In the Green Room: Karen Robinson pics, part 1
A while back, photographer Karen Robinson was commissioned by Southbank Centre to take pictures of the Resident Orchestras and their major artists, with a view to using the images for the Southbank...
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There's nothing interesting happening today
At lunchtime today my colleague Megan produced 10 metres of hand-made bunting from her bag (as you do). We were all pretty impressed with it and immediately started to put it up in the office. While we...
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In rehearsal with Roy Goodman and Robin Ticciati
A few pictures snapped by our Intern Georgina of the OAE in rehearsal last week with two conductors – Roy Goodman rehearsing us at the Queen Elizabeth Hall for that evening’s performance of Mozart,...
View ArticleMessiah in rehearsal
Here’s a clip we posted online on Facebook a little while back but it’s only just made it onto our website, we’ve had such a backlog of things to blog about! Anyway, it’s some rather rough and ready...
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Romeo & Juliet in rehearsal
Taken us a while to put these up…but cast your mind back about 2 months and we were playing Berlioz’s huge Romeo & Juliet. Here are some pictures of us in rehearsal with OAE Principal Artist Sir...
View ArticleIn rehearsal for The Night Shift
Here’s a rare bit of rehearsal footage – filmed at the weekend before the Orchestra went off on tour. In it, Sir Simon Rattle rehearses the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Debussy’s Prélude à...
View ArticlePierre-Laurent Aimard on Ravel’s piano concerto for the left hand
Ahead of tonight’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall here’s a video we filmed during rehearsal last weekend, in which Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks about Ravel’s dark and war-tinged Piano Concerto for...
View ArticleWatch the OAE rehearse Schubert Symphony No.9
Our intrepid cameraman Zen ventured out to the wilds of Hammersmith this morning to capture the OAE at work, rehearsing Schubert’s Symphony No.9. After a bit of editing back in the office the result is...
View ArticleBoyce’s Solomon – in rehearsal
A peek behind the scenes during rehearsals for Boyce’s Solomon – a Serenata. Wildly popular in its day, Boyce’s Solomon even eclipsed Handel’s Messiah in the popularity stakes. However…it’s libretto...
View ArticleIn rehearsal: Sir Roger Norrington conducts Berlioz
Last autumn we went on tour with our Emeritus Conductor Sir Roger Norrington, with some pretty unusual repertoire for us – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Indeed, this was only the second time we...
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