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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE...

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, and associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The leadership is rotated between four musicians, Alison Bury, Matthew Truscott, Kati Debretzeni and Margaret Faultless. A group of period instrumentalist players formed the OAE as a self-governing ensemble in 1986, and took its name from the historical period in the late 18th century where the core of its repertoire is based. The OAE does not have a principal conductor, but chooses conductors as "Principal Artists" for collaboration. The current Principal Artists are Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski and Iván Fischer. Emeritus Conductors are Frans Brüggen, Sir Charles Mackerras and Sir Roger Norrington. Other conductors to have worked with the OAE at its invitation include Philippe Herreweghe, Gustav Leonhardt, Mark Elder, René Jacobs, Harry Bicket, Christopher Hogwood, Marin Alsop, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ivor Bolton, Monica Huggett, and Bruno Weil. The OAE's season at the Southbank Centre includes concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival Hall. In May 2006,