Podcasts
Welcome to SinfoniaCast. Britten Sinfonia's podcast series, presented by Fiona Talkington, brings you opportunities to look behind the scenes at highlights from our recent and forthcoming productions. If there are any artists you'd like to see featured in future, get in touch.
Britten Sinfonia's Chief Executive, David Butcher, featured on ClassicFM's daily podcast back in November. Click here to listen to this podcast.
Latest SinfoniaCast
Our new SinfoniaCast features composer James MacMillan talking about his opera Parthenogenesis, which Britten Sinfonia will be performing at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre in June. Speaking at the beginning of the rehearsal period for the production, MacMillan shares his insights into the fascinating story behind the opera, and discusses his collaborations with librettist Michael Symmons-Roberts and director Katie Mitchell. The podcast includes clips from the radio broadcast of Britten Sinfonia's world premiere performance of Parthenogenesis, back in 2000, reproduced with kind permission of BBC Radio 3 and MacMillan's publishers, Boosey & Hawkes.
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Previous SinfoniaCasts
- Download SinfoniaCast10 A special feature on the Creative Learning project Fen Soundscapes.
- Download SinfoniaCast09 Charlotte Bray and Colin Matthews introducing Britten Sinfonia's 2008-09 lunchtime concert series.
- Download SinfoniaCast08 Mark Padmore and Kate Kennedy discussing poetry in music. See concert details for Night Music with Mark Padmore.
- Download SinfoniaCast07 An interview with Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Musical extracts are drawn from Pierre Laurent Aimard at Carnegie Hall.
- Download SinfoniaCast06 A recording of our Insight into Stravinsky event. John Hopkins and Ryan Wigglesworth discuss Stravinsky and neo-classicism.
- Download SinfoniaCast05 Interviews with the young composers who took part in our 2008 Composers' Workshop, and extracts from their works. With James MacMillan and Robin Holloway.
- Download SinfoniaCast04 An interview with composer Richard Causton about his commission for the 2007-08 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series.
- Download SinfoniaCast03 Britten Sinfonia's Chief Executive David Butcher chats with jazz legend Gil Goldstein in New York.
- Download SinfoniaCast02 Young Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova discusses Hartmann's evocative Concerto Funebre and tells Fiona Talkington about her busy career.
- Download SinfoniaCast01 In our very first podcast, Fiona Talkington talks to some of our key players about the perils and pleasures of playing without a conductor, and finds out what it is that makes the ensemble so special.
Calendar
Next Production
Latitude Festival
Southwold and Southwold
18 - 19 July 2009
Britten Sinfonia will perform at various points over the weekend at one of the UK's most exciting festivals. The festival boasts an eclectic array of performances and Britten Sinfonia will be the first orchestra to perform an entire solo set.
City of London Festival 2009
Mansion House, London
02 July 2009 7:30pm
Henning Kraggerud joins BS for a concert at London's Mansion House which showcases a whole host of creative and performing artists from across the Nordic and Baltic regions.
Latitude Festival
Latitude Festival, Southwold
18 July 2009 6:00pm
Britten Sinfonia will perform at various points over the weekend at one of the UK's most exciting festivals. The festival boasts an eclectic array of performances and Britten Sinfonia will be the first orchestra to perform an entire solo set.
Latitude Festival
Latitude Festival, Southwold
19 July 2009 11:00am
Britten Sinfonia will perform at various points over the weekend at one of the UK's most exciting festivals. The festival boasts an eclectic array of performances and Britten Sinfonia will be the first orchestra to perform an entire solo set.
Fen Soundscapes
St. Thomas a Becket Church, Ramsey
21 July 2009 5:30pm
Pupils from Ramsey Spinning Infants School and young people in Yaxley have been working with Britten Sinfonia and composers Jane Wells and Mike Challis to present the launch of their exciting interactive exhibition based on the sounds of the Great Fen, including a performance by musicians from Britten Sinfonia.
