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The Masaaki Suzuki Interview
Thu 23 NovAhead of our performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Masaaki Suzuki we sat down for a chat with the conductor.
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TEA WITH NETTY #46: Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen
Mon 13 NovIn this episode, OAE Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen joins Netty for tea and chats. She recalls her first encounters with the oboe at a Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, where she discovered the joy of Bach's chorales in the Christmas Oratorio and the energetic oboe parts. You can catch her performing and experience the same musical delights in our upcoming concerts with Masaaki Suzuki. Also, find out how to fit 3 cellos, violas, flutes, and a family in one car.
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Christmas time, cantatas and wine.
Mon 6 NovChristmas wasn't all stollen and Glühwein for an 18th Century town music director. Joanna Wyld investigates the tensions smouldering below the surface in Bach's Leipzig.
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17,967 reasons to be cheerful
Wed 25 OctWe’ve just released our 2022/23 ‘Annual Review’ of our Education work. Discover the impact we’ve been having from Durham to Plymouth.
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TEA WITH NETTY #45: MICHAEL CHANCE
Mon 16 OctIn the latest Tea with Netty episode countertenor extraordinaire Michael Chance, who is currently running The Grange Festival and other music projects, shares his journey as a singer and teacher. He tells fun stories which include singing in mid-air to performing opera in Superman and other questionable costumes, guaranteed to bring plenty of giggles!
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THE LIGHT OF SPAIN
Thu 5 OctFind out more about Cristobal de Morales, whose motets we will be exploring in our 2023/24 season of Bach, the Universe and Everything.
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TEA WITH NETTY #44: CLAIRE HOLDEN
Mon 11 SepJoining Netty in the latest episode is Claire Holden, who has been an OAE violinist for over 20 years and is also an academic researcher who has led two major Arts and Humanities Research Council projects, as well as being a teacher and consultant on performance practices in the 19th Century.
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TEA WITH NETTY #43: VÁCLAV LUKS
Thu 10 AugJoining Netty in the latest episode is Václav Luks, who is currently conducting Handel's Semele with the OAE at Glyndebourne. We travel back in time with Václav to an era when libraries and photocopy machines were the norm. He shares his passion for mountaineering, survival instincts, and taking a leap of faith in the Baroque world.
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