Sun 11 Nov 2018
Royal Festival Hall, London
Brahms: A German Requiem
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Brahms A German Requiem
Marin Alsop Conductor
Elizabeth Watts soprano
James Newby baritone
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
A Requiem for the masses.
To mark Armistice Day, we perform Brahms’ epic German Requiem, the landmark moment in the composer’s career.
Thu 10 Jan 2019
Kings Place Hall One
Venus Unwrapped – Barbara Strozzi
Barbara Strozzi Dolcissimo, Silenzio nocivo
Barbara Strozzi Bella Madre, le tre grazie a Venere
Barbara Strozzi Lagrime Mie
Barbara Strozzi Come Puo, non come suolo, Pace Arrabbiata, op 1
Barbara Strozzi Che dolce udire, Canto di belle bocca
Claudio Monteverdi concertante madrigals
Claudio Monteverdi Il ballo delle ingrate
Christian Curnyn conductor
Barbara Strozzi was famed throughout 17th century Venice for her glorious voice and artistry, ‘la virtuosissima cantatrice’ of the city state.
Tue 2 Apr 2019
Royal Festival Hall, London
Bach’s St John Passion
Bach St John Passion
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Peter Sellars director
Camilla Tilling soprano
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore tenor
Andrew Staples tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
A thrilling staging of the Easter story.
Sir Simon Rattle has assembled an extraordinary team for this definitive staging of one of Bach’s great masterpieces, the St John Passion.
Sun 19 Aug 2018
Palacio Festivales Cantabria
Festival Internacional Santander
Telemann Selection from Overture in F
Handel Arias from Giulio Cesare and Theodora
Handel Selection from Water Music
Handel Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op. 6, No. 3
Handel Silete venti
Katherine Watson soprano
Laurence Cummings keyboard/ director
Soprano Katherine Watson sings classic arias from Handel’s operas Giulio Cesare and Theodora, and we also perform some of our favourite pieces from Handel’s Water Music.
Part of the Santander International Festival.
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Glyndebourne
Saul
Handel Saul
Laurence Cummings Conductor
Barrie Kosky Director
Saul/Apparition of Samuel Markus Brück
David Iestyn Davies
Jonathan Allan Clayton
Merab Karina Gauvin
Michal Anna Devin
Barrie Kosky’s blazingly original and visually spectacular staging of Handel’s oratorio returns for a first revival.
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Glyndebourne
Saul
Handel Saul
Laurence Cummings Conductor
Barrie Kosky Director
Saul/Apparition of Samuel Markus Brück
David Iestyn Davies
Jonathan Allan Clayton
Merab Karina Gauvin
Michal Anna Devin
Barrie Kosky’s blazingly original and visually spectacular staging of Handel’s oratorio returns for a first revival.
Introducing the Baroque Double Bass
Fri 10 Aug 2018
‘A whole hillside of sheep goes into making the bottom string’.
Cecelia Bruggemeyer, our long-time double bass player, introduces its baroque ancestor.
NB
Violone: literally ‘big viol’ ; a general term used to refer to baroque bass instruments of various sizes and tunings
Bass:
1. a general word for a non-specified bass instrument or bass line
2. shorthand for double bass
Double-bass (Eng.), Contrebasse (Fr.): a bass stringed instrument that sounds an octave lower than the written pitch
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Bach, the Universe & Everything: Meet the Scientists
Wed 8 Aug 2018
Meet the Scientists
Get to know the speakers, scientists and thinkers who’ll be exploring all things extraterrestrial in the next season of Bach, the Universe & Everything.
Read MoreSection Violins
Tue 31 Jul 2018
We are now inviting applications for four Section Violin vacancies. These are positions 7, 8, 18 and 19 on the fixing list.
Read MoreIntroducing Mozart’s Fortepiano
Thu 19 Jul 2018
“It really changes the way we think about the music”.
Our Co-Principal Keyboard, Steven Devine, introduces the predecessor of the modern piano, the fortepiano.
It’s the type of instrument Haydn, Mozart and the young Beethoven would have known and composed for.
Read MoreApplications for the 2019 OAE Experience Scheme are now open
Mon 16 Jul 2018
OAE Experience
The Ann and Peter Law OAE Experience gives gifted period instrument players the chance to work alongside OAE players. The year-long scheme is aimed at players nearing the end of their studies, to help bridge the gap between conservatoire education and a professional career.
Read MoreBach, the Universe & Everything returns
Tue 10 Jul 2018
We’re extremely excited to announce all the dates in our next series of Bach, the Universe & Everything, at Kings Place in partnership with the Institute of Physics.
Read MoreWhy is it called the Surprise Symphony? The secret of Haydn’s success
Mon 9 Jul 2018
Haydn’s Surprise Symphony isn’t just one dramatic moment. Our Chief Executive Crispin explains why Haydn is the ‘King of Symphonies’.
Read MoreEnjoyed our Schiff’s Surprise concert? Here’s some advice…
Wed 4 Jul 2018
Here’s Max Mandel, our co-principal viola, on what you should track down next…
I hate having to defend Joseph Haydn, but it’s a position I find myself in quite often. A colleague of mine asked me in front of a pianist friend to choose, gun to my head, between the string quartets of Haydn and the string quartets of Mozart. I didn’t hesitate for a second with my answer: Haydn.
Read MoreSchiff’s Surprise Programme
Tue 3 Jul 2018
Here’s the programme for our Schiff’s Surprise concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 4 July 2018. You can pick up a hard copy for free on the night.
Read MoreSir András Schiff is our new Principal Artist
Fri 29 Jun 2018
We’re thrilled to announce the distinguished pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff as our new Principal Artist.
Sir András conducts and plays in our Schiff’s Surprise concert on Wednesday 4 July at Queen Elizabeth Hall, or at the Cheltenham Music Festival on Sunday 8 July 2018.
Read MoreDangerous Liaisons Programme
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Here’s the programme for our Dangerous Liaisons concert on Tuesday 26 June at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. You can pick up a hard copy on the night for free!
Read MoreNew violins!
Wed 20 Jun 2018
It’s always very exciting to have new player members joining the orchestra, and we’ve just appointed six new violinists to our violin section.
All six have already been playing with us in concerts for over 18 months and we look forward to having them perform with us over the course of many more seasons. They are:
Iona Davies
Dan Edgar
Alice Evans
Julia Kuhn
Henry Tong (pictured)
Kinga Ujszászi
The Science of Attraction
Mon 18 Jun 2018
Is love what you think it is?
Our Baroque dance spectacular, Dangerous Liaisons, tells a classic love story. But in the Baroque era, composers were influenced by a very different theory of why people fell in love than we have now.
Read MoreSeven things you (probably) didn’t know about… The Mendelssohns
Fri 1 Jun 2018
The Carpenters. The Corrs. The Magic Numbers. Put a brother and sister together and get them to write music, and it doesn’t always turn out well.
But in the early 19th century things were different, when Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn were changing the music world with their new Romantic sounds.
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