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TEA WITH NETTY #39: DAME EMMA KIRKBY

TEA WITH NETTY #39: DAME EMMA KIRKBY

Soprano and early music specialist Dame Emma Kirkby joins Netty for a cuppa, taking us back to her earliest career moments. From learning Latin to performing and teaching opera, she talks about the approaches to singing baroque music and has been an inspirational figure to many other sopranos.

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Introducing our next Rising Stars of the Enlightenment

Introducing our next Rising Stars of the Enlightenment

Meet our new cohort of six singers joining our Rising Stars of the Enlightenment scheme. Initiated in 2017, Rising Stars of the Enlightenment is a two-year programme for emerging singers as part of our broader commitment to investing in the talents of the future

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Bach’s Mass in B Minor in New Colours

Bach’s Mass in B Minor in New Colours

In a blog taken from the notes to accompany his 2013 recording of the Mass in B Minor, Václav Luks writes about how he sought to strip away decades and centuries of performance traditions to rediscover the work for himself.

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Assembling the Mass in B Minor

Assembling the Mass in B Minor

In her second blog, Joanna Wyld puts together the pieces of the jigsaw that were to become the magnificent Mass in B Minor we know today.

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TEA WITH NETTY #38: OAE LEADER MATTHEW TRUSCOTT

TEA WITH NETTY #38: OAE LEADER MATTHEW TRUSCOTT

OAE leader Matthew Truscott joins Netty for tea and takes us on a (boat) ride through his musical career, reminisces about long-standing OAE friendships and recalls a startling find under the house.

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Journey’s End

Journey’s End

Joanna Wyld explores the two great journeys of Bach's life and how travel may have inspired him more than we think.

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TEA WITH NETTY #37: SOPRANO JULIA DOYLE

TEA WITH NETTY #37: SOPRANO JULIA DOYLE

One of OAE’s favourite sopranos, Julia Doyle, joins Netty for tea in this jam-packed episode of unusual vocal exercises to the perils of playing the viola and keeping a tortoise in the fridge.

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Dreamchasing Foundation to support Young Producers programme

Dreamchasing Foundation to support Young Producers programme

Find out how we're powering up our mentoring programme with support from F1 legend Ron Dennis’ charity.

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