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TEA WITH NETTY #33: CHERRY FORBES, OAE EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Our beloved Education Director, Cherry Forbes, traces back to her musical roots and shares her inspirational journey that has shaped OAE's extraordinary Education programme today.

A Fascination with the Stars: Q&A with Stuart Clark

Storm and Stress

Richard Bratby takes a look beneath the tumultuous surface of Haydn's Symphony No. 44 and the so-called 'Nelson' Mass, which are paired together in our concert at Kings Place on 30 September.

From ancient ballads: putting Coleridge and Purcell together

Katharina Spreckelsen explains why we've put together a composer and a poet who live over a hundred years apart.

TEA WITH NETTY #32: SOPRANO ROWAN PIERCE

Fresh from playing Oberto in Alcina at Glyndebourne, our Rising Star Rowan Pierce talks to Netty about formative influences, preparing for roles and unusual jobs.

The C90: Sound the Trumpets!

10 September marked Henry Purcell’s birthday (roughly). So we've decided to celebrate this greatest of English composers with a playlist.

Jürgen Krauss from the Great British Bake Off Introduces the Stadtpfeiffer

In the first episode of Evolution of the Timpani Adrian Bending, our principal timpani, traces how the instrument evolved through the baroque period.

Tea with Netty #31: conductors Ben Glassberg and Chloe Rooke

Netty sits down for a cuppa with not just one but two fantastic young conductors - Ben Glassberg and Chloe Rooke.