Max Explains...Where We Play
Monday 12 August 2019
Our Principal Viola, Max Mandel, takes us on a tour of some of London's historic concert venues, from the Southbank Centre to The George Tavern.
The Birth of the Symphony
Monday 12 August 2019
Dr Robert Samuels, Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open University, explains how the symphony came to be.
Introducing Beethoven's Contrabassoon
Monday 12 August 2019
David Chatterton introduces the contrabassoon as heard in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Haydn's Creation.
Introducing Beethoven's Flute
Saturday 1 February 2020
Our principal flute, Lisa Beznosiuk, teaches us about the development of the flute, and explains why Beethoven played such a key role in these changes.
Introducing the Baroque contrabassoon
Thursday 10 October 2019
David Chatterton introduces the Baroque contrabassoon created for the first performances of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Introducing the Viola da Gamba
Friday 18 October 2019
Our Principal cello, Jonathan Manson, introduces us to the Viola da Gamba, or the Bass Viol as it is known in English.
Introducing the Oboe D'amore
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Alexandra Bellamy introduces us to the oboe d'amore.
Introducing the Hurdy Gurdy
Thursday 21 May 2020
OAE's Adrian Woodward introduces us to the Hurdy Gurdy
Introducing the Baroque Spoons
Thursday 23 July 2020
A quick history of the baroque era's most under-appreciated instrument by John-Henry Baker, OAE Principal Spoon Player.
Why we covered our singer in body paint for our newest genre-bending Purcell music video
Thursday 6 May 2021
In our latest genre-bending music video, we remade Gotye's hit music video 'Somebody that I used to know'.
