Tea with Netty #47: Guy and Hugh Cutting
Wednesday 18 September 2024
The Cutting siblings, Guy (tenor) and Hugh (countertenor) touch base with Netty in her lair (hotel room) during the Christmas Oratorio tour. There are talks of chaotic travelling, funny audience encounters, an unusual request for a Sony Ericsson charger and many more amusing stories.
Tea with Netty #46: Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen
Wednesday 18 September 2024
In this episode, OAE Principal Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen joins Netty for tea and chats. She recalls her first encounters with the oboe at a Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, where she discovered the joy of Bach's chorales in the Christmas Oratorio and the energetic oboe parts. You can catch her performing and experience the same musical delights in our upcoming concerts with Masaaki Suzuki. Also, find out how to fit 3 cellos, violas, flutes, and a family in one car.
Reimagining Fanny Mendelssohn's Das Jahr
Friday 12 April 2024
Why have we commissioned four women composers to write original pieces inspired by Fanny Mendelssohn's piano cycle Das Jahr?
Tea with Netty #53: Conductor Constantin Trinks
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Conductor Constantin Trinks, who makes his Festival debut conducting Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the OAE, joins Netty for tea and a chat. He discusses his musical influences and shows a special fondness for certain composers such as Wagner, Strauss, and especially Wagner!
Tea with Netty #52: Bass-baritone Dingle Yandell
Wednesday 18 September 2024
As summer approaches, bass-baritone Dingle Yandell joins Netty in the fields of Glyndebourne for the latest episode. They have compelling conversations, from his discovery of British novelty pop act Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers to sharing experiences of music college auditions and there are revelations behind the meaning of names.
The Whole World is an Enigma.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Secret themes, lost manuscripts, broken celebrity crushes… we explore the myriad ways that the music in our 2024/25 season teases us and why that is part of the thrill.
