Britten Sinfonia

Britten Sinfonia 2012-13 Barbican series

Tickets are now on sale for our debut concert series as Barbican Associate Ensemble.

Britten Sinfonia’s 2012-13 season at the Barbican launches on Saturday 27th October 2012 with a gala concert that also celebrates Britten Sinfonia’s 20th birthday. Journeying through 400 years of music, the birthday celebrations feature close artistic collaborators including Alina Ibragimova, Mark Padmore, Nico Muhly, Pekka Kuusisto, Joanna MacGregor and Andy Sheppard, the orchestra’s two newest ensembles, Britten Sinfonia Voices and Britten Sinfonia Academy for young musicians, plus special guest appearances.

Britten Sinfonia’s 2012-13 Barbican season also features Beethoven Piano Concertos directed from the keyboard by Angela Hewitt, the world première of a new work by Eriks Esenvalds as part of a ‘Baltic Nights’ programme directed by Alina Ibragimova, and the première of three Schubert songs arranged by Detlev Glanert performed by world-renowned tenor, Ian Bostridge.

A 15% multi-buy discount is available if you book 3 or 4 Britten Sinfonia concerts at the Barbican.

2012-13 Barbican series
Britten Sinfonia 20th Birthday Gala Concert
Angela Hewitt Directs
Baltic Nights
Ian Bostridge

Details of our Cambridge and Norwich season will be announced in May

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Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
01 May 2012 1:00pm

Renowned tenor, Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia for the final concert in the 2011-12 At Lunch series. At the centre of this programme is a work by British composer, Jonathan Dove, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with support from the Tenner for a Tenor campaign.

Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4

Wigmore Hall, London
02 May 2012 1:00pm

Renowned tenor, Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia for the final concert in the 2011-12 At Lunch series. At the centre of this programme is a work by British composer, Jonathan Dove, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with support from the Tenner for a Tenor campaign.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival - Padmore Sings Mahler

St Andrew's Hall, Norwich
11 May 2012 7:30pm

Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance.  He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.

Padmore sings Mahler

Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
12 May 2012 7:30pm

Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance.  He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.

Padmore sings Mahler

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
16 May 2012 7:30pm

Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance.  He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.

Padmore sings Mahler

Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
17 May 2012 7:30pm

Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance.  He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.

Brighton Festival - Mahler & Schubert

Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
19 May 2012 7:30pm

Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance.  He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.

Bury St Edmunds Festival

The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds
20 May 2012 7:30pm

Britten Sinfonia returns to the festival for in 2012.

Brighton Festival - King Priam

Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
27 May 2012 7:00pm

‘I have to sing songs for those who can’t sing for themselves. Those songs come from the torments and horrors that have happened. I can’t lose faith in humanity.’ Sir Michael Tippett

Britten Sinfonia at Museo Reina Sofia

Museo Reina Sofia , Madrid
28 May 2012 7:30pm

Fabián Panisello conducts his song cycle Libro del Frio with soprano Allison Bell and Britten Sinfonia

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