What is a Cantata?
Friday 19 July 2019
What is a Cantata? Our Principal Keyboard Steven Devine explains...
Why is it Called the Surprise Symphony? The Secret of Haydn's Success
Monday 22 July 2019
Haydn's Surprise Symphony isn't just one dramatic moment.
The Birth of the Symphony
Monday 12 August 2019
Dr Robert Samuels, Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open University, explains how the symphony came to be.
Illustrated Theory of Music: What are Barlines?
Tuesday 21 July 2020
In this episode, our double bass Cecelia Bruggemeyer tells us all about barlines, using some drinks from behind her bar...
Introducing the Illustrated Theory of Music
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Welcome to the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's, 'Illustrated Theory of Music'.
Illustrated Theory of Music: Appoggiatura
Tuesday 21 July 2020
In this episode, oboe Leo Duarte ventures through the history of the Appoggiatura and the many disagreements and confusion that it has caused along the way!
Illustrated Theory of Music: Hemiola
Thursday 23 July 2020
Debbie Diamond talks us through what a hemiola is.
Bruno Weil on Mozart and Beethoven
Wednesday 15 September 2021
Blog written by Victor Smart.
The Euros 1683: England 1-0 Italy
Wednesday 22 September 2021
As the Restoration flourished an intriguing contest took place between the continental composers that the new King brought over to England and the home-grown talent who had by now recovered from 18 years under Cromwell’s Commonwealth.
