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Britten Sinfonia launches £1 million Play On Appeal

14.03.23

Britten Sinfonia has launched a public appeal to secure its future following the withdrawal of its funding as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which has left the orchestra with a financial shortfall of £1 million over the next three years.

Britten Sinfonia returns to perform for live audiences in June

13.05.21

Britten Sinfonia is returning to perform to live audiences this June, bringing music to all corners of the magnificent medieval Ely Cathedral, in a multi-stage Surround Sound concert (12 June), celebrating the 50th birthday of close Britten Sinfonia artistic collaborator Thomas Adès (Barbican Hall, 10 June), and giving the posthumous world premiere of one of John Tavener’s last pieces in a concert double bill packed with premiere performances (Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 25 & 26 June).

Meurig Bowen announced as Britten Sinfonia Chief Executive and Artistic Director

06.05.20

Meurig Bowen has been appointed Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Britten Sinfonia, succeeding David Butcher.

Britten Sinfonia awarded £130,000 by Arts Council England for major digital expansion

04.11.19

Britten Sinfonia has been awarded £130,000 by Arts Council England to spearhead an imaginative expansion of digital technology, on and away from the concert platform, announced Monday 4 November.

Booking opens for Britten Sinfonia’s 2019-20 season at the Barbican

05.03.19

From premieres by Steve Reich/Gerhard Richter, Mark-Anthony Turnage, James MacMillan, Emily Howard, John Woolrich and Shiva Feshareki, to collaborations with The Sixteen, Ian Bostridge, Allan Clayton, Lucy Crowe, Alison Balsom, Colin Currie, Benjamin Grosvenor, Nicholas Mulroy and Roderick Williams, Britten Sinfonia’s 2019-20 season at the Barbican is now on sale.

Sir Mark Elder conducts Brahms and Mahler – 17-19 January

05.12.18

Sir Mark Elder conducts Britten Sinfonia in Brahms’s Second Symphony alongside music by Mahler and Britten.

OPUS2018 – Call for scores

03.08.18

Britten Sinfonia’s OPUS 2018 competition for unpublished composers has been announced with a call for scores.

Alice Walton joins Britten Sinfonia as Communications Director

11.07.18

Alice Walton has been appointed to the new role of Communications Director at Britten Sinfonia.

Britten Sinfonia 2018-19 Season Announced

27.06.18

Britten Sinfonia’s 2018-19 season is announced in London, Saffron Walden, Norwich and Cambridge.

Summer 2018 highlights

06.06.18

Britten Sinfonia starts its summer season at Nevill Holt Opera with Thomas Adès’ Powder Her Face, and ends it by dancing the tango at the BBC Proms.

Britten Sinfonia Concerts – March/April 2018

13.03.18

Britten Sinfonia’s busy March and April features two world premieres, and in Easter concerts, two masses separated by almost 200 years, and Bach’s St John Passion.

Beethoven Symphony Cycle reaches midway point with Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

08.03.18

Beethoven’s masterworks performed alongside Gerald Barry’s The Conquest of Ireland and the London premiere of Barry’s Piano Concerto this May.

2018-19 Barbican series now on sale

02.02.18

Britten Sinfonia’s 2018-2019 season as Associate Ensemble at the Barbican offers an outstanding line-up of guest musicians, conductors and composers, with concerts that draw intriguing lines between a wide array of music from across four centuries.

Jeremy Denk and Britten Sinfonia in jazz inspired programme

29.01.18

Jeremy Denk joins Britten Sinfonia for a jazz-infused programme, including the original jazz band arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

New work by Leo Chadburn on the menu for January At Lunch

10.01.18

New commission by Leo Chadburn is on the menu for a wide ranging At Lunch concert to start the new year

Concert highlights – Spring 2018

07.12.17

Britten Sinfonia’s 25th anniversary season continues in the New Year with a series of world and UK firsts.

Britten Sinfonia and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

01.11.17

The Choir of King’s College Cambridge joins Britten Sinfonia for performances of two 20th century choral greats, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem

Britten Sinfonia turns 25

24.10.17

On Tuesday 24 October Britten Sinfonia celebrates its 25th birthday and launches £25 for 25 years fundraising campaign

At Lunch concert series resumes service for 2017-18

13.10.17

Britten Sinfonia’s award winning ‘At Lunch’ series returns in 2017-2018 with concerts that marry new commissions with adventurously curated programmes of chamber works drawn from across four centuries.

Elder conducts Brahms

28.09.17

Sir Mark Elder launches four-year Britten Sinfonia Brahms Symphony Cycle

Janis Susskind joins Britten Sinfonia board

18.07.17

Britten Sinfonia has appointed Janis Susskind, Managing Director of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd to its Board of Trustees

Britten Sinfonia turns 25

20.06.17

In 2017-18, Britten Sinfonia celebrates its 25th birthday with a season that features symphonic masterpieces, choral gems, contemporary classics, world premiere performances and jazz inspired rhapsodies.

Beethoven Symphony Cycle

21.03.17

Thomas Adès and Britten Sinfonia launch three year Beethoven Symphony Cycle

At Lunch Three

13.03.17

Nicholas Daniel and Britten Sinfonia give the world premiere of Brian Elias’s Oboe Quintet

Easter concerts with Mark Padmore

09.03.17

Britten Sinfonia is joined by acclaimed tenor, Mark Padmore for three performances of Bach’s St John Passion alongside readings of sacred texts and poetry by TS Eliot read by Simon Russell Beale.

2017-18 season as Associate Ensemble at the Barbican

03.02.17

Britten Sinfonia celebrates its first five years as Associate Ensemble at the Barbican alongside its 25th birthday during the 2017-18 season

Three world premieres this February

27.01.17

Britten Sinfonia gives three world premieres in February, by composers Francisco Coll, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Timo Andres.

Spring Highlights 2017

10.01.17

Thomas Ades begins a three year Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Mark Padmore reimagines Bach’s St John Passion and Mahan Esfahani goes to town with Scarlatti and De Falla…

At Lunch 2016-17 series

10.11.16

Britten Sinfonia returns with it’s acclaimed At Lunch series in 2016-17 featuring specially commissioned new works by Mark-Anthony Turnage, Brian Elias, Elena Langer and Sohrab Uduman.

Thomas Gould to become Leader of Britten Sinfonia

02.11.16

Thomas Gould to become Leader of Britten Sinfonia alongside Jacqueline Shave

November 2016 concerts

17.10.16

In a busy November Britten Sinfonia celebrate Steve Reich’s 80th birthday and give the European premiere of Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground amongst other projects

October 2016 concerts

28.09.16

Britten Sinfonia give the premiere tour of James MacMillan’s Stabat Mater and are resident at Aldeburgh Music for their Britten weekend.

Britten Sinfonia Academy 2016-17

28.09.16

Britten Sinfonia Academy turns five in a 2016-17 season of new commissions, performances and workshops

Britten Sinfonia & Thomas Adès at the BBC Proms

01.08.16

Britten Sinfonia returns to the BBC Proms, with a programme conducted by regular artistic collaborator, Thomas Adès.

2016-17 season announced

22.07.16

Details of Britten Sinfonia’s 2016-17 season

Summer 2016

16.06.16

Britten Sinfonia returns to Aldeburgh Festival with Oliver Knussen, and the BBC Proms with Thomas Ades, and tours to Cambridge and Norwich.

May 2016

26.04.16

Britten Sinfonia makes debut tour of China, performs with Alice Coote and Mahan Esfahani, and goes on a haunting journey with Ian Bostridge in Netia Jones’ production The Dark Mirror – Zender’s Winterreise.