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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Introduction

Askonas Holt holds a very special relationship with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – the UK’s top period instrument ensemble. For over twenty years we have arranged tours with a great variety of artists, including Ian Bostridge, Sir András Schiff, Robin Ticciati, and Principal Artists Sir Simon Rattle and Iván Fischer.

In addition to the tours to Europe’s leading concert halls with Sir Simon Rattle, we have arranged performances and tours in Asia and Australasia, Japan, Korea and Taipei and with Iván Fischer to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and Nicola Benedetti to the USA and Abu Dhabi.

After Covid, Askonas Holt toured the OAE with Sir András Schiff in France and brought the orchestra together with Ian Bostridge to Hamburg.

2025 and the 2025/26 season, which will mark the OAE's 40th anniversary, will see a variety of exciting touring projects to different parts of the world.

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Tours

  • Jan 2025
    USA

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Julia Bullock (soprano) Programme: Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon Handel Verdi Prati from Alcina Vivaldi The Four Seasons Concerto No.1 in E major, Spring J. S. Bach Air from Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (excerpts) Pachelbel Canon Handel Da Tempesta from Guilio Cesare --- Rameau Les Sauvages from Les Indes Galantes Purcell Trumpet Sonata, Z.850 Purcell If Love’s a Sweet Passion from The Fairy Queen Z.629 J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 Strozzi Che si può fare, Op 8.06 Telemann Suite from Water Music, TWV 55:C3 (excerpts) Lully Marche pour le cérémonie des Turks Handel Let the Bright Deraphim from Samson, HWV 57 Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall | Santa Barbara, Lobero Theater | New York City, Kaufmann Concert Hall | Washington D.C., Library of Congress

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