read MoreEdinburgh reviewed
Mon 5 Sep 2011
A couple of a reviews from our concert at the Edinburgh International Festival a couple of weeks ago: “Vladimir Jurowski is having a devilish summer. Last month he was steaming through Liszt’s Faust Symphony with the London Philharmonic at the Proms, but here he was in Edinburgh to embark on the same sulphurous journey with…
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OAE at the Edinburgh International Festival
Fri 26 Aug 2011
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We’re really excited to be part of the Edinburgh International Festival and are taking our tour with the brilliant Vladimir Jurowski to the Usher Hall tonight where he’ll be conducting a programme of Weber, Liszt’s dramatic Faust Symphony and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E with Alina Ibragimova. Here’s a taster of what’s to come tonight,…
Read MoreBeethoven on DVD (couldn’t think of a more exciting title…)
Fri 19 Aug 2011
It seems appropriate to tell you now (as we are currently, as I type, rehearsing with him) that a DVD of the OAE and conductorVladimir Jurowski has just been released. If you’re a regular OAE-goer you may remember him kicking off our Beethoven series back in January last year with a blazing performance of Symphonies…
Read MoreJurowski tour: Spotify playlist
Wed 17 Aug 2011
Later this week we’re reunited with our Principal Artist, Vladimir Jurowski to start rehearsals for a tour with him. The first two dates of the tour take in San Sebastian and Edinburgh (for the festival), with a programme of Weber, Mendelssohn (the violin concerto with Alina Ibragimova) and Liszt’s epic Faust Symphony. While you may…
Read MoreThe Apprentice (conductor). The search is on.
Tue 14 Jun 2011
There are just a matter of weeks left to apply to our OAE Melgaard Young Conductor Scheme. The scheme has been running now for 4 years, and gives budding young conductors the opportunity to nestle up close with the OAE, observing rehearsals alongside great OAE conductors, getting to know and share knowledge with players,…
Read MoreJurowski on Don Giovanni
Mon 6 Jun 2011
The OAE is currently in the middle of a run of Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, the first of two operas we are performing there this season (the other being Rinaldo). The production of Don Giovanni premiered last summer when it was conducted by our Principal Artist and Glyndebourne Music Director Vladimir Jurowski. This season Robin…
Read MoreReviews roundup: Glyndebourne / Don Giovanni
Tue 31 May 2011
Wow, Glyndebourne always arrives sooner than you expect – hard to believe we are now three performances in there, with the fourth tonight. Our first opera there is a revival of last season’s production of Don Giovanni. Last year’s performances were conducted by Vladimir Jurowski (we’ll post a video of him talking about the piece…
Read MoreThe UK's leading opera maestros in conversation
Mon 16 May 2011
Just thought we’d share a very interesting video here, from an event at the Royal Opera House . Conductors Antonio Pappano, Edward Gardner and our Principal Artist Vladimir Jurowski talk to Sir John Tusa about conducting opera and what it takes to be a musical director of a leading opera house. Plus – a little…
Read MoreNight Shift vox pops
Wed 20 Apr 2011
After the last Night Shift back in January, where Vladimir Jurowski conducted us in music by Mahler and Liszt, our brave man-with-a-cam, Zen, asked the audience: ‘How was it for you?’ Here’s what people said:
Read MoreTo Paris with the OAE: a video diary
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Here’s a little video diary from our trip to Paris back in January, when we took a supersized OAE there for a concert of Wagner, Liszt and Mahler with conductor Vladimir Jurowski and mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly. We armed Communications Director William Norris with a video camera, and here are the results:
Read MoreSymphonic Enlightenment – Vox Pops
Tue 1 Mar 2011
We’ve had a bit of a backlog of videos here, so these audience vox pops have been somewhat delayed. But they’re here now. After our Symphonic Enlightenment programme of Wagner, Mahler and Liszt at the Royal Festival Hall back on 21 January we asked audience members what they had made of the performance (with conductor…
Read MoreParisien Pictures
Thu 3 Feb 2011
Projects Manager Megan Russell got snapping when we were in Paris with Vladimir Jurowski and our Symphonic Enlightenment programme a couple of weeks ago:
Read MoreVladimir Jurowski on Mahler, Liszt, the OAE and disappearing batons
Fri 28 Jan 2011
Regular readers of this blog or our Facebook Page will know we were due to interview Vladimir Jurowski back in December. Well, that didn’t happen as he wasn’t too well, and about to embark on a big tour. We did however catch up with him last week, when he was with us conducting the Symphonic…
Read MoreSymphonic Enlightenment: More reviews
Tue 25 Jan 2011
More reviews from Friday’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall. Plus you can listen to the concert online for a further 6 days. Guardian Financial Times
Read MoreFrom Jurowski to Jurowski
Tue 25 Jan 2011
I am writing this on my final day here at the OAE. Firstly I should just explain the title ….on my second day here I got to accompany Megan to Glyndebourne to see Don Giovanni conducted by Vlad, and tonight on my last day is the fantastic concert in the RFH of Wagner, Liszt and…
Read MoreSymphonic Enlightenment: First reviews
Mon 24 Jan 2011
We’re back from Paris and a second performance of our Symphonic Enlightenment programme of Wagner, Mahler and Liszt. First reviews from Friday’s performance are now in too – mainly from bloggers and online. Hopefully the Nationals will follow tomorrow. Thanks so much for the comments posted on our blog, You Tube video and also for…
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