Mon 4 Feb 2019
Royal Festival Hall, London
Love and Duty, with Magdalena Kožená
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Gluck O del mio dolce ardor from Paride ed Elena
Gluck Dance of the Furies from Orphée et Eurydice
Mozart Giunse alfin il momento - Al desio di chi t'adora from The Marriage of Figaro
Haydn Scena di Berenice
Gluck Di questa cetra from Il Parnaso confuso
Mozart Deh per questo istante from La clemenza di Tito
Mozart Parto, Parto from La clemenza di Tito
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Songs from the heart with international opera star Magdalena Kožená.
Magdalena Kožená is one of the world’s biggest opera stars. In this rare solo UK appearance, hear her sing some of the music she’s become famous for – sublime opera arias by Mozart and Gluck.
Sun 27 Jan 2019
Kings Place Hall One
Bach, the Universe & Everything
Bach Jesu, nun sei gepreiset – ‘Jesus, now be praised’ BWV41
Charlotte Shaw soprano
Helen Charlston alto
Nick Pritchard tenor
Dingle Yandell bass
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons
The Mystery of ‘Oumuamua
Marvel at our extraordinary universe and the music of Bach with our new Sunday morning series for inquiring and curious minds, with divine music, lively conversation and stimulating science.
Tue 26 Feb 2019
CLF Art Cafe (Bussey Building)
The Night Shift – Peckham
Tue 22 Jan 2019
St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malta
Bach’s St Matthew Passion
Bach St Matthew Passion
Julia Doyle soprano
Charlotte Shaw soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Nick Pritchard tenor
Tom Robson tenor
James Newby baritone
Dingle Yandell bass
John Butt director
Choir of the Age of the Enlightenment
We perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion as part of Valetta International Baroque Festival in the magnificent surroundings of St Johns Co-Cathedral.
Introducing the Baroque Theorbo
“People complain a lot about the space that I take up”.
Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and what it’s like to carry it around on the tube.
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Concerts for 2 to 5 year olds in 2019
Wed 2 Jan 2019
We’ve just announced The Worlds Around Us, our new Southbank Centre series of OAE TOTS, our concerts introducing children age 2 to 5 to the magic of classical music.
This year we’re exploring the weird and wonderful world around us.
Read MoreThe best of Barbara Strozzi
Thu 27 Dec 2018
In January, we launch Kings Place’s Venus Unwrapped series with a concert of music by 17th century Venetian composer, Barbara Strozzi.
If you’ve never heard her music before, we really think it’s worth a listen. So we’ve compiled some of the best of it into the Spotify playlist below.
Read MoreIntroducing Mozart’s Clarinet
Fri 21 Dec 2018
“This is the clarinet that Mozart would have expected to hear when he wrote for it.”
Our Principal Clarinet Antony Pay takes us through the staple instrument of the time – the 5 key clarinet, and shows us the type of basset clarinet he believes enables you to play Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto best.
Read MoreBach, the Universe and Everything podcast
Fri 7 Dec 2018
Lots of you have been asking for a listen again option for our Bach, the Universe and Everything series at Kings Place, so here it is!
Read More10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Handel’s Messiah
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Handel’s Messiah is probably the most performed choral work in history, and despite being about the whole of Jesus’ life it is now mainly performed at Christmas.
Read MoreTelemann – In Numbers
Sat 1 Dec 2018
We’re playing music by Telemann in our Pipedreams concert on Monday 3 December at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Here is his life broken down into manageable, number-related facts.
Read MoreIntroducing Handel’s Organ
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Our Principal Artist John Butt introduces a spectacular bespoke chamber organ, built to recreate the sounds of Handel’s era.
Read MorePipedreams Programme
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Here’s the programme for our Pipedreams concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre on 3 December 2018. Pick up a free hard copy on the night!
Read MoreJohn Butt on Telemann
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Our Principal Artist John Butt directs Pipedreams, a concert of music by great friends Handel and Telemann in Glasgow and London.
He explains why Telemann’s music is just as wonderful as that by Handel.
Read MoreFurther listening: Simone Jandl
Mon 12 Nov 2018
So you’ve heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you’re hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.
Read MoreRehearsing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Vaughan Williams
Fri 9 Nov 2018
“It’s been really inspirational for the start of this project.”
Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.
Hear us play it before Brahms’ Requiem with Marin Alsop:
Saturday 10 November, 2018, The Anvil, Basingstoke
Sunday 11 November, 2018, Southbank Centre, London
Read MoreBrahms: A German Requiem Programme
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Here’s the programme for our Brahms: A German Requiem concert at Royal Festival Hall on 11 November 2018. Pick up a free hard copy on the night!
Read MoreIndividual or society? Heart or heart? Conform or rebel?
Mon 5 Nov 2018
Individual or Society?
Head or Heart?
Conform or Rebel?
Laws or Freedoms?
Secular or Sacred?
These questions about how to live a good life challenged composers such as Bach, Brahms and Mozart as much as they challenge us now.
Our 2018-19 season of concerts at Southbank Centre features the music these composers wrote in response to these questions, sometimes overtly and sometimes indirectly.
Read MoreBrahms’ humanist Requiem
Tue 30 Oct 2018
“Brahms’ Requiem is essentially humanist, less a prayer for the dead than a personal meditation for the consolation of the living.”
Ahead of our performances with Marin Alsop, we explore how Brahms’ German Requiem broke the mould.
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