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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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Performing Beethoven's Symphony No.8 from First Edition Parts

Friday 22 November 2013

Leader Margaret Faultless talks about performing Beethoven's Symphony No.8 from the first edition parts.
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  • Instruments
  • OAE Musicians

How to Make a Hosepipe Horn

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Horn player Martin Lawrence demonstrates how to make a working horn using just a hosepipe and a few other household bits.
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  • Composers
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The Four Seasons with Kati Debretzeni, pt 3: In Depth

Friday 10 February 2017

The third of four films by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
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The Four Seasons with Kati Debretzeni, pt 4: In Depth

Saturday 11 February 2017

The final film by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
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Look! No Conductor!

Thursday 16 February 2017

We spoke to our Leader, Kati Debretzeni, about how it is to perform without a conductor.
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  • The Night Shift

Mozart's Horn Quintet, 1st Movement (on a hosepipe horn) | The Night Shift

Monday 8 May 2017

Horn player Martin Lawrence performs Mozart's Horn Quintet on a hosepipe horn, while it crowd-surfs at The Night Shift in Islington.
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Introducing the Baroque Violin

Thursday 25 May 2017

Violin Huw Daniel reveals some of the ways the baroque instrument is different from the modern one.
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  • OAE Musicians

Introducing the Piccolo Violin

Friday 2 June 2017

Take a violin, shrink it and tune it up a minor third. Violin Huw Daniel introduces the piccolo violin.
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Roger Montgomery on the Horn in Mahler 2

Tuesday 26 April 2016

Our Principal Horn Roger Montgomery demonstrates two of the different horns musicians were playing during the period Mahler was composing.
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The Four Seasons with Kati Debretzeni, pt 2: In Depth

Thursday 9 February 2017

The second of four films by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

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