2009 News Archive
2009 News Archive
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8 December 2009 - BBC Radio 3 CD Review
Stephen Layton discusses the new Britten Sinfonia and Polyphony recording of Handel’s Messiah with BBC Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor.
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25 November 2009 - Pre-Concert Talks Available Online
Pre-concert talks from most of our concerts will now be available to hear online. These interesting and audience-friendly talks are a great way to discover the decisions behind our repertoire, and to get to know musicians more intimately.
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13 November 2009 - Handel - Messiah
Hyperion release Handel's Messiah with Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony and Stephen Layton
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12 November 2009 - Family Music Day 2009 Update
Our favourite quotes and photos from the day are now on the website. You can also see a summary of feedback from the day, and how we plan to use attendees’ comments to make Family Music Day 2010 bigger and better.
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4 November 2009 - New SinfoniaCast
Our latest podcast is timed to coincide with the release of our new Hyperion recording of Handel's Messiah. Soloists Andrew Foster-Williams, Allan Clayton and Julia Doyle pick out their personal highlights and discuss what makes this version so special.
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23 October 2009 - Classic FM Podcast
Tom Shore, Orchestra Manager talks to ClassicFM about our performance with Danish band Efterklang
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23 September 2009 - Latest Britten Sinfonia video
Our latest video is available to watch, featuring footage from our appearance at Latitude Festival in July. Check it out here!
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7 September 2009 - Latest CD review
Our newest CD release on our own label, BS002 Hindemith, was recently reviewed for Gramohpone Magazine - 'This disc positively sparkles!'
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22 July 2009 - Fen Soundscapes exhibition
The Fen Soundscapes exhibition has now closed, but we recorded video and audio versions of a walk through the installation - the next best thing to being there yourself!
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20 July 2009 - BBC Videos BS Violinist at Latitude Festival
Whilst we spent the weekend performing at Latitude Festival the BBC took the opportunity to video interview Lizzie Ball, one of our violinists, in a short 'day in the life' video diary of the experience.
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28 May 2009 - New podcast with James MacMillan available now
Our latest SinfoniaCast features world-renowned British composer James MacMillan discussing his opera Parthenogenesis.
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25 May 2009 - 2009-10 concert seasons on sale now
Our regular series of concerts in Cambridge, London and Norwich are now on sale for all concerts in the 2009-10 season.
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13 May 2009 - BS wins RPS Award!
Last night Britten Sinfonia was delighted to be awarded the RPS Award for Chamber Music
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9 April 2009 - BBC Prom Announced
You may well have started looking through this year's fantastic line-up of BBC Proms events and seen that at No. 32, Britten Sinfonia, in a scintilating programme of piano works.
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24 March 2009 - Latitude Festival 2009
Headline acts for this years Latitude Festival have been announced and Britten Sinfonia is set to perform! The festival takes place in July 2009 at Henham Park Estate in Suffolk.
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11 March 2009 - BS comes out on top with BBC
Britten Sinfonia's recording of Britten's Nocturne is top choice on BBC's Building a Library programme
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9 March 2009 - Britten Sinfonia's Own CD Label Launched
This month Britten Sinfonia, in conjunction with Signum Classics, has launched its own CD label. The first release, Songs of Sky, is already on sale.
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27 February 2009 - BBC Radio 3 to broadcast Britten Sinfonia performance
Britten Sinfonia performed in The Lichfield Festival last summer and BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting our performance of The Traveller by Alec Roth and writer Vikram Seth.
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13 February 2009 - Britten Sinfonia on BBC Radio 3
Following a broadcast of our recent concert tour with Imogen Cooper, you can listen to the whole concert and interview with BS leader Jacqueline Shave on BBC iPlayer.
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23 January 2009 - Coming this month...
Our Britten Sinfonia at Lunch tour continues and why not catch up on our podcasts on the Listen to Us pages.
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19 January 2009 - Programme notes available to download or read online
Did you know that programme notes for our forthcoming projects are available to read online? These notes will be available to read one week before the first concert of each tour until a week after the tour.
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5 January 2009 - New Podcast
Recorded as part of our Great Fen project - this podcast hears a group of primary school children explore the natural sounds of the Fens.
Calendar
March 2010
Next Production
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Cambridge, London, Norwich, Birmingham and Krakow
02 - 14 March 2010
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
02 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Wigmore Hall, London
03 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
The Assembly House, Norwich
05 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Town Hall, Birmingham
09 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Filharmonic Hall, Krakow
14 March 2010 12:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten-Pears Chamber Choir with Britten Sinfonia
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape
21 March 2010 7:00pm
The Britten–Pears Chamber Choir and Britten Sinfonia perform Britten's Te Deum , Fauré's Requiem and Duruflé's Requiem.
