OAE Concert Diary 2014/2015

2014 – 2015 Concert Diary

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Thursday 9 October 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall Flying the Flag: L’amour

Tuesday 25 November 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall Lord of the Strings

Rameau Pigmalion Rameau Anacréon

CPE Bach String Symphony in E, Wq 182

No. 6 Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 10

Concert performances Jonathan Williams conductor Cast includes: Anna Dennis soprano Matthew Brook baritone Choir of the Enlightenment —

Wednesday 22 October 2014 Royal Festival Hall Flying The Flag: The French Beethoven Berlioz Overture, Béatrice and Bénédict Onslow Symphony No. 1 in A Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica François-Xavier Roth conductor —

Tuesday 4 November 2014 Royal Festival Hall Donizetti’s Les Martyrs Donizetti Les Martyrs Sir Mark Elder conductor tbc Polyeucte Joyce El-Khoury Pauline Brindley Sherratt Felix Clive Bayley Calisthènes Wynne Evans Néarque David Kempster Sévère Opera Rara Chorus

Concert performance, given in partnership with Opera Rara.

in B minor Haydn Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Grieg Poème érotique Elgar Sospiri ˇ DvorÁk Serenade for Strings Richard Tognetti director/violin —

Tuesday 9 December 2014 Royal Festival Hall Messiah

Bach St Matthew Passion 10.30am and 2pm

This year’s OAE study day looks at the Flying the Flag series which runs through the season.

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Thursday 5 February 2015 Queen Elizabeth Hall Flying the Flag: The Bohemians Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361

Gran Partita

ˇ Wind Octet No. 2 in E flat MysliveCek Mozart Selection from Don Giovanni

Handel Messiah

Wind soloists of THE OAE —

Robert Howarth conductor Sophie Bevan soprano counter-tenor tbc John Mark Ainsley tenor Ashley Riches baritone Choir of the Enlightenment —

Wednesday 4 March 2015 Royal Festival Hall Flying the Flag: Best of both

Thursday 15 January 2015 Royal Festival Hall Flying the Flag: Images of Russia Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain

(original version) Mussorgsky Scenes from Boris Godunov (original version): Coronation scene, Boris’s monologue from Act 2 (the ‘clock’ scene) and The Death of Boris Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Winter Daydreams Vladimir Jurowski conductor Sergei Lieferkus baritone

Thursday 2 April 2015 Royal Festival Hall Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Sunday 18 January 2015 Level 5 Function Room, Royal Festival Hall Study Day: Flying the Flag

New World

Choir Two Mary Bevan soprano Robin Blaze counter-tenor Andrew Tortise tenor Matthew Brook baritone Soloists of the Choir of the Enlightenment —

Tuesday 12 May 2015 Queen Elizabeth Hall The rough with the smooth

Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride Brahms Violin Concerto ˇ DvorÁk Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Adam Fischer conductor Viktoria Mullova violin

Choir One Sophie Bevan soprano Paula Murihy mezzo-soprano Mark Padmore director/Evangelist Stephan Loges Christus

Telemann Overture, Burlesque Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for

viola d’amore and lute, RV 540 Stevie Wishart Concerto à Double Entendre

(world premiere) Handel Concerto for lute and harp in B flat Handel Sonata à Cinque in B flat, HWV 288 Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in G Kati Debretzeni director/violin Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE double bass

All concerts start at 7pm Our full brochure will be available in April/May 2014.

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The Works Your guided tour of the classics Our The Works series of events continues into a fourth year, giving you the chance to enjoy a guided tour to selected pieces. The event includes a movement-by-movement guide plus full performance, together with a chance to meet musicians afterwards. Concerts last 80 minutes with no interval. oae.co.uk/theworks — Monday 24 November 2014 Queen Elizabeth Hall Grieg Poème érotique Elgar Sospiri ˇ DvorÁk Serenade for Strings — Tuesday 3 February 2015 Queen Elizabeth Hall Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 Gran Partita — OAE TOTS Our popular series of events for the very youngest music lovers returns to Southbank Centre.

Suitable for ages 2-6 (plus parents and friends!)

Sunday 19 October 2014 Purcell Room 10am and 11.30am — Saturday 21 February 2015 Purcell Room 10am and 11.30am — Sunday 12 April 2015 Purcell Room 10am and 11.30am — The Night Shift Our late night series continues throughout the year. Check oae.co.uk/thenightshift for details

All concerts start at 7pm unless otherwise indicated and are preceded by a free OAE Extras event at 5.45pm A selection of concerts also feature an informal post-concert Aftershow event with artists from the concert.

Free programmes are available at every concert, or can be downloaded from oae.co.uk/programmes

Tickets Queen Elizabeth Hall £9, £24, £38 Premium seats at £50 available for 9 October Royal Festival Hall £9, £24, £38 Premium seats £60 (£70 for 25 November, 4 March and 2 April) Premium box seats £60, including interval wine reception (£70 for 25 November, 4 March and 2 April) The Works £15 Rear Stalls, £25 Front Stalls, Children 11+ £2.50 Study Day £12 per session, £6 concessions, £4 students.

Book both sessions and save 15% OAE TOTS £9 Adults, £1 TOTS (children under 2 go free, provided they can sit on your lap) Multi Save Book for more than one event (excluding OAE TOTS) at once and save 15% when booking 2-7 events 20% when booking 8-9 events 25% when booking 10+ events

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