• “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

Press Releases

Press releases will be available for download approximately two months before a concert.

RPS Award Britten Sinfonia wins RPS Award for Ensemble

Wymondham Serenade Norfolk Primary School children compose and perform their own music in a concert with Britten Sinfonia in celebration of Benjamin Britten's Centenary

Musically Gifted Britten Sinfonia launches the UK's most flexible classical music funding scheme

Parkside Take Over Students from Parkside Federation Academies present original compositions alongside renowned percussionist Colin Currie in our regular cambridge pre-concert event slot.

Spring 2013 Press Release Britten Sinfonia are nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Soceity Award in the Ensemble category.

OPUS 2013 premiere Ryan Latimer's Divertimento will be premiered following an open call to unpublished composers.

Britten Sinfonia and Young Composers Britten Sinfonia is committed to new music which is coupled with strong support from young composers and artists. Our next series of events; Composers Workshop, At Lunch 3 and 4 - through the spotlight on our work developing young talent.

Baltic Nights Alina Ibragimova directs Britten Sinfonia in a programme featuring music by Bach and Peteris Vasks alongside a new work by Eriks Essenvalds

Concerts: January and February 2013 Angela Hewitt, Alina Ibragimova and Mark Padmore feature in concerts spanning 700 years of music

At Lunch 2012-13 series Britten Sinfonia pays homage to Benjamin Britten in award-winning lunchtime concert series

Alice Coote sings Phaedra Alice Coote makes her Britten Sinfonia debut in a celebration of Britten and English music for voice and strongs in Cambridge and at Wigmore Hall.

20th Birthday Concerts Britten Sinfonia celebrates its 20th birthday with concerts in Cambridge, Norwich and at the Barbican Centre

Britten 100 Britten Sinfonia marks Benjamin Britten centenary

Mr Big An interactive family concert in Cambridge

Opus 2013 Britten Sinfonia makes open call to unpublished composers

2012-13 Norwich Season Booking opens for Britten Sinfonia's Norwich season

2012-13 Cambridge Season Booking opens for Britten Sinfonia's Cambridge season

Britten Sinfonia launches The Listening Machine as part of Arts Council England/BBC's The Space

Britten Sinfonia Academy - seeking next generation of outstanding musician talent

Tenner for a Tenor investment pays dividends - premiere performances of Jonathan Dove's new work The End in Norwich, Cambridge and London

Mark Padmore and Britten Sinfonia Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia for two concert tours and a CD release in April & May 2012.

At Lunch March 2012 - World premiere of Luke Bedford’s Three Intermezzi

Britten Sinfonia becomes Associate Ensemble at the Barbican from 2012-13 From September 2012, Britten Sinfonia joins the Barbican’s outstanding roster of international performance partners when it becomes an Associate Ensemble at the Barbican.

Concentric Paths: The music of Adès, Couperin, Stravinsky and Ravel. UK and International tour with Thomas Adès and Pekka Kuusisto.

Britten Sinfonia Winter/Spring 2012 Diary dates Highlights include Britten Sinfonia’s New York debut in February 2012, world première of Nico Muhly’s Cello Concerto in March and celebrated tenor Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia once more in April and May for lunchtime and evening concerts.

L’enfance du Christ Sir Mark Elder conducts Britten Sinfonia in Berlioz’s magical oratorio

Music to chew over…  Britten Sinfonia At Lunch series returns this November

New association with Brighton Britten Sinfonia becomes Resident Chamber Orchestra at Brighton Dome and Festival

Opening concert of 2011-12 season Britten Sinfonia opens its 2011/12 season by welcoming back Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud, following a tour of Mexico in the summer.

2011 - 2012 Season Booking opens for Britten Sinfonia seasons in London, Cambridge & Norwich

Spring and Summer 2011 Britten Sinfonia gears up for a busy summer with performances at the Royal Opera House, King’s Place and at the Proms, and overseas, with visits to South America and Mexico

Tenner for a Tenor Music lovers invited to buy £10 shares in new work by Jonathan Dove for Mark Padmore and Britten Sinfonia

At Lunch  - April 2011 World premiere of Enrico Chapella’s Nanobot’s

Purcell Remixed - Young MC’s, beatboxers, music technology students and classical music students have been working with Britten Sinfonia to create their own new remix of Purcell’s music.

Britten Sinfonia’s Arts Council Funding - Britten Sinfonia core grant increased for 2012-13 from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Funding Programme

Angela Hewitt directs - In April 2011 Angela Hewitt returns to Britten Sinfonia to direct performances of Bach and Mozart Concerti.

At Lunch - March 2011 ‘Trout’ on the menu for Paris debut of Britten Sinfonia at Lunch

Spring 2011 Britten Sinfonia continues its 2010-11 season

At Lunch - December 2010 A new commission by Julian Philips plus works by Janacek and Brahms tour to London, Cambridge and Norwich.

English Song Tenor Mark Padmore returns to Britten Sinfonia with a programme of English music for voice and strings

New Chairman of Britten Sinfonia Board of Directors Stephen Bourne, Chief Executive of Cambridge Univeristy Press becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors and Jerome Booth joins the Board

Mysteries of the Macabre Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan joins Britten Sinfonia in Ligeti’s tour de force and some of Mozart’s most popular songs in performances in Norwich, Cambridge and London.

At Lunch 2010-11 Britten Sinfonia announce 2010-11 At Lunch series in Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Norwich and Paris.

Focus on James MacMillan Britten Sinfonia kicks-off its 2010-11 season in October with a focus on the music of James MacMillan including the premiere of his Oboe Concerto.

Manor School String Masterclass Britten Sinfonia musicians lead a string masterclass with Cambridge Children

Launch of the Little Songbook Britten Sinfonia will be launching the Little Songbook for the Great Fen in July

2010-11 Season Details of Britten Sinfonia’s 2010-11 concert season

Imogen Cooper Final concerts in 3 year Bethoven Piano Concerto cycle

At Lunch 4 Britten Sinfonia premiere a new work by Gwilym Simcock

Passion & Resurrection Britten Sinfonia and Polyphony perform the UK premiere of Eriks Esenvalds Passion & Resurrection in Cambridge and Norwich

Sound Stories Britten Sinfonia Creative Learning department have been working in Norfolk primary schools on a project based on Ed Vere’s children’s book Mr Big.
Britten in America Britten Sinfonia journeys across the Atlantic and back again featuring a programme including a new work by Nico Muhly and soloists Mark Padmore and Pekka Kuusisto

Spring 2010 Britten Sinfonia continues its 2009/10 season

Britten Sinfonia At Lunch Service resumes for Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning lunchtime concerts

Nico Muhly New York composer, Nico Muhly joins Britten Sinfonia during January and February 2010 for a number of projects

Family Music Day Our annual Family Music Day in Cambridge is a fun and informative way for families to learn more about how music is played and composed.

Christopher Hogwood conducts Britten Sinfonia Christopher Hogwood opens Britten Sinfonia’s 2009/10 season with a concert which celebrates the five significant musical anniversaries of 2009, the first time that he has conducted the orchestra.

Britten Sinfonia Performances Summer 2009 Britten Sinfonia moves into the summer with a series of firsts. 

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