Songs of Travel: 2022/23 Southbank Centre Season
BOOKING INFORMATION
Priority Booking for Friends & Patrons of the OAE for all concerts is now open.
General Booking for concerts between October 2022 and January 2023 opens on Thursday 5 May. Concerts from February 2023 onwards will be on sale in the autumn.
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"I readily believe that there are more invisible than visible Natures in the universe. But who will explain for us the family of all these beings, and the ranks and relations and distinguishing features and functions of each? What do they do? What places do they inhabit? The human mind has always sought the knowledge of these things, but never attained it."
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Wed 5 Oct | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallSamuel Taylor Coleridge's wild epic poem is (re)mixed with music by Henry Purcell to create an immersive journey through calm seas, auspicious gales and supernatural elements.
The Moon Hares
Wed 2 Nov | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallThe Moon Hares is a magical opera for young families commissioned and created by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with original music by James Redwood alongside sections from Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, Dioclesian.
Saint-Saëns: Sounds for the End of a Century
Thu 26 Jan 2023 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival HallFrom an image of the earth being set on fire to the blazing organ chords of Symphony No 3, rediscover the work of Camille Saints-Saëns, the original French master of colour.
Handel Around the World
Wed 1 Feb 2023 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallJourney around the world as imagined by Handel through a selection of arias from his operas and oratorios.
Bach in excelsis: The Mass in B Minor
Sun 19 Mar 2023 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival HallCzech harpsichordist Vaclav Luks makes his debut with the OAE and at the Southbank Centre with a fresh chamber interpretation of Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor.
Mozart On The Road: Part 1
Wed 5 Apr 2023 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallIt’s 1784. Mozart is at the peak of his fame. His Vienna concerts are sell outs while a Mozart premiere is the must have for the modern city. Hear three works from this remarkable year with soloist Kristian Bezuidenhout.
Mozart On The Road: Part 2
Thu 18 May 2023 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallAll the composers featured in tonight’s programme left home to find their own voices. Directed by Ricardo Minasi, each of the four pieces tell a story of how CPE Bach, JC Bach and Mozart became agents of change in their new havens.
Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant
Wed 7 – Thu 8 Jun 2023 London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallFor our season finale we venture to the semi-fictional world of Princess Ida, for conductor John Wilson’s fresh take on Gilbert & Sullivan’s thorny 1884 comic opera.
