2025/26 SEASON AND SUPPORTERS’ EVENTS BROCHURE
Thursday 9 October, 11.00am
Tufnell Park, Acland Burghley School, Assembly Hall
Available to: All Patrons and Friends
SOLOMON Open Rehearsal
Sunday 12 October, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception for all Patrons
Post-Concert Reception
Backstage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Patrons
Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Bruckner Choir/OAE
Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm
London, Sinfonia Smith Square
The Night Shift
Tuesday 14 October, 8.00pm
London, Chalk Farm, The Fiddler’s Elbow
Bach, the Universe and Everything
Sunday 26 October, 11.30am
London, Kings Place, Hall One
Supporters’ Trip
Wednesday 5 November, eve
London, Islington, King’s Head Theatre
Theatre trip to Fanny
Available to: All Patrons and Friends
The Night Shif t
Wimbeldon Festival
Friday 7 November, 8.00pm
London, Wimbledon, The Old Frizzle
Baroquebusters
Wimbeldon Festival
Saturday 15 November, 7.30pm
London, Wimbledon, St John the Baptist
Enlightenment Lunch
Monday 10 November, 12.30pm
London, Islington, Bellanger Restaurant
Available to: Members of the Forty Circle and invited guests
Supporters’ Trip
Historical keyboard tour with Steven Devine
Thursday 20 November, 11.30am
Guildford, Hatchlands Park, Cobbe Collection
Available to: All Patrons and Friends
European Tour dates:
Wednesday 19 November, Dortmund
Thursday 20 November, Erlangen
Saturday 22 November, Udine
Sunday 23 November, Lugano
Tuesday 25 November, Frankfurt
THE Haydn: From Esterháza to Hanover Square
Thursday 27 November, 7.00pm London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception for all Patrons
Post-Concert Dinner
Lasdun, National Theatre
Available to: Aria, Chair, Project, Season & Principal Patrons
Bach, the Universe and Everything
Sunday 30 November, 11.30am
London, Kings Place, Hall One
Post-Concert Coffee
The Night Shift
Monday 1 December, 8.00pm
London, Islington, The Old Queens Head
Messiah
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / OAE
Tuesday 2 December, 7.30pm
Cambridge, West Road Concert Hall
Supporters’ Christmas Party
Wednesday 3 December, 6.00pm
London, Tufnell Park, The Pineapple
Available to: All Patrons and Friends
Film Premiere: Breaking
Bach
Monday 8 December, 6.00pm
London, Bloomsbury, Curzon Cinema
Available to: Breaking Bach Executive Producers and invited guests
Bach, the Universe and Everything
Sunday 14 December, 11.30am
London, Kings Place, Hall One
Messiah
Philharmonia Chorus / OAE
Friday 12 December, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Christmas Oratorio
Polyphony / OAE
Sunday 22 December, 7.30pm
London, Smith Square Hall
Messiah
Polyphony / OAE
Monday 23 December, 7.30pm
London, Smith Square Hall
OAE Tots
LPOFunharmonics
Saturday 17 January 2026, time TBC
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
OAE Tots
Mozart: Chase the Cats
Sunday 18 January 2026, 10.30am
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Bach, the Universe & Everything
Sunday 25 January 2026, 11.30am
London, Kings Place
Supporters’ Trip
V&A storehouse visit with Oboist, Leo Duarte
January 2026, date TBC
London, Queen Elizabeth Park, V&A Storehouse
Available to: Bronze, Silver & Gold Friends and All Patrons
Open Rehearsal
Monday 19 January 2026, 11.00am
Tufnell Park, Acland Burghley School, Assembly Hall
Available to: Supporting, Bronze, Silver & Gold
Friends and All Patrons
UK Tour Dates
Tuesday 20 January, Basingstoke
Wednesday 28 January, Warwick
Friday 30 January, Oxford
Mozart’s World: A Little Night Music
Sunday 1 February 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception for all Patrons
Post-Concert Reception
Backstage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Patrons
Open Rehearsal
Sunday 8 February 2026, 2.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: Supporting, Bronze, Silver & Gold Friends and All Patrons
It Shall
Certainly
Not Bend and Crush Me Completely
Sunday 8 February 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception for all Patrons
Post-Concert Dinner
Southbank, Côte Brasserie
Available to: Aria, Chair, Project, Season & Principal Patrons
The Night Shif t
Tuesday 10 February 2026, 8.00pm
London, Brixton, The Blues Kitchen
Bach, the Universe and Everything
Sunday 22 February 2026, 11.30am
London, Kings Place, Hall One
Tuesday 24 February 2026, AM
Venue: TBC
Available to: Silver & Gold Friends and All Patrons
Wednesday 25 February 2026, Basingstoke
MOZART’S WORLD: THE LAST SYMPHONIES
Thursday 26 February 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall with interval reception for All Patrons
Post-Concert Dinner
Southbank, Brasserie Blanc
Available to: Available to: Aria, Chair, Project, Season & Principal Patrons
Season Launch 2026/27
Thursday 12 March 2026, 6.00pm
Tufnell Park, Acland Burghley School, Assembly Hall
Accessible to: Gold Friends and All Patrons
The Night Shift
Monday 16 March 2026, 8.00pm
London, Shadwell, The George Tavern
Bach, the Universe and Everything
Sunday 22 March 2026, 11.30am
London, Kings Place, Hall One
Meet the Musicians
Tuesday 24 March 2026, Time TBC
London, Venue TBC
Meet OAE Clarinets Katherine Spencer and Sarah
Thurlow
Open Rehearsal
Sunday 29 March 2026, 2.00pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Friends and Patrons
ST JOHN PASSION
Sunday 29 March 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception open to all Patrons
Post-Concert Reception
Backstage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Patrons
St John Passion
Polyphony / OAE
Friday 3 April 2026, 2.30pm
London, Westminster, Smith Square Hall
The Night Shift
Monday 13 April 2026, 8.00pm
London, Islington, The Old Queens Head
Patrons’ Trip
Friday 22 - Sunday 24 May 2026
Antwerp, Belgium
Václav Luks and the OAE at the Queen Elisabeth Hall
Available to: Gold Friends and All Patrons
Open Rehearsal: Sideby-Side
Date, Time and Venue TBC
Available to: Chair, Aria, Project, Season & Principal Patrons
THE CREATION
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall with interval reception open to Bronze, Silver & Gold Friends and All Patrons
Post-Concert Reception
Backstage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Patrons
LIFE OF THE SEA
Open Rehearsal for all Patrons and Friends. Details TBC
Wednesday 3 June 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Patrons’ Trip
Ambriel Sparkling Vineyard performance and tour
Saturday 6 June 2026
West Sussex, Ambriel Vineyard
Available to: All Patrons
Open Rehearsal
Wednesday 9 June 2026, 11.00am
London, Borough, Henry Wood Hall
Available to: Members of the Forty Circle and invited guests
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Wednesday 10 June 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall with interval reception for Patrons
Post-Concert Dinner
National Theatre, Lasdun
Available to: Aria, Chair, Project, Season & Principal Patrons
Tuesday 23 June 2026, 11.00am
London, Borough, Henry Wood Hall
Available to: Supporting, Bronze, Silver & Gold
Friends & All Patrons
Vienna 1897: Brahms’ Last Concert Open Rehearsal
Wednesday 24 June 2026, 7.00pm
London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with interval reception for all Patrons
Post-Concert Reception
Backstage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Available to: All Patrons
Sunday 28 June 2026, 3.30pm
Saffron Walden, Saffron Hall
Open Rehearsal
Glyndebourne Sitzprobe
London, Borough, Henry Wood Hall
Tuesady 26 May 2026, Timing TBC
Available to: Project, Season & Principal Patrons
Glyndebourne: L’Orfeo
14 June – 25 July 2026
Lewes, Glyndebourne
Dress Rehearsal
and pre-performance drinks reception
Thursday 11 June 2026
Available to: Chair, Aria, Project and Season & Associate Patrons and Gold Friends via ballot
40th Anniversary Gala
Friday 26 June 2026
Oxford, Oxford Town Hall
Glyndebourne: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
31 July - 28 August 2026
Lewes, Glyndebourne
Dress
Rehearsal
and pre-performance drinks reception
Wednesday 29 July, 2026
Available to: Chair, Aria, Project and Season & Associate Patrons and Gold Friends via ballot
Please visit the OAE website to book for events. Events will appear online in good time before the date. For some events, you will receive an invitation. development@oae.co.uk oae.co.uk/support-us/supporters-events/