2015-2016 concert diary
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CONCERT 1
CONCERT 5
BOSTRIDGE SINGS HANDEL
COMPULSIVE LYRES AND FOWL PLAY
Wednesday 14 October 2015 St John’s, Smith Square
Sunday 14 February 2016 Royal Festival Hall
Telemann Suite in F for two horns and strings Telemann Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt Telemann So stehet ein Berg Gottes from Der Tod Jesu Handel Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 5 Handel Scherza infida from Ariodante Handel Love sounds th’alarm from Acis and Galatea Handel Silete Venti Handel Selection from Water Music
Haydn Symphony No. 83 in G minor, La Poule Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp Chevalier de Saint-Georges Overture L’Amant anonime Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D
Steven Devine director Ian Bostridge tenor
CONCERT 2
SCHIFF’S SCHUMANN Tuesday 10 November 2015 Royal Festival Hall Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Scottish Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Sir András Schiff conductor/piano
CONCERT 3
Sir Roger Norrington conductor Lisa Beznosiuk flute Frances Kelly harp
CONCERT 6
BACH, SECULAR AND SACRED Thursday 10 March 2016 St John’s, Smith Square Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42 Bach Mass in G minor, BWV 235 (Lutheran Mass No. 3) Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 Bach Mass in G, BWV 236 (Lutheran Mass No. 4) John Butt director David Blackadder trumpet Rachel Beckett recorder
CONCERT 7
BACH’S DOUBLE, BACH’S SINGLE
MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO.2, RESURRECTION
Tuesday 24 November 2015 St John’s, Smith Square
Tuesday 12 April 2016 Royal Festival Hall
Bach Concerto for violin in E Vivaldi Concerto for two violins in G minor Op. 3 No. 2 Pisendel Violin Concerto in G minor Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor Vivaldi Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor from La Stravaganza, Op.4 Telemann Concerto for four violins in G major Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor
Mahler Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Rachel Podger director/violin Kati Debretzeni, Margaret Faultless, Matthew Truscott violins
SIR SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS BRUCKNER
CONCERT 4
MARIN, MADNESS AND MUSIC
Part of the Altered Minds weekend. Saturday 6 February 2016 Royal Festival Hall Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Rhenish Marin Alsop conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Vladimir Jurowski conductor Adriana Kucerova soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Chorus
CONCERT 8
Friday 22 April 2016 Royal Festival Hall Brahms Tragic Overture Rott Scherzo from Symphony No.1 in E Bruckner Symphony No. 6 Sir Simon Rattle conductor
CONCERT 9
WINDS OF CHANGE Saturday 7 May 2016 St John’s, Smith Square Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat Michael Gordon Bassoon Concerto (world premiere) Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Matthew Truscott director/violin Peter Whelan bassoon Antony Pay clarinet
ALSO COMING UP IN OUR BIRTHDAY SEASON
THE WORKS
Our guided tour of the classics returns, with concert details announced soon.
THE NIGHT SHIFT
Celebrating 10 years of ditching the classical rules, our late-night series will be back with more events.
OAE TOTS
Commission supported by the Mark Williams Foundation.
Our series for the very youngest of music lovers.
CONCERT 10
Our two study events this season will look at Mahler and Paris in the Classical era.
30TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: DER FREISCHUTZ Tuesday 7 June 2016 Royal Festival Hall Weber Der Freischütz (semi-dramatised performance) Sir Mark Elder conductor David Pountney text and translation Cast includes: Rachel Willis-Sørensen Agathe Brindley Sherratt Hermit Wyn Pencarreg Cuno All concerts start at 7pm (apart from 14 February which starts at 7.30pm), and are preceded by a free OAE Extras event at 5.45pm (6.15pm 14 February). Some concerts will also feature an Aftershow event featuring artists from the performance.
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