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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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  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #30: cellist and conductor Jonathan Cohen

Thursday 21 July 2022

Netty finds the time for a chat with the very in demand Jonathan Cohen at our summer residence in Glyndebourne.
Article
  • OAE Musicians

Introducing our new principal clarinet... Katherine Spencer

Thursday 28 July 2022

We are delighted to announce that Katherine Spencer has been appointed as our new principal clarinet.
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  • Instruments
  • OAE Musicians

Evolution of the Timpani - Part 1: Introducing the Baroque Timpani

Friday 19 August 2022

From humble and, let’s face it, slightly impractical beginnings we find out how the timpani come to be the sound of so many great musical (and historical) moments.
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #31: Conductors Ben Glassberg and Chloe Rooke

Friday 19 August 2022

Netty sits down for a cuppa with not just one but two fantastic young conductors - Ben Glassberg and Chloe Rooke.
Five musicians play brass instruments in front of music stands, standing against a backdrop featuring a large, black-and-white clock face with Roman numerals. They are dressed in black attire and are focused on their performances.
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  • History and Theory of Music
  • Instruments

Jürgen Krauss from the Great British Bake Off Introduces the Stadtpfeiffer

Friday 19 August 2022

Imagine a world without "Alexa, play Morganmusik by Hindemith".
Article
  • Composers
  • Playlists

The C90: Sound the Trumpets!

Friday 16 September 2022

10 September marked Henry Purcell’s birthday (roughly). So we've decided to celebrate this greatest of English composers with a playlist.
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #32: Soprano Rowan Pierce

Saturday 17 September 2022

Fresh from playing Oberto in Alcina at Glyndebourne, our Rising Star Rowan Pierce talks to Netty about formative influences, preparing for roles and unusual jobs.
Article
  • Composers
  • OAE Musicians

From ancient ballads: putting Coleridge and Purcell together

Tuesday 27 September 2022

Katharina Spreckelsen explains why we've put together a composer and a poet who live over a hundred years apart.
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  • Acland Burghley
  • Supporters

Dreamchasing Foundation to support Young Producers programme

Tuesday 7 February 2023

Find out how we're powering up our mentoring programme with support from F1 legend Ron Dennis’ charity.
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #37: Soprano Julia Doyle

Wednesday 15 February 2023

One of OAE’s favourite sopranos, Julia Doyle, joins Netty for tea in this jam-packed episode of unusual vocal exercises to the perils of playing the viola and keeping a tortoise in the fridge.

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