Our participation team chats about our spring projects and how we're using the repertoire and themes of our Absolute Bird series (London, May 2019) to create shared musical experiences in wellbeing and education settings.

Featuring Fiona Lambert (Director of Participation), Fiona Johnstone (Participation Projects Manager) and Natasha Allery (Marketing and Audiences Officer). Recorded on 11 March 2019 at the CLS Office.

Our participation team chats about our spring projects and how we're using the repertoire and themes of our Absolute Bird series (London, May 2019) to create shared musical experiences in wellbeing and education settings.

Featuring Fiona Lambert (Director of Participation), Fiona Johnstone (Participation Projects Manager) and Natasha Allery (Marketing and Audiences Officer). Recorded on 11 March 2019 at the CLS Office.

Our participation team chats about our spring projects and how we're using the repertoire and themes of our Absolute Bird series (London, May 2019) to create shared musical experiences in wellbeing and education settings.

Featuring Fiona Lambert (Director of Participation), Fiona Johnstone (Participation Projects Manager) and Natasha Allery (Marketing and Audiences Officer). Recorded on 11 March 2019 at the CLS Office.

Our participation team chats about our spring projects and how we're using the repertoire and themes of our Absolute Bird series (London, May 2019) to create shared musical experiences in wellbeing and education settings.

Featuring Fiona Lambert (Director of Participation), Fiona Johnstone (Participation Projects Manager) and Natasha Allery (Marketing and Audiences Officer). Recorded on 11 March 2019 at the CLS Office.

Our participation team chats about our spring projects and how we're using the repertoire and themes of our Absolute Bird series (London, May 2019) to create shared musical experiences in wellbeing and education settings.

Featuring Fiona Lambert (Director of Participation), Fiona Johnstone (Participation Projects Manager) and Natasha Allery (Marketing and Audiences Officer). Recorded on 11 March 2019 at the CLS Office.

These audio programme notes accompany our Bach and the Cosmos concert finale on Saturday 20 October 2018, 7.30pm at Southwark Cathedral.

Concert details: bit.ly/clsbachbmmsc | Series blog: bit.ly/clsblogbach

Audio programme notes:

1) 0.01-2.42: CEO Matthew Swann

- The music in Bach's Mass in B Minor

- Why did Bach write the B Minor Mass?

2) 2.43-7.30: Professor James Sparks

- Relationships between maths and music

- How was Bach a mathematical composer?

- Mathematical structures and patterns in the B Minor Mass

3) 7.31-10.18: CEO Matthew Swann

- Tonight's performers

- Bach and the Cosmos in other settings

In the fifth and final episode of our ‘Views from the pit’ mini-series, conductor Brad Cohen (Ariadne auf Naxos) explains the rehearsal process, challenges of moving Ariadne from Glasgow to London, and why opera is unique.

Presented by Tasha Allery and Gabriele Neuditschko.

Featuring rehearsal footage from Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park.

In episode 4 of our ‘Views from the pit’ podcast mini-series, we catch up with Principal Clarinet Katherine 'Waffy' Spencer and Principal Oboe Dan Bates after a six-hour rehearsal of Ariadne auf Naxos.

Presented by Tasha Allery and Gabriele Neuditschko.

Featuring rehearsal footage from Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park.

Joining us in episode 3 of 'Views from the Pit', during the interval of La traviata, are two of the Orchestra’s longest-standing members: French horn Mark Paine and Tuba Stephen Wick.

Presented by Tasha Allery and Gabriele Neuditschko.

Rehearsal footage from the OHP 2017 and 2018 seasons.

In episode 2 of our 2018 ‘Views from the Pit’ mini-series, some of our team talk to violinists Charlotte Reid and Gabrielle Painter and viola player Matthew Maguire, during their interval teatime at Così fan tutte.

Presented by Tasha Allery and Gabriele Neuditschko.

Rehearsal footage from Così fan tutte, Opera Holland Park 2018 Season.