Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

  • Rachel Podgerviolin / director
  • Rachel Nichollssoprano
  • Steven Devineharpsichord
  • Jonathan Mansoncello, viol da gamba
  • Arne:A Soldier tired from Artaxerxes
  • Haydn:Symphony No 49 in F minor La Passione
  • J.C. Bach:Symphony in G minor, Op 6, No 6; Sextet in C for oboe, 2 horns, violin, cello and harpsichord; Aria Non so d’onde viene
  • Abel:Sonata for violin, cello and basso continuo Op 9, No 1; Aria Frena le belle lagrime
  • Date:
    Saturday 19 Nov 2011
  • Time:
    7:30 PM
  • Free talk at:
    6:30pm

Pre concert talk: Free to ticket holders, 6:30pm
 With Andrew Watts, Principal bassoon - A lousy crew of foreign fiddlers - German and Italian musicians in 18th century London.

The OAE is one the finest period instrument orchestras in the world. Their concert reveals just how long London has been one of the greatest musical capitals of the world. The orchestra performs the work of four composers active in London in the mid 1700s. It seems you could barely move in the city without bumping into a composer at that time! Thomas Arne, who composed Rule Britannia, is represented with an aria from Artaxerxes; a real blockbuster of an opera. The OAE will also perform work by Karl Abel and J.S. Bach's youngest son Johann Christian, whom Mozart so admired.
The evening concludes with a wonderfully passionate and powerful Haydn symphony.

Pre Concert Talk: An OAE player will introduce the concert.

Visit the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment website

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Find out about the composers from the OAE

Supported by:

southwest

  • Tickets:
    £27
  • Senior Citizen:
    £26
  • Disabled:
    £26
  • Benefit Claimants:
    £26
  • Students:
    £26
  • Saver:
    £25
  • Under 18s:
    £10

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Comments (2)

  • Alan

    20/11/1100:01

    Tonight's concert ended to applause and loud cheers from a packed house. Why? Because it was cleverly conceived, the orchestra was superbly led by Rachel Podger, singer Rachel Nicholls was outstanding (and encored her second aria) and the whole ensemble was on top (London-standard) form.

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  • Priscilla Bishop

    20/11/1110:57

    This was an outstanding, superlative-worthy concert! The OAE is always brilliant but even they surpassed themselves with this one! And we could take a lot more of Rachel Nicholls' singing - please book her again as fast as possible - the reception given to her by the audience said it all. Another wonderful Bradford evening!

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