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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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  • History and Theory of Music

What's in a song?

Thursday 3 March 2022

Dr Robert Samuels looks at the influence of song in Mahler's symphonies ahead of our performance of the Fourth Symphony.
Audio
  • OAE Musicians
  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #29: David Blackadder, OAE's Principal Trumpet

Friday 17 June 2022

Netty and David get to rehearsals early so they have time for a bit of a chat about everything from Brandenburg Concertos to grand-parenting.
Audio
  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #34: Artistic Director Stephen Langridge

Tuesday 15 November 2022

Glyndebourne's Artistic Director, Stephen Langridge, joins Netty for tea as he explains his route to Glyndebourne through various unexpected ways.
Article
  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #35: Annette, Rachel and Steven Isserlis

Friday 9 December 2022

In this Christmas special, we have not one, not two but three of the Isserlis siblings who take a trip down memory lane and talk about their musical upbringings.
Audio
  • Playlists

The C90: Sounds of 2023

Sunday 1 January 2023

We've put together a Spotify playlist inspired by the music and guest artists we're looking forward to in 2023.
Article
  • OAE Musicians
  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #36: OAE's Principal Timpanist Adrian Bending

Friday 13 January 2023

Kicking off the first Tea with Netty in 2023, OAE's Principal Timpanist Adrian Bending joins Netty for a chat in our bustling residency at Acland Burghley School.
Video
  • Composers

Saint-Saëns: The Man and His Music

Friday 13 January 2023

How well do we know Camille Saint-Saëns?
Audio
  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #33: Cherry Forbes, OAE Education Director

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Our beloved Education Director, Cherry Forbes, traces back to her musical roots and shares her inspirational journey that has shaped OAE's extraordinary Education programme today.
Article
  • Bach the Universe and Everything
  • Interview

A Fascination with the Stars: Q&A with Stuart Clark

Friday 30 September 2022

The writer and guest speaker at our first Bach, the Universe and Everything event of 2022/23 talks Star Wars, the connectons between astronony and music, and his love of music from Bach to Xanadu.
Article
  • Composers

Storm and Stress

Thursday 29 September 2022

We take a look beneath the tumultuous surface of Haydn's Symphony No. 44 and the so-called 'Nelson' Mass.

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