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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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  • Composers

Composing from the Old World to the New

Tuesday 26 March 2024

We explore the challenges faced by composers such as Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninov and Edvard Grieg as they transitioned from traditional to modern music in a changing world.
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  • Composers

Resurrecting Bach's Easter Oratorio

Tuesday 27 February 2024

We explore Bach's Easter Oratorio shedding light on the tensions and triumphs of his musical journey.
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  • OAE Musicians
  • Playlists

The C90: Sounds of 2024

Friday 22 December 2023

A playlist highlighting the music and musicians that we'll be bringing to the stage in 2024... and maybe a teaser or two.
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #47: Guy and Hugh Cutting

Wednesday 20 December 2023

In the latest episode, we bring you a Christmas treat of not just one but two Cuttings in a sibling special with Guy Cutting (tenor) and Hugh Cutting (countertenor).
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  • Podcasts
  • Tea with Netty

Tea with Netty #46: Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen

Monday 13 November 2023

In this episode, OAE Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen joins Netty for tea and chats.
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  • Artists
  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music

The Underrated Giant: Talking about Mendelssohn with Sir András Schiff

Wednesday 3 April 2024

Jessica Duchen sat down with András Schiff to talk about composer Felix Mendelssohn.
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  • Artists
  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music

Sir András Schiff on Schumann and Mendelssohn

Thursday 8 May 2025

Jessica Duchen sat down with András Schiff to talk about composers Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn.
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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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  • Education

The Education Diaries: March 2025

Monday 24 March 2025

Last month, our musicians performed an incredible 10 concerts for children in schools and concert venues across London in 5 days. 
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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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