Highlights
Please browse the links below to read about some of the highlights from our 2010-11 season:
Click on the links below to hear the children’s compositions.
Golden Sunlight - single voice
Now in its second year, the Norfolk Cluster Composition Project works with a group of schools in and around Wymondham. The schools cluster consists of Wymondham College and Wymondham High School and five of their feeder primary schools; Wreningham, Wicklewood, Spooner Row, Barnham Broom and Barford.
A member of the Britten Sinfonia and workshop leader Hannah Conway visited the primary schools, introducing Year 5/6 pupils to Dies Natalis (Day of Birth), a beautiful song-cycle by 20th Century English composer Gerald Finzi. The children discovered Finzi’s music and its themes of new awakening, birth and transition before writing their own songs based on the themes.
The children had some special help with their composing from musicians from Year 7 at Wymondham College and High School. The Year 7s worked side-by-side with the primary school children, giving the Year 6’s who will soon be moving up to secondary school some time to get to make new friends and ask questions about life at secondary school.
The 170 children who took part in the project will perform their new song-cycle, accompanied by members of the Britten Sinfonia on 7th April at Wymondham High School. The Britten Sinfonia string quintet will also give a performance of Dies Natalis, sung by tenor Ben Johnson, especially for the students.
Project Archive 2007-08
Project Archive 2008-09
Project Archive 2009-10
Calendar
Next Production
Concentric Paths
Dijon, Cambridge, New York, Norwich, London and Dublin
11 - 28 February 2012
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Composers' Workshop 2012
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
04 February 2012 10:00am
Hear the inner workings of a composition in progress at this day-long event offering an intriguing insight into the world of contemporary composition.
Concentric Paths
Opéra de Dijon, Dijon
11 February 2012 8:00pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Family Music Day
West Road Concert Hall (FMD), Cambridge
18 February 2012 1:15pm
Get ready to tweet, chirp and flap your wings in time for a celebration of birds and birdsong. Join a flock of Britten Sinfonia musicians for hands-on music making and activites inspired by our feathered friends.
Concentric Paths
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
20 February 2012 7:30pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Concentric Paths
Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, New York
22 February 2012 7:30pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Concentric Paths
Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich
25 February 2012 7:30pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Concentric Paths
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
27 February 2012 7:30pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
Concentric Paths
National Concert Hall, Dublin
28 February 2012 8:00pm
A compelling programme designed by the brilliant Thomas Ades who features at the piano and as conductor.
