Your favourite band
We’re delighted to be featured in The Guardian’s online ‘all your favourite bands’ advent calendar today – it’s quite nice to be classified as a ‘band’! The post Your favourite band appeared first on...
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Gaffer tape pics – No.10
Today we feature Matthew Truscott, violin and Tom Dunn, viola. The post Gaffer tape pics – No.10 appeared first on Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
View ArticleAn impromptu violin lesson in Modena
Members of the Orchestra are currently in Modena, Italy – we’re there with the London Sinfonnietta, giving a performance of Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I have Seen. Principal Flute Lisa Beznosiuk...
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An impromptu violin lesson in Modena – update!
Some of you may have missed the comment on the post below from Principal Double Bass Chi-chi, so here it is – complete with some pictures of the violin lesson! “It was a great night out. Marco came to...
View ArticleViolin
What makes the OAE a ‘period instrument orchestra’ is that the players use either original instruments or copies of original instruments from the Age of the Enlightenment (17th/18th centuries). This...
View ArticleKati Debretzeni: Speed Interview
On Friday this week, we’ll be celebrating three musical superstars in our Papa Haydn and his Wife concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. We caught up with one of the OAE leaders, Kati Debretzeni, who’ll...
View ArticleRachel Podger and the OAE
Rachel Podger first started dabbling with Baroque performance techniques by having lessons ‘on the quiet’. Though nobody knew she was at it, she was soon noticed for her talents – winning the solo...
View ArticleMatthew Truscott
Matthew is one of the Orchestras four ‘leaders’ – the violinist closest to the conductor, who acts as a kind of ‘No.2′ after the conductor. Outside of the UK, the leader is referred to as a ‘concert...
View ArticleThe evolution of the violin bow
OAE violinist, Henrietta Wayne, gives us an insight into the history of the violin bow, from the 1500s to today. Watch the video to find out about what a violin frog is and how you can make your own...
View ArticleNot all tours are the same…
Not all tours are the same… …so we found out when OAE violinist Susie Carpenter-Jacobs went behind the scenes for us back in May, when we took our Bostridge sings Bach concert on tour to Warsaw,...
View ArticlePlayer Profile – Alison Bury
In this, the first of two short films, Principal Violinist Alison Bury talks to Jon Jacob about her life and career. The post Player Profile – Alison Bury appeared first on Orchestra of the Age of...
View ArticleAlison Bury: Her Instrument
In the second of two short films, lead Violinist Alison Bury talks to Jon Jacob about instrument. The post Alison Bury: Her Instrument appeared first on Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Current Distractions
In this week’s edition of Current Distractions, a very famous violin, a quiz on Modern Art, a study into success and some very old cars. While some of the things you see might be fake, the people are...
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Current Distractions
In this week’s Current Distractions – surreal dogs, fun chocolate and a dormant crust of planetary mass that hasn’t spewed out anything hot in years. Charles Saatchi Charles Saatchi is selling Tracy...
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Current Distractions
You may have read some blog posts recently about the departure of Matt, who was the most frequent compiler of Current Distractions. He has now left the building (in a literal rather than figurative...
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Keeping it Vague
This week’s Keeping it Vague (and probably the majority of future editions) comes courtesy of Charles Lewis, our new Marketing and Press Officer. Expect video games, fashion and rubbish off the street....
View ArticleMargaret Faultless
The violinist Margaret Faultless is one of the OAE’s four leaders and regularly directs the orchestra. She also plays a significant role in our education programme for young professionals by directing...
View ArticleMargaret Faultless
The violinist Margaret Faultless is one of the OAE’s four leaders and regularly directs the orchestra. We’re pretty thrilled to have her as part of our band, and she’ll be playing at The Night Shift on...
View ArticleVibrato with Julia Kuhn
Go and see a modern orchestra and you’ll notice they’re all using vibrato. Go and see the OAE and things might not be quite the same. Why use vibrato? And why do we only use it sometimes? Taking a...
View ArticleBBC Embedded composer Matthew Kaner on his new piece for The Night Shift
“On the baroque violin the open strings have a really warm sound.. ..with the gut strings, it’s really beautiful.” In his studio in east London, composer Matthew Kaner tells us about his experience...
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