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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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The dancers and OAE musicians being applauded by an audience after a performance of Breaking Bach at ENB studios in October 2023
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  • Acland Burghley
  • Artists
  • support
  • Supporters

Become an Executive Producer

Sunday 1 June 2025

Help us capture the brilliance of Breaking Bach for TV
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Musical Connections: Arts for Impact Campaign

Friday 7 March 2025

We're participating in the Arts for Impact campaign from Tuesday 18 – Tuesday 25 March (noon)
  • Acland Burghley
  • Education
  • Supporters

Dreamchasing Young Producers

Friday 6 December 2024

A note from our CEO Crispin Woodhead on the Dreamchasing Young Producers
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  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

5 Things to Know About Bach and The Brandenburg Concertos

Friday 1 November 2024

Are the Brandenburg Concertos peak Bach?
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  • Interview
  • OAE Musicians

Take a Beat Series 1

Friday 4 July 2025

We've been working on a new series, 'Take a Beat', where we chat with the wonderful people who make the music of the OAE.
  • Interview

Speed Interview - Shelley von Strunckel

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Ahead of an Insight Club in 2013 about The Magic Flute, we chatted to astrologist and OAE enthusiast Shelley von Strunckel about Mozart, mysticism and The Matrix…
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  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music

Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks: Shock and Awe

Wednesday 21 August 2013

George Frideric Handel is best known for restoring English music to its’ highly respected and acclaimed position, following years of compositional drought after the death of Purcell in 1695.
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  • OAE Musicians

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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  • Composers

10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Franz Schubert

Friday 22 July 2016

Some little known facts about the great Austrian composer and his vast collection of work.
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  • Composers

Introducing... Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799)

Saturday 27 August 2016

A short introduction to the composer, conductor and virtuoso violinist, who was born in 1745 in the Caribbean, the son of a French aristocrat and his wife's African slave.

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