A night at the classical 'Oscars'
Last night my colleague Ceri Jones and I got glammed up and went along to the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, held at The Dorchester on Park Lane. The RPS awards are known as the classical...
View ArticleBeethoven 9 reviews
Here’s a selection of reviews from our recent performance of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Royal Festival Hall with conductor Ilan Volkov (who stepped in for Sir Charles Mackerras at the last...
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Will’s asked me to write a few lines about our Beethoven 9 project (or ‘patch’ as we call it in the office) last month, but I’m not really sure where to start- it was extremely eventful! It started off...
View ArticleSir Charles Mackerras 1925-2010
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Sir Charles Mackerras. Sir Charles Mackerras at the OAE's 21st Birthday Concert, June 2007 One of the OAE’s...
View ArticleBeethoven Symphony No.9 CD
***** “…one of the most thrilling Beethoven interpretations I have ever heard.” - ft.com The second CD on our OAE RELEASED label is a live recording from the Edinburgh International Festival, featuring...
View ArticleIntense. Extraordinary. Massive. But boring?! Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
On 4 November we’re collaborating with the Philharmonia Chorus to perform Beethoven’s epic Missa Solemnis in a concert which is given in memory of Sir Charles Mackerras, who was both President of the...
View ArticleRemembering Sir Charles
Back in May at the Queen Elizabeth Hall we performed a concert dedicated to Sir Charles Mackerras – who had worked with us almost since the Orchestras foundation and in latter years had been one of our...
View ArticleBeethoven 9 CD: “Euphoric”
Our recently released CD of Beethoven 9, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, has already been awarded 5 stars by the Financial Times, but we’ve just come across another rather flattering review for it,...
View ArticlePlayer Picks: Beethoven Symphony 7 & Schubert Symphony 9
Ahead of our Gamechangers: Symphonic Greats concert at the Royal Festival Hall we asked OAE players for their recommended recordings of the music featured in the concert – Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 and...
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