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Bach, the Universe and Everything podcast
Sat 1 Dec 2018Lots of you have been asking for a listen again option for our Bach, the Universe and Everything series at Kings Place, so here it is!
See moreFurther listening: Simone Jandl
Sun 11 Nov 2018So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.
See moreRehearsing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Fri 9 Nov 2018Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.
See more2018-19 season trailer | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Fri 2 Nov 2018Individual or society? Head or heart? Conform or rebel? These questions about how to live a good life were as vital during the Enlightenment as they are now. They inspired the music in our 2018-19 season.
See moreWhy Are We So Obsessed With Sending Music Into Space? | Dallas Campbell
Wed 10 Oct 2018Broadcaster Dallas Campbell explores the long history of speculating what aliens would make of music, which culminated in the Golden Record sent out on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977.
See moreTen minutes with a music librarian
Thu 23 Aug 2018What does a music librarian in an orchestra do? We delved into the video vault and found this interview with our Librarian Colin Kitching.
See moreVierdanck | The Night Shift
Fri 25 May 2018Our performance of Vierdanck's Capriccio for 3 violins at The Night Shift in Shadwell.
See moreMozart Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo – on the Natural Horn
Sun 15 Apr 2018Watch our Principal Horn, Roger Montgomery, perform the Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto No.4 on a natural horn.
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