Schiff's Mendelssohn series with the OAE continues

Sir András Schiff conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir András Schiff

By Roy Westbrook, 26 April 2024

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“the whole OAE sound glowed during the Adagio”

Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 25 April 2024

Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 5 in D major, "Reformation", Op.107

Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Op.40

Mendelssohn, Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op.54

Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 3 in A minor, "Scottish", Op.56

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir András Schiff, Fortepiano, Director

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Sir Simon Rattle and the OAE make Berlioz sound radically new

Andrew Larkin, 11th June

Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment deliver a revelatory all-Berlioz programme, crowned by a sensational Symphonie Fantastique of rare clarity, colour and imagination.

*****

Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn’s Creation

Nick Boston, 27th May

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks are joined by their own choir and strong soloists for a fresh and colourful performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung.

****1

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

Mixed Mozart from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Dominic Lowe, 26th February

A Mozart's of symphonies – his last – under conductor Robin Ticciati is capped with a fine Jupiter, but is let down by the performances of its two predecessors.

***11

John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Roy Westbrook, 12th October

The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

*****

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Sir András Schiff's Mendelssohn series with the OAE continues with Symphonies 3 and 5