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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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Double Bass Bow: French or German?

Monday 13 November 2017

Double bass Margaret Urquhart shows how the German bow makes Handel's fast and frantic string-crossings possible.

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The Whole World is an Enigma.

Wednesday 17 April 2024, 2:55pm

Secret themes, lost manuscripts, broken celebrity crushes… we explore the myriad ways that the music in our 2024/25…

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"This bow still remains 'springy' after about 200 years or so."

Margaret Urquhart, Double bass

A student participating in an open workshop with violinist Matthew Truscott and other members of the OAE
Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki conducts the OAE with singer Florian Stortz
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