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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

Reimagining Fanny Mendelssohn's Das Jahr

Friday 12 April 2024

Why have we commissioned four women composers to write original pieces inspired by Fanny Mendelssohn's piano cycle Das Jahr?
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  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #55: Mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor

Friday 16 August 2024

Mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor joins Netty in the dressing rooms of Glyndebourne, who plays Cornelia in Handel's production of Giulio Cesare. They discuss voice production, singing in physically demanding roles, forestry, and everything in between.
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Tea with Netty #54: Soprano Louise Alder

Friday 19 July 2024

Soprano extraordinaire Louise Alder joins Netty for tea in Glyndebourne. Louise, who is currently performing as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, enlightens us with her family, educational and versatile singing background, her passion for musical theatre, and her multilingual talents.
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  • Education

The Education Diaries

Monday 10 June 2024

How many concerts can the OAE do in 2 ½ days?
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  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #53: Conductor Constantin Trinks

Thursday 6 June 2024

Conductor Constantin Trinks, who makes his Festival debut conducting Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the OAE, joins Netty for tea and a chat.
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  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #52: Bass-baritone Dingle Yandell

Monday 13 May 2024

As summer approaches, bass-baritone Dingle Yandell joins Netty in the fields of Glyndebourne for the latest episode.
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #51: OAE Head of Digital Zen Grisdale

Thursday 18 April 2024

OAE’s Head of Digital Zen Grisdale spills the tea as he joins Netty in the latest episode.
Cover page of the manuscript of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in the composers own hand
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  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

The Whole World is an Enigma.

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Secret themes, lost manuscripts, broken celebrity crushes… we explore the myriad ways that the music in our 2024/25 season teases us and why that is part of the thrill.
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  • History and Theory of Music

What is chamber music?

Monday 12 August 2019

The term 'chamber' is often used to describe bands of various sizes, from string quartets to medium-sized orchestras.

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