A very special season finale marks the 250th anniversary of the death of one of Britain's most phenomenal…

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (BWV 100) is a remarkable cantata that was probably performed at a…

The cantata ‘Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit’ begins the new year with vigorous resolve. Inspired by…

We return to Weimar in December 1715 where, praise be, music was allowed during advent unlike Leipzig.

A cantata composed in late 1715 for the court in Weimar and the inside track on how astrophotographers…

Bach, the Universe and Everything continues its journey through Bach's church cantatas exploring the final frontier as it…

Figaro and friends head to the Royal Albert Hall for a concert performance of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera…

“Today you will hear a real piece!” So declared Brahms to his companion of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto before attending what we believe was his last concert, which also included his own Fourth Symphony. Two good friends of the OAE, Steven Isserlis and Maxim Emelyanychev, join for the finale of our season in celebration the OAE’s 40th Anniversary.

Sir Simon Rattle commands a cast of fantastical characters in a double bill of symphonies. Berlioz’s powerful, poetic music sets visions whirling of wandering poets, enchanting women, shepherds, an execution procession and witches.

On a popular chat show a great maritime explorer is interviewed about his life at sea and, most importantly, his new discovery... a hitherto unknown island in the middle of the Pacific.