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The next 12 months Tue 21 Sep 2021
The first year of OAE Player has been a wild ride of memorable music films, and with your support we’re going to be even more ambitious in the next 12 months.
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See us live
Sir András Schiff plays Beethoven Piano Concertos 2 & 1
Mon 6 Jun | 7:30pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallOAE Principal Guest Artist Sir András Schiff joins us for a three-night series of Beethoven's Piano Concertos beginning with No. 2 & 1.
Haydn Nelson Mass with John Butt
Fri 30 Sep | 7:30pm London, Kings PlaceJohn Butt directs the OAE, Choir and Stars of the Enlightenment in Haydn’s late master work, the ‘Nelson’ Mass.
Who we are
Three decades ago, a group of inquisitive London musicians took a long hard look at that curious institution we call the Orchestra, and decided to start again from scratch. They began by throwing out the rulebook. Put a single conductor in charge? No way. Specialise in repertoire of a particular era? Too restricting. Perfect a work and then move on? Too lazy. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was born. On these pages we look at our story, our musicians and their instruments, where we play and more.
