Sun 24 Feb 2019
Kings Place Hall One
Bach, the Universe & Everything
Bach Wie schön leuctet der Morgenstern ‘How Beautifully Gleams the Morning Star’ BWV1
Rowan Pierce soprano
Nick Pritchard tenor
Dingle Yandell bass
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Dr Emma Chapman
Cosmic Dawn
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
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Ye Olde Rose and Crown
The Night Shift – Walthamstow
Sun 24 Feb 2019
Purcell Room
OAE TOTS – A World of Celebration
Sat 23 Feb 2019
Assembly Rooms, Bath
Bath Bachfest
Bach Orchestral Suite No.1
Bach Sinfonia to Cantata BWV42
Bach Violin Concerto in E major
Bach Orchestral Suite No.2
Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor
Margaret Faultless director/ violin
Michael Gurevich violin
Rodolfo Richter violin
Rachel Beckett flute
With a team of well-known soloists, we perform some of Bach’s finest orchestral works: two of the colourful Suites, a tuneful Sinfonia, a familiar Violin Concerto, and the sublime Concerto for two violins.
Part of Bath Bachfest.
Sat 23 Feb 2019
The Foundling Museum
Handel Birthday Concert
Henry Tong violin
Alice Evans violin
Andrew Skidmore cello
James Johnstone harpsichord
Players from the Orchestra celebrate George Frideric Handel’s 334th birthday in style at the Foundling Museum. Enjoy an evening of beautiful music-making and visit the Handel Gallery to learn more about the composer’s generosity to the newly-established Foundling Hospital.
Introducing the 19th Century Horn
Why play a new instrument when we make music for old instruments?
Our Principal Horn Roger Montgomery performs a section from Schumann’s showstopping Konzertstück for Four Horns, and introduces a new ‘19th century-style’ horn. This instrument has valves, which makes performing such challenging repertoire possible.
Hear it in our upcoming concerts with Sir András Schiff, also featuring Brahms’ blockbuster piano concertos. Find out more
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Further reading: Lisa Beznosiuk
Wed 6 Feb 2019
For every concert in our Southbank Centre series, we ask one of our players to write a little note for audience members to read as they leave the concert hall.
Here’s what our Principal Flute, Lisa Beznosiuk, wrote about being the lone flute in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, as performed on Monday 4 February 2019 at Royal Festival, and on tour around Europe.
Read MoreLove and Duty programme
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Here’s the programme for our Love and Duty, with Magdalena Kožená, concert at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre on 4 February 2019. Pick up a free hard copy on the night!
Read MoreSix things you (probably) didn’t know about Christoph Willibald Gluck
Thu 31 Jan 2019
What’s in a name? Admittedly, Christoph Willibald Gluck wasn’t blessed with the most inspiring of them – it’s hardly evocative like the great Italian opera composers or his 18th century counterpart, Mozart.
But don’t let that put you off. Often overlooked, Gluck is one of the great opera composers. He wrote 49 in total, evolving the genre from the extravagancies of the Baroque era to the more focused, storytelling genre it became.
Here are some things you probably didn’t know about him.
Read MoreBach, the Universe and Everything Podcast 2
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Here’s the next installment of our Bach, the Universe and Everything podcast taken from the series at Kings Place.
Read MoreIntroducing 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.
Read MoreConcerts 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.
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