Dido's Lament but backwards and with BMXers
Monday 8 March 2021
In our latest digital adventure, we play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music video 'The Scientist', with Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas. The result is a modern-day drama, recorded around London.
Exploring Beethoven's fortepiano
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Pianist and OAE Ambassador Cyrill Ibrahim travels to the Netherlands to get up close with the fortepiano that Sir Andras Schiff performs Beethoven's concertos on with us.
Saint-Saëns: The Man and His Music
Friday 13 January 2023
How well do we know Camille Saint-Saëns? Steven Isserlis and musicologist Flora Willson dig beneath the historical layers to reveal the real picture of this remarkable musician and polymath.
Evolution of the Timpani - Part 1: Introducing the Baroque Timpani
Friday 19 August 2022
In the first episode of Evolution of the Timpani Adrian Bending, our principal timpani, traces how the instrument evolved through the baroque period.
Jürgen Krauss from the Great British Bake Off Introduces the Stadtpfeiffer
Friday 19 August 2022
In the first episode of Evolution of the Timpani Adrian Bending, our principal timpani, traces how the instrument evolved through the baroque period.
Juggling flutes... almost literally.
Thursday 28 March 2024
Lisa Beznosiuk, our principal flute, gives us a quick insight into the instruments she is currently using.
