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BS wins RPS Award!

On 12 May the Royal Philharmonic Society held an Awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London. The event celebrates excellence and integrity in classical music and has a reputation as ‘UK’s most prestigious accolade for live classical music’.  After winning the Ensemble Award in 2007, Britten Sinfonia was delighted to be shortlisted a second time, and even more so to have won. Jacqueline Shave, leader, and David Butcher, Chief Executive, are pictured at the awards.

The Chamber Music Award was given in recognition of our Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series which is now entering its 5th year of touring. The series commissions new works, programmes engaging and lively concerts with world class artists and musicians. Each concert tour in the series travels to Cambridge, Norwich, London, Birmingham and Krakow; the series is also recorded live in Cambridge for broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

Read about the RPS winners here
Read about next season’s lunchtime concerts here

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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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