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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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  • Education

The Education Diaries: January 2026

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Last month, our musicians were on the move, performing for children in schools and concert venues in and around London. Here's a rundown of what our Education team got up to:
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  • Education

The Education Diaries

Monday 10 June 2024

How many concerts can the OAE do in 2 ½ days?
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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  • Composers

Mozart's World: The Last Symphonies

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Robert Samuels, Senior Music Lecturer at The Open University explores Mozart's final trilogy of symphonies.
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The Fairy Queen: Three Wishes - Arts for Impact Campaign

Thursday 5 March 2026

We're participating in the Arts for Impact campaign from Tuesday 17 - Tuesday 24 March (midday)
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  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music

Bach's soulful Passion

Thursday 5 March 2026

To butcher the Oscar Wilde quote: to write one extraordinary Passion may be regarded as a miracle, to…
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  • Education

"I really like music now"

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Every year, we offer three educational programme strands to our partner schools across London. Each involves teacher training, in-school workshops and a final concert in which children become active participants, joining in with songs, actions and body percussion. In this, our 40th Anniversary Season, we have been revisiting favourite concerts from the Orchestra’s archive.

St John Passion: Texts and Translation

Thursday 26 March 2026

Tonight's performance of St John Passion will be sung in German with surtitles in English. You can also…

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