OAE 2013-2014 Season brochure

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Introd u ct ion from th e ceo Within the season of concerts that we are proud to present over 2013-2014 there lie many riches, both in terms of the repertoire we will be playing and the conductors and soloists with whom we will be working.

And there is a thread that runs through the entire season that we have entitled Gamechangers, featuring works and composers that were pivotal in shaping music history, breaking the mould of what came before, or laying the foundations for what came after.

William Christie opens the season with a programme of works by the great French iconoclast, Rameau, and his “English” contemporary Handel – an opening event which promises to launch the season in festive style.

Other long-time collaborators in the season are Robert Levin; Sir Mark Elder with whom we present a concert performance of Offenbach’s rarely-heard opera Fantasio; and Sir Simon Rattle who will conduct Haydn’s The Creation in May 2014. The Labèque Sisters return with a programme of French delights including Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, and in March we welcome back for the first time in many years the man who directed the very first concert ever given by the OAE way back in 1986, Sigiswald Kuijken, who will be introducing us to the extraordinary instrument, the “Violoncello da Spalla”, which is essentially a cello played under the chin.

We celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of CPE Bach in a programme conducted by first-time collaborator, Rebecca Miller, and in no fewer than four other concerts we feature the directing and solo talent of our own musicians, with Alison Bury, Margaret Faultless, Matthew Truscott and Steven Devine all directing Baroque and Classical programmes.

The wonderful support the Orchestra receives from you, as Benefactors, Chair Patrons, Friends, Corporate and Trust supporters and as audiences, has never been more important. The Arts Council remains our largest donor, but their grant represents just 7% of our total income. So our future would be much more precarious were it not for you: your support underpins all that we do. Thank you.

There are ways in which we hope you might be able to help us further. Over the coming months, we are going to be in touch to ask if you might be able to enhance your support in order to help us realise this imaginative season of concerts. For those of you attending our concerts, we want to ask if you will consider becoming a regular supporter of the Orchestra for the first time.

Those of you who already support us, we want to ask if you will consider increasing your support to the next level of membership.

With your help, the OAE can keep on doing extraordinary things. To find out more about how you can help, contact my colleague Clare Norburn, Director of Development: clare.norburn@oae.co.uk 020 7239 9381 or visit oae.co.uk/support There is much to enjoy in our concert programmes and so I invite you to join us for another rewarding season of music-making at Southbank Centre.

Stephen Carpenter Chief Executive

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OAE EDUCAT IO N – A Pl ace fo r Chan g e

2013 -201 4 c o n cer ts at So u th bank Centr e Sunday 15 December 2013 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm King of Fools: Offenbach’s Fantasio

Vivaldi La Follia Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G

Adventurous, Wild, Eccentric, Daring, Controversial, Challenging, Individual Startling, Bright, Fresh – are all words we use to describe our season of Gamechangers concerts and words that are also at the heart of OAE EDUCATION. The OAE’s music, ethos and instruments inspire us to design unique projects allowing us to share the music that we love through study and exploration. It is these exciting projects that will form the 2013-2014 Education Season: A Place for Change.

Monday 30 September 2013 Royal Festival Hall, 7PM Gamechangers: Musical Fireworks Rameau Ouverture, Airs pour les Athlètes, Bruit de Guerre, Gravement, Funeral Lament Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux and Menuet from Castor et Pollux Sommeil from Dardanus Règne avec moi, Bacchus from Anacréon Entrée de Polimnie from Les Boréades Je vole, amour from Les Paladins Chaconne from Dardanus Handel Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6 Che sento o Dio and Se Pietà from Giulio Cesare March from Scipione Scoglio d’immota fronte from Scipione Music for the Royal Fireworks

Offenbach Fantasio (UK premiere)

Sigiswald Kuijken director/violoncello da spalla

2013-2014 will see a year of projects in our residency cities exploring opera, variations, oratorios, odes, symphonies, carols, concertos and overtures.

2013-2014 will see us working with thousands of people from ‘Tots to Teenagers to Thoroughbreds’ in London, York, Chesterfield, Chippenham, Plymouth, Bradford on Avon, Suffolk and Norfolk.

2013-2014 will see us working in partnership with Southbank Centre, Wiltshire Music Centre, Orchestras Live, The National Centre for Early Music, Spitalfields Festival, Camden Music, Music First, Wandsworth Music Service, Merton Music Foundation, Chesterfield Borough Council, EastFeast, Plymouth Music Zone, universities across the country and the Brighton Early Music Festival.

Check out what’s on in OAE EDUCATION on our website at oae.co.uk/education or contact the office on 020 7239 9371.

OAE EDUCATION A place to explore, to try out ideas, to excel, to challenge and to exceed expectations.

We hope you can join us!

Cherry Forbes Education Director

William Christie conductor Sandrine Piau soprano

Thursday 31 October 2013 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: Arcangelo Corelli

Handel Overture to Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno Muffatt Passacaglia from Armonico Tributo No. 5 Clare Connors Corelli Leaves (London premiere) Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 8, Christmas Concerto Corelli Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d’Este Handel Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 4 Corelli Trio Sonata, Op. 3 No. 12 Geminiani Concerto Grosso, La Follia

Thursday 30 January 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: A Forgotten Revolutionary CPE Bach Symphony in E flat, Wq.179 Symphony in B minor, Wq.182 No. 5 Concerto in E flat for Harpsichord and Fortepiano, Wq.47 Symphony in A, Wq.182 No. 4 Symphony in D, Wq.183 No. 1 Symphony in F, Wq.183 No. 3 Rebecca Miller conductor Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Danny Driver fortepiano

Thursday 20 February 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm French Fancies Debussy (arr Schoenberg) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Ravel Mother Goose Suite (original version for piano duet)

Alison Bury director/violin

Ibert Divertissement Ravel Introduction and Allegro Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

Tuesday 26 November 2013 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm A Pianistic Partnership

Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos Soloists from the OAE

Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Mendelssohn Concerto in A flat for Two Pianos Schubert Fantasy in F minor for piano duet Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Margaret Faultless director/violin Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang fortepiano

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Sir Mark Elder conductor Soloists includes: Marlis Petersen Elsbeth (La Princesse) Sarah Connolly Fantasio Victoria Simmonds Flamel Robert Murray Marinoni Russell Braun Le Prince Neal Davies Sparck Brindley Sherratt Le Roi Opera Rara Chorus

Tuesday 25 March 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: A Forgotten Cello Corelli Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op. 6, No. 11 Vivaldi Concerto in D for violoncello da spalla, RV404 Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat

Tuesday 8 April 2014 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: Symphonic Greats Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C, Great Semyon Bychkov conductor

Tuesday 6 May 2014 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: Creation Haydn The Creation Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susan Gritton soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Peter Rose baritone Choir of the Enlightenment

Sunday 11 May 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm In The Spirit of Tradition Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6 No. 1 Vivaldi Sinfonia in B minor, Al Santo Sepolcro Sally Beamish Spinal Chords Bach Violin Concerto in A minor Handel Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6 No. 11 Matthew Truscott director/violin Narrator tbc

Thursday 12 June 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm Gamechangers: Mildly Rude?

Handel Overture and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

Handel Chandos Anthem Let God Arise Boyce Solomon – A serenata Steven Devine director Lucy Crowe soprano James Gilchrist tenor Choir of the Enlightenment

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Introd u cin g th e Orch estr a of th e Ag e of En l ig hten m ent We know that when it comes to choosing a concert, there are a lot of other orchestras in London you could go to; and of course a lot of good reasons to just stay at home. So why choose the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment? Well, apart from our rather enticing name we reckon it comes down to three things: Originality, Freshness and Zest.

So, Originality: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (oae) play on original instruments (or copies of them) and in styles appropriate to the age of the music. So you get to hear what Mozart or Beethoven actually intended (or pretty close) rather than a modern version.

Principal Artists: Sir Mark Elder Iván Fischer Vladimir Jurowski Sir Simon Rattle Emeritus Conductors: Frans Brüggen Sir Roger Norrington

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Freshness: the oae isn’t a full-time Orchestra.

We’re not playing 365 days a year and we don’t play Beethoven’s fifth symphony every other month. This means that when we do, we’re really excited and fired up about it. We like to think that this comes across.

Lastly, Zest: this is the X factor. We actually love what we do. How often do you see an Orchestra smile on stage? We do. We’re passionate about our music and want you to be too.

So there you have it. Originality, Freshness and Zest. The last two make us sound a bit like a gin and tonic. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

See you at a concert soon!

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Gamechangers introduction It’s hard to imagine now, looking back at music written 100, 200 or even 300 years ago that it might have been considered daring, controversial or even shocking in its time. But throughout the course of musical history composers have constantly pushed musical boundaries, producing pieces of music that challenged expectations, defied conventions and took music making to a new level.

In this series we’ll be exploring some of these pieces that turned out to be turning points in the history of music, performing them with the authenticity for which the OAE (itself a gamechanger of the classical world) is known and thereby showing with fresh light, insight and passion just why these featured pieces helped shape musical history.

Gamechangers: Series dates 30 September: Musical Fireworks 31 October: Arcangelo Corelli 30 January: A Forgotten Revolutionary 25 March: A Forgotten Cello 8 April: Symphonic Greats 6 May: Creation 12 June: Mildly Rude?

Concert 1: Gamechangers: Musical Fireworks Gamechangers: Study Day Sunday 11 May 2014 Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10.30am & 2pm

Our study day this year focuses on Haydn’s Creation – a pivotal work marking a seismic shift in musical history.

We’ll look at various themes of The Creation, examining the time and place it was written and its effect on music written after it, including performances of musical examples.

We’ll also look at it in relation to other Gamechangers in the series, and their comparative effects on the path of musical history.

Tickets £12 per session £6 concession £4 student Book both parts of the day and save 15%

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Monday 30 September 2013, Royal Festival Hall, 7pm

William Christie

Our new season starts in style with music from England’s favourite adopted composer, George Frideric Handel.

Rameau

While he seems to have attracted a number of less than complimentary comments from fellow composers (Berlioz calling him ‘a barrel of pork and beer’), he’s never been received by anything less than acclaim here in London, with his Royal Fireworks Music remaining a favourite to this day. The rest of the programme features orchestral overtures and arias from French composer and Gamechanger, Jean-Philippe Rameau.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

Free Admission The Gamechangers Series is introduced by players from the OAE.

Ouverture, Airs pour les Athlètes, Bruit de Guerre, Gravement, Funeral Lament Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux and Menuet from Castor et Pollux Sommeil from Dardanus Règne avec moi, Bacchus from Anacréon Entrée de Polimnie from Les Boréades Je vole, amour from Les Paladins Chaconne from Dardanus

Handel

Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6 Che sento o Dio and Se Pietà from Giulio Cesare March from Scipione Scoglio d’immota fronte from Scipione Music for the Royal Fireworks —

William Christie conductor Sandrine Piau soprano Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

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Concert 2: Gamechangers: Arcangelo Corelli —

Concert 3: A Pianistic Partnership

Thursday 31 October 2013 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Alison Bury

In this concert we mark the 300th anniversary of one of the Baroque era’s most important composers, Arcangelo Corelli, with a concert that contains music not just by him but by composers he influenced. The concert includes his popular Christmas Concerto, as well as Geminiani’s maddeningly catchy La Follia variations. Bringing us up to date, and showing Corelli’s influence 300 years on, is a brand new piece by Clare Connors.

Handel Overture to Il Trionfo del Tempo

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Clare Connors introduces her new commission, Corelli Leaves.

e del Disinganno Muffatt Passacaglia from Armonico Tributo No. 5 Clare Connors Corelli Leaves (London premiere) Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 8, Christmas Concerto Corelli Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d’Este Handel Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 4 Corelli Trio Sonata, Op. 3 No. 12 Geminiani Concerto Grosso, La follia —

Alison Bury director/violin

Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

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Tuesday 26 November 2013 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Robert Levin

Tonight’s concert sees one of the Orchestra’s long-time collaborators, the great pianist Robert Levin, return this time with the equally accomplished Ya-Fei Chuang for two works, including Mendelssohn’s elegant Concerto for Two Pianos, written when he was just 14. Also on the programme is Beethoven’s muscular Coriolan overture and his perhaps uncharacteristically light and playful Symphony No. 8, here performed conductor-less and directed instead from the violin.

Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Mendelssohn Concerto in A flat

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Free Admission Introduction and performance by OAE players of excerpts from the quintet arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No.8.

for Two Pianos

Schubert Fantasy in F minor for piano duet

Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F —

Margaret Faultless director/violin Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang fortepianos

Concert finishes at approximately 9.15pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

The Aftershow Join artists after the concert for an informal discussion and Q+A.

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Concert 4: King of Fools: Offenbach’s Fantasio —

Sarah Connolly

Sunday 15 December 2013 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm For this concert, we join forces with Opera Rara to delve into opera’s box of lost masterpieces. Together we present a concert performance of Offenbach’s gem, Fantasio - the story of a young student who pursues his true love against all odds. One of Offenbach’s most daring and innovative operas, Fantasio was a move away from light operetta towards a more romantic style, and is tonight realised by a star cast including Sarah Connolly, conducted by our Principal Artist, Sir Mark Elder.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

Free Admission An introduction to Fantasio.

CD recording to be released in September 2014.

Concert 5: Gamechangers: A forgotten revolutionary —

Mahan Esfahani

Thursday 30 January 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm Offenbach Fantasio (UK premiere) Soloists include:

Marlis Petersen Elsbeth (La Princesse)

Sarah Connolly Fantasio Victoria Simmonds Flamel Robert Murray Marinoni Russell Braun Le Prince Neal Davies Sparck Brindley Sherratt Le Roi Opera Rara Chorus —

Sir Mark Elder conductor Concert Performance in French with English surtitles given in association with Opera Rara Concert finishes at approximately 9.15pm, including interval.

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Avant garde. Eccentric. A maniac. Wild and adventurous. Off the wall. Extraordinary.

No marketing hyperbole - this is how OAE players describe Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach and his music.

One of the many children of his considerably more famous father, JS Bach, CPE Bach is these days an almost unknown figure, at least beyond the classical cogniscenti. How can such an unknown be considered a gamechanger? A listen to his music reveals just why - it constantly shifts, wrongfooting the listener when they least expect it with wild changes of direction and colour. It’s bright, effervescent, and is a fascinating link between the music of his father (and the Baroque era) and Joseph Haydn (and the Classical era). Join us and enjoy the music of this forgotten trailblazer.

CPE Bach Symphony in E flat, Wq.179 Symphony in B minor, Wq.182 No. 5 Concerto in E flat for Harpsichord and Fortepiano, Wq.47 Symphony in A, Wq.182 No. 4 Symphony in D, Wq.183 No. 1 Symphony in F, Wq.183 No. 3

Rebecca Miller conductor Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Danny Driver fortepiano Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Harpsichord vs. Fortepiano in CPE Bach’s music. A talk led by Rebecca Miller with contributions from Mahan Esfahani and Danny Driver.

What the Wq is that?

Don’t be put off by what looks like a lot of Algebra. The Wq numbers alongside the pieces played in tonight's programme are simply a way of classifying and identiying CPE Bach’s musical output – a system devised by Alfred Wotquenne, hence Wq.

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Concert 6: French Fancies

Concert 7: Gamechangers: A Forgotten Cello

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Thursday 20 February 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm This delightful programme, starring charismatic piano duo the Labèque Sisters, will brighten your February. The concert features Ibert’s charming, even frivolous Divertissement and concludes with a piece Saint-Saëns banned during his lifetime for fear it would undermine his reputation as a ‘serious’ composer - The Carnival of the Animals. It has, of course, since become one of his most popular and famous pieces, a wonderful musical menagerie of a lion, hens, tortoises and even a whole aquarium...

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Free Admission Our OAE REMIX ensemble explores the animal world in Biber’s Sonata Representiva.

labèque sisters

Debussy (arr Schoenberg) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Ravel Mother Goose Suite (original version for piano duet) Ibert Divertissement Ravel Introduction and Allegro Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals —

Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos

Soloists from the OAE Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

Sold out concert?

There are always day seats released at 12 noon. See page 18 for details.

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Tuesday 25 March 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Sigiswald Kuijken

Our series looking at turning points in the history of classical music continues with a concert featuring two of Bach’s masterpieces, his Double Violin Concerto and Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 and No. 6. But the real gamechanger on the programme is the rare concerto for the now ‘extinct’ violoncello da spalla (essentially a cello played under one’s chin), a piece which lay forgotten until as recently as 2004.

At this concert it is performed by a gamechanger of a different sort - Sigiswald Kuijken, who directed the OAE’s very first concert 27 years ago.

Corelli Concerto Grosso in B flat,

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Sigiswald Kuijken introduces the Violincello da Spalla.

The Aftershow Join artists after the concert for an informal discussion and Q+A.

Op. 6 No. 11

Vivaldi Concerto in D for violoncello da spalla RV404

Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat

Vivaldi La Follia Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G —

Sigiswald Kuijken director/violoncello da spalla Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

Favourite seats?

Make sure you secure them with priority booking – see page 20.

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Concert 8: Gamechangers: Symphonic Greats —

Concert 9: Gamechangers: Creation

Tuesday 8 April 2014 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm

Semyon Bychkov

Two landmark symphonies make up this Gamechangers concert, which starts with the music of one of the great musical revolutionaries – Beethoven. His compositions, and particularly his symphonies, echoed his era’s prevailing spirit of individualism and freedom. Tonight’s seventh symphony is one of his most daring and explosive, a thrilling musical roller-coaster ride.

Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C, Great

Schubert’s sublime Symphony No. 9 concludes the concert, a piece which bridges the gap between Beethoven and Bruckner. Its ‘Great’ nickname is derived from its size and proportions rather than being a critical judgment, its continued place in musical history and concert programmes being the best proof of its worth and popularity.

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Semyon Bychkov conductor

Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

Special Occasion?

Try a Premium Box Seat – great views, privacy, and a glass of wine! (see page 18 for details)

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Tuesday 6 May 2014 Royal Festival Hall, 7pm Our Principal Artist Sir Simon Rattle returns to his ‘home’ orchestra to conduct Haydn’s masterpiece and musical gamechanger, The Creation. An instant hit at its first performance in both London and Germany, the opening depiction of chaos (together with vivid musical representations of sunrise and leaping lions later in the work) remains one of the most original and startling passages of music from the Baroque era.

Performance will be sung in English.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Chaos to Calm – a performance by our London education ensembles inspired by Haydn’s masterpiece The Creation.

Sir Simon Rattle

Haydn The Creation —

Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susan Gritton soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Peter Rose baritone Choir of the Enlightenment Concert finishes at approximately 9.15pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

Sold out concert?

Follow us on Twitter @theoae to find out when more seats go on sale.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

Free Admission OAE violinist and Beethoven performance practice enthusiast Claire Holden introduces Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

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Concert 10: In the spirit of tradition —

Concert 11: Gamechangers: Mildly Rude?

Sunday 11 May 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Matthew Truscott

Some of the most famous music from the Baroque era rubs shoulders in this concert with a very modern classic, with the return of Sally Beamish’s Spinal Chords. Premiered as part of the London 2012 celebrations, it proved to be an instant success with audiences and critics alike. Set to a text by journalist Melanie Reid, it tells the story of her struggle to overcome disability. The powerful text is underpinned by Sally Beamish’s slowly shifting, constantly evolving, soundworld. Tonight it sits alongside music of an earlier era, including Bach’s bright and fresh Violin Concerto, with our leader Matthew Truscott as soloist.

Corelli Concerto Grosso in D,

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Two years on from its premiere, Sally Beamish reflects on Spinal Chords and its legacy.

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Op. 6 No. 1 Vivaldi Sinfonia in B minor, Al Santo Sepolcro Sally Beamish Spinal Chords Bach Violin Concerto in A minor Handel Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6 No. 11

Matthew Truscott director/violin Narrator tbc

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Thursday 12 June 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Lucy Crowe

We round off our Gamechangers series with music from one of the unsung heroes of British music, William Boyce. His Solomon serenata was as popular as Handel’s Messiah in its time but its lyrics were considered ‘mildly rude’ and too racy for later, more conservative tastes, so it lay virtually unperformed after 1800. We hope that modern audiences prove to be more open-minded…

Handel Overture and Arrival of the

Concert finishes at approximately 9pm, including interval.

OAE Extras at 5.45pm. Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium.

Free Admission Steven Devine introduces the little known composer Boyce, including extracts from chamber music with young performers.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

The Aftershow Join artists after the concert for an informal discussion and Q+A.

Queen of Sheba from Solomon

Handel Chandos Anthem Let God Arise Boyce Solomon – A serenata Steven Devine director Lucy Crowe soprano James Gilchrist tenor Choir of the Enlightenment Concert finishes at approximately 9.15pm, including interval.

Download your free programme at oae.co.uk/programmes or collect a free copy on the night.

Burning questions?

Put them to artists at our free Aftershow events.

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OAE Extras Through our OAE Extras programme you can learn more about the music, instruments, composers and what we believe makes our performances unique.

At every concert there’s a FREE pre-concert talk or performance and in addition several concerts also feature an informal Aftershow event, featuring a relaxed discussion and Q+A with artists out in the bar after the concert.

OAE Extras events offer a great opportunity to find out more about the music and Orchestra. Many of them don’t require any musical knowledge in order to enjoy them, so if you’re new to classical music then look out for this symbol: For more information on OAE Extras, visit our website at oae.co.uk

OAE Tots & Family 2013-2014 OAE TOTS events

Tickets

Story Time!

£9 Adults, £1 tots

Saturday 30 November at 10am & 11.30am

— Animal Time!

Sunday 16 February at 10am & 11.30am

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Book Now 0844 847 9922 southbankcentre.co.uk/oae (Transaction fee applies)

Singing Time!

Sunday 27 April at 10am & 11.30am

Fancy that!

£10 & £12 adults £5 & £6 children

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Plus - there’s jazz in the bar from 7pm and opportunities to meet musicians afterwards. And the early finish means you can have dinner afterwards and not have to rush it beforehand.

Thursday 7 November 2013, 7pm Tickets

A family-friendly concert with the Labèque Sisters and members of the OAE. Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals takes centre stage with its wonderful world of creatures to delight the whole family.

Concert presented by James Redwood.

£25 front stalls £15 rear stalls £2.50 Children (we particularly recommend the event for children over 11)

“Loved it! Great presenters and fascinating insights.”

Audience member after The Works event

OAE Family concert Thursday 20 February 2014, 11.30am Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tickets

For further information, videos and interviews, visit oae.co.uk/theworks

These lively and fun concerts for the very youngest of music lovers are recommended for those aged 2-5 and their friends and families. Children aged less than 2 are also welcome and do not need a ticket, providing they can sit on your lap! All events take place in the Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall and last 45 mins.

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Our new series, The Works returns in 2013-2014 for two events giving you the low-down on selected classical masterpieces in a friendly, relaxed and informative style.In the 80 minute concert, we aim to give you the classical music equivalent of a museum audio-guide, taking you through selected pieces of music step-bystep. After a chance to put your questions to the Orchestra, we’ll perform the music in full.

Book Now 0844 847 9922 southbankcentre.co.uk/oae (Transaction fee applies)

Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Margaret Faultless director/violin Hannah Conway presenter —

Wednesday 19 March 2014, 7pm Vivaldi Concerto in D for violoncello da spalla, RV404 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Sigiswald Kuijken director/violoncello da spalla 17

Booking & Information By telephone 0844 847 9922

(7 days a week 9am – 8pm) £2.75 transaction fee applies for phone, fax and postal bookings, £1.75 for online bookings.

Online southbankcentre.co.uk /oae By post to Southbank Centre Ticket Office,

London se1 8xx By fax 020 7921 0607 In person at Southbank Centre

(no transaction fee) Children for £2.50! Book tickets for children under 18 for just £2.50, anywhere in either hall.

We particularly recommend The Works (page 17) concerts for those aged 11 and up.

Group Bookings We offer a generous 20% discount

for groups of 10 or more, with flexible reservation and payment options, plus your group gets a mention in the programme! For further information or to make a group booking, please call the oae on 020 7239 9374 or email info@oae.co.uk. Group bookings are subject to availability.

Concessions 50% off (limited availability –

jobseekers allowance, income support, 16 and unders, appropriate cards will be checked on admission and discounts cannot be combined). Full-time students should join our special Attitude scheme to get £4 tickets – visit oae.co.uk/attitude.

Access To be eligible for discounted tickets, patrons

with a disability should join Southbank Centre’s free Access List. For a form or further information please call 0871 663 2587, email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk, or visit southbankcentre.co.uk/access.

Day Seats

A number of seats will go on sale at 12 noon on the day of a concert, giving you the opportunity to purchase tickets for a performance even if it has otherwise sold out. Royal Festival Hall concerts: 40 seats at £9; Queen Elizabeth Hall: 20 seats at £9. These seats are sold on a first come, first served basis. Follow us on social media for up to date information on day seats and any other returns for sold-out events.

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Premium Seats

Ticket Pricing & Seating Plans Royal Festival Hall

This year Premium Seats priced at £60 (£70 for 6 May 2014) are available for all concerts in Royal Festival Hall and at £50 for 26 November and 20 February concerts in Queen Elizabeth Hall. These are the very best seats in the halls, with excellent views and acoustics. Please note that series discounts do not apply.

Balcony

£38 Rear Stalls £24 Front Stalls

Premium Box Seats

Make your night really special by booking Premium Box Seats. Priced at £60 (£70 for 6 May) and only available at Royal Festival Hall concerts, these seats offer you the exclusivity of a box, plus the ticket price includes an interval wine reception. Boxes seat 4 and seats are sold individually. Details of the reception will be left on your seat on the night.

Side Stalls Stage Area Choir Stalls

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Waterloo, (Northern, Jubilee, Bakerloo, Waterloo and City lines) and Embankment (District, Circle, Northern and Bakerloo lines).

£38 Rear Stalls

Waterloo, Waterloo East and Charing Cross.

Platform Lift Front Stalls Platform Lift

mailing list Text ‘OAE’ plus your email address

to 81025 to join our mailing list or ring the office on 020 7239 9374.

£24 £9

Car Parking. Southbank Centre Car Parks – Belvedere Road and Hayward Gallery are both open 7am-1am.

Free programmes Programmes are available free for all audience members. Pick a copy up on the night or download a copy in advance from oae.co.uk/programmes.

£9

Boxes

Eating and Drinking A wide range of eating, drinking and shopping options are available at Southbank Centre.

Directions Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall are part of Southbank Centre, on the South Bank of the River Thames.

£60/£70

Platform Lift

Stage Area

£50 premium seats available for selected dates in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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The Night Shift

Friends

Supporters

Our very popular late-night series continues and this year will feature a tour of London pubs as well as gigs outside of London. The hour-long concerts usually start at 10pm and are presented from the stage, and feature live music and DJs in the bar before and after. Please check our website for the latest information on events. oae.co.uk/thenightshift

Get to know us better by becoming an OAE Friend!

Your support will enable us to continue to promote a lively and varied programme of events and concerts over the season, and as a Friend we will enable you to become more closely involved in the life of the Orchestra with opportunities to meet OAE players and staff.

IMPRESARIO CIRCLE Launching in 2013 /2014

Membership of the Friends starts at just £50 a year, or alternatively you can join the Priority Bookers mailing list for £15.

Attitude The OAE’s student scheme, Attitude, continues to be incredibly popular, with over 3,500 students now signed up to the mailing list.

The scheme is free to join and gives students access to discounted tickets and special events, with the occasional free beer thrown in! We are also always looking for Attitude representatives to promote the scheme and the Orchestra across London’s universities and colleges.

To find out more visit oae.co.uk/attitude

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Simply call the OAE office on 020 7239 9382 or visit oae.co.uk/friends

Nigel Jones & Françoise Valat Jones Benefactors Julian & Annette Armstrong Christopher & Lesley Cooke Robert & Laura Cory Selina & David Marks Julian & Camilla Mash Anthony Simpson & Susan Boster Philip & Rosalyn Wilkinson

Public Funding We work closely with Arts Council England and are grateful for their continued support and encouragement.

TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS Andor Charitable Trust The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation Anson Charitable Trust Apax Foundation Aquarius Charitable Foundation Chair Patrons Arts Council England Sir Martin & Lady Smith Leader Mark, Rosamund, Benedict & Emily The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust The Ernest Cook Trust Williams Violin Chair The Coutts Charitable Trust Hugh & Michelle Arthur Edgar E Lawley Foundation Violin Chair The John Ellerman Foundation Bruce Harris Viola Chair Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Sir Vernon & Lady Ellis The Foyle Foundation Co-Principal Viola Dominic & Ali Wallis Continuo Cello The Garfield Weston Foundation Garrick Charitable Trust Felix Appelbe & Lisa Bolgar Smith The Golden Bottle Trust Principal Flute J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust Christopher & Dame Judith The Idlewild Trust Mayhew Jonas Principal Oboe John Lewis Partnership Fraser & Ute Partridge John Lyon’s Charity Sub-Principal Oboe/Cor anglais The Patrick Rowland Foundation Peter & Leanda Englander The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust Principal Clarinet Margaret & Richard Merrell Roger & Pam Stubbs Foundation Sub-Principal Clarinet Professor Richard Portes CBE FBA Marsh Christian Trust Mayor of London’s Fund for Young Principal Bassoon Musicians John & Rosemary Shannon The Mercers’ Charitable Foundation Co-Principal Horn Sir Timothy & Lady Lloyd Keyboard The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement Franz & Regina Etz Lute/Theorbo The Nugee Foundation James Flynn QC Lute/Theorbo Orchestras Live Steve & Joyce Davis The Charles Peel Charitable Trust Orchestra Manager The Roger and Ingrid Pilkington Mrs Nicola Armitage Charitable Trust Education Manager The Prince’s Foundation for Children & The Arts Education Patrons The Rayne Foundation John & Sue Edwards The Radcliffe Trust (Principal Education Patrons) The RK Charitable Trust Mrs Nicola Armitage Venetia Hoare Professor Richard Portes CBE FBA

OAE Friends OAE American Friends Board Wendy Brooks (chair) American Friends of the OAE

OAE Futures is the long-term artistic development programme of the OAE and was established in 2006 with a substantial lead donation from The Smith Challenge Fund.

The OAE is grateful to Martin and Elise Smith for this generous and imaginative support. OAE Futures comprises projects grouped under three headings: Future Orchestra, Future Performers and Future Audiences, and offers a special opportunity for donors to be involved in the development of the Orchestra’s artistic strategy at the highest level.

The Orchestra thanks the following for their support of OAE Futures: OAE Futures Funders Robert & Laura Cory The Smith Challenge Fund Ann & Peter Law OAE Experience Scheme Ann & Peter Law Melgaard OAE Young Conductor Scheme Greg & Gail Melgaard For further details about becoming an OAE Futures Funder, please contact Clare Norburn at clare.norburn@oae.co.uk or 020 7239 9381.

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Other UK and International Concerts Selected UK Concerts 19 May - 14 July 2013, Glyndebourne Box office: 01273 813813 glyndebourne.com Verdi Falstaff Sir Mark Elder conductor

29 June - 18 August 2013

3 December 2013, The Anvil, Basingstoke

Box office: 01256 844244 anvilarts.org.uk Programme including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart Margaret Faultless leader/director Isabelle Faust violin Roger Montgomery horn

Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie William Christie conductor

21 March 2014, The Anvil, Basingstoke

22 October 2013, Winding Wheel, Chesterfield

Box office: 01256 844244 anvilarts.org.uk Programme as for 25 March 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall (see page 11)

Box office: 01246 345222 windingwheel.co.uk

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Sigiswald Kuijken director/violoncello da spalla

26 October 2013, St Botolph’s Church, Trunch

5 April 2014, The Anvil, Basingstoke

Box office: 01263 516294 orchestraslive.co.uk/concerts

Box office: 01256 844244 anvilarts.org.uk Programme as for 8 April 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall (see page 12)

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30 October 2013, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon Box office: 01225 860100 wiltshiremusic.org.uk Programme as for 31 October 2013, Queen Elizabeth Hall (see page 6) Alison Bury director/violin

24 November 2013, St George’s Bristol Box office: 0845 40 24 001 stgeorgesbristol.co.uk Programme as for 26 November 2013, Queen Elizabeth Hall (see page 7) Margaret Faultless leader/director Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang fortepiano

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Semyon Bychkov conductor

Selected International Concerts A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: International Tour

22 August 2013, Alice Tully Hall, New York Box office: +001 212.671.4050 lincolncenter.org Programme of Handel Arias Laurence Cummings director Anna Stephany mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupic mezzo-soprano

27 September 2013, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris Box office: +33 (0) 1 49 52 50 50 theatrechampselysees.fr Programme as for 30 September 2013, Royal Festival Hall (see page 5) William Christie conductor Sandrine Piau soprano

4 May 2014, National Concert Hall, Dublin Box office: +353 1 417 0000 nch.ie Programme as for 6 May 2014, Royal Festival Hall (see page 13) Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susan Gritton soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Peter Rose baritone Choir of the Enlightenment

10 June 2014, Ulrichskirche, Halle

1 July 2013, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris

Programme as for 12 June 2014, Queen Elizabeth Hall (see page 15)

Box office: +33 (0) 1 49 52 50 50 theatrechampselysees.fr

Steven Devine director Lucy Crowe soprano James Gilchrist tenor Choir of the Enlightenment

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10 July 2013, Rheingau Musik Festival, Germany Box office: +49 (0) 6723 - 60 21 70 rheingau-musik-festival.de

OAE players featured in this year’s brochure are: Inside front cover: Cecelia Bruggemeyer (Double Bass) Page 2: Helen Kruger (Violin) Page 6: Susan Sheppard (Cello) Page 9: Adrian Bending (Percussion) Page 10: Rachel Beckett (Recorder) Page 13: Robert Howarth (Keyboards) Page 14: Lisa Beznosiuk (Flute) Page 15: Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE (Double Bass) Page 20: Henrietta Wayne (Violin) Page 21: Roger Montgomery (Horn)

Sponsors and Supporters Major Sponsors

Corporate Benefactors American Express Services Europe Ltd Apax Partners Commerzbank AG Lubbock Fine Chartered Accountants Parabola Land Vision Capital Corporate Patrons Lindt Macfarlanes Roger Neill Swan Turton Waterloo Wine Business Club Members EC Harris Green & Fortune Kings Place Gallery Lubbock Fine Chartered Accountants Parabola Land St Pancras Renaissance Hotel Individual Business Club Member Stephen & Angela Jordan Stephen Moss (The Guardian) For more information on supporting the OAE, please contact Clare Norburn at clare.norburn@oae.co.uk or 020 7239 9381.

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