Our website: How is it working for you?
Can you believe it’s been a whole year since we launched our new website? We took on board what you said about making concerts easier to find with a brand new calendar, combined our blog into the...
View ArticleMozart’s Eroica: audience reaction and reviews
We were honoured to welcome one of the world’s greatest pianists, András Schiff, to the stage on 25 February for two Mozart piano concertos. Here’s some reviews from the night, as well as what you...
View ArticleCelebrating 200 years of the Royal Philharmonic Society
Our concert this Friday marks, to the day, the 200th anniversary of the first concert given by the Philharmonic Society of London (later the Royal Philharmonic Society) which was set up in 1813 by a...
View ArticleQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: Curtain raisers and high drama- audience...
We welcomed esteemed conductor Marin Alsop and British soprano Emma Bell to the stage for a dramatic concert featuring Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann on 8 March at the Southbank Centre. Here’s what the...
View ArticleSpeed Interview – William Purefoy
Countertenor William Purefoy joins us for The Works on 26 March, to explore Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Here’s what he had to say when given our speed interview. What do you fear the most? Auditions....
View ArticleSpeed date the OAE
Yes you did read that right. At tomorrow’s The Works concert we’re giving you the chance to take part in our ‘speed-date the orchestra’ event – a great opportunity to meet members of the Orchestra of...
View Article7 February: Night Shift audience reaction
Back in February, we had a Night Shift first when we danced Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Choreographed by Henri Oguike, audiences got to see Vivaldi’s seminal masterpiece in a very different...
View ArticleThe Works: 26 March pictures
We thought we’d share some pics from our The Works event on Tuesday, where we were treated to a performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, sung by the wonderful Elin Manahan Thomas and William Purefoy...
View ArticleSpeed Interview- Shelley von Strunckel
Ahead of our Insight Club on 6 April, we chatted to astrologist and OAE enthusiast Shelley von Strunckel about Mozart, mysticism and The Matrix… How did you get into astrology? In my teens and 20s, I...
View ArticlePre-concert talk: Creation 9 January 2013
In this talk Richard Wigmore looks at the history and vivid descriptions of Haydn’s The Creation. Was it ‘programme music’ before its time? This pre-concert talk was given before the The Creation...
View ArticleOAE Tots goes Strings
The OAE’s popular series of events for the very youngest music-lovers returns to Southbank Centre. This time we’ll be looking at the string instruments of the Orchestra through the story of Telemann’s...
View ArticleOAE Tots goes Strings
The OAE’s popular series of events for the very youngest music-lovers returns to Southbank Centre. This time we’ll be looking at the string instruments of the Orchestra through the story of Telemann’s...
View ArticleMozart’s Eroica: audience reaction and reviews
We were honoured to welcome one of the world’s greatest pianists, András Schiff, to the stage on 25 February for two Mozart piano concertos. Here’s some reviews from the night, as well as what you...
View ArticleOAE Tots go Strings: what you heard
We had great fun in our OAE Tots go Strings concert on Saturday and hope you did too. If you’d like to know a bit more about what we played, read on: Most of our concert was made up of Telemann’s Don...
View ArticleMildly Rude?
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve added a concert entitled Mildly Rude? to our 2013/2014 Southbank Centre season. Rounding off our Gamechangers series, it’s a opportunity to hear music from...
View ArticleFeisty Females: Part 6 – Cleopatra
Who was she? Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Unlike the rest of the feisty females we’ve featured in this series, she was a real historical figure but has reached an almost legendary status...
View ArticleNew brochure now online…
The time has come to unveil our new season brochure.This year we went for a purely visual approach, developed with our designers Harrison and Co and photographer Eric Richmond, which has a slight retro...
View ArticleQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of our time, and an artist the OAE worked with regularly, most notably at Glyndebourne and on CD. Tonight’s tribute to her sees three...
View ArticleLindsay Kemp on Handel and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
When we close our season on 3 June, all arias performed will be from roles associated with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Here Lindsay Kemp discusses the performer and the history behind the music. ‘Sesto...
View ArticleNot all audiences are the same – Last Chance to See…
Over the last year we’ve had the opportunity to work with some fantastic collaborators and what’s more, some of those collaborators were our very own audience. At the start of the season, we put a...
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