Author Archives: Robert Samuels

Study Day with the OAE at the Southbank Centre, 22 February 2024

The Music Department is pleased to present a Study Day in collaboration with its partner orchestra, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). The day will take place at the Southbank Centre, London, on Thursday 22 February 2024. The title … Continue reading

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OAE concert with pre-concert talk, 25 October 2023

The department’s partner orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), begins its Southbank Season this year on Wednesday 25 October at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The concert is also the first event this year in the partnership … Continue reading

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BBC Proms interval feature

On Monday 5 September, Robert Samuels from the Music Department will be in conversation with presenter Ian Skelly as the interval feature for that evening’s concert in the BBC Proms season.  The discussion will focus on Mahler’s First Symphony, which will … Continue reading

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Pre-concert talk on 8 March

Following our successful Study Day held on 15 February, the next event in our partnership with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment will be a pre-concert talk by the Music Department’s Robert Samuels on 8 March at the Southbank Centre, … Continue reading

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OAE premieres new concert on digital platform

The Music Department’s partner orchestra, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, has recorded the programme of a concert scheduled during the global health crisis for performance on its digital platform, OAE Player. The film goes live on 10 February 2021 … Continue reading

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OU academic writes about Beethoven for international virtual exhibition

December 2020 sees Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and to mark the anniversary, Dr Robert Samuels of the OU Music Department has contributed an item to Romantic Europe: The Virtual Exhibition (RÊVE). The exhibition publishes a new ‘exhibit’ each month, and each contains an … Continue reading

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Pre-concert talks with the OAE

The next events in our partnership with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are pre-concert talks by Robert Samuels of the OU Music department, before the orchestra’s programme ‘Mozart’s Final Flourish’. The concerts present the composer’s last three symphonies (No. … Continue reading

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PhD is student’s fourth OU music qualification

OU Music student Tom Hewitt has qualified for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) after successfully completing his viva voce examination on 8 January. Tom’s thesis was supervised by Robert Samuels of the Music Department and David Roden of the … Continue reading

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OU Honours Howard Goodall at Brighton Degree Ceremony

The composer Howard Goodall was given an honorary doctorate at the Open University’s Brighton degree ceremony on Saturday 19 October. Howard was presented for the degree by Robert Samuels of the Music Department. Robert’s address to those at the ceremony, … Continue reading

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Robert Samuels in OAE pre-concert event, 31 May

Another event in the Department’s partnership with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) takes place on Friday 31 May at the Southbank Centre, London. The OAE is giving a concert with the title ‘States of Independence’ at 7:00 … Continue reading

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