• “The reasons for Britten Sinfonia’s incremental rise in the past 20 years are various, but among them are a commitment to interesting programmes and the assiduous building of relationships”

  Financial Times

• “The playing was marked by the kind of luminous and infectious beauty that only comes from a true marriage of mastery and love”

  The Guardian

• “The UK’s most consistently dynamic chamber ensemble”

  The New Statesman

• “I haven’t heard a chamber orchestra performing with such extrovert character and unflagging energy for years.”

  The Times

• “But as always with this orchestra there was more to savour than just stellar perfomance. The programme was ingeniously shaped.”

  The Daily Telegraph, Ivan Hewett

5 star concert on BBC Radio 3

Last week’s performances by Barbara Hannigan of Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre were wonderful. 

George Hall of The Guardian said:
“The piece that raised this concert to an unforgettable climax was Mysteries of the Macabre”

Read the rest of this 5 star review from The Guardian here and look out for more reviews on brittensinfonia.com

The London concert was recorded by BBC Radio 3 and will be broadcast as part of Performance on 3 on Monday 6 December at 7pm. The broadcast will be available through the BBC iPlayer until Monday 13 December.

The programme includes works by Rossini, Weber, Mozart and Ligeti, the highlight of which is Ligeti’s tour de force for soprano and orchestra, Mysteries of the Macabre. Full details can be found in the programme which is available for download here until Tuesday 7 December. You can also see an excerpt of Barbara performing the work in breathtaking costume here. 

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