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See us live
Demons in the Bath: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Sun 23 Jan 2022 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallThe second concert of our 'The Wilderness Pleases' season at Southbank
Faust plays Schumann
Tue 15 Feb 2022 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival HallThe third concert of our 'The Wilderness Pleases' season at Southbank
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.
