Before Shrek and Donkey there was Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Join us on another whirlwind Baroque adventure!

Can you work it out? The brilliant musicians of the OAE need a team of curious young minds to help them solve a musical puzzle.

Wonder meets reason in our season opener. A Bach cantata that bridges worlds, alongside scientific artefacts that reveal how looking beyond our home planet has helped humanity to find its place in the Universe.

Everything falls into place. Gravity. Death. Life. Three forces that shape our existence, yet they remain mysteries we are still trying to understand.

Are you ready? Our Advent edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything asks a timeless question: how do we respond when we are challenged to change and grow?

Everything begins in darkness. “Protect us against war and precarious times” pleads a cantata haunted by suffering and hope. Then we discover how the first light emerged from primordial darkness to shape the universe we inhabit today.

The road stretches into darkness. This month, Bach, the Universe and Everything explores hope in the face of doubt and the remarkable drive of humans to journey beyond our earthly limits.

Darkness. Wonder. Light. Bach's music and atmospheric science come together in an exploration of beauty emerging from uncertainty, and how joy can be found in the darkest places.