ANNOUNCING OUR 2025/26 SEASON
More than two years into a period when Britten Sinfonia has no regular funding from Arts Council England – a period now extended, even more challengingly, to five years out of the National Portfolio – I’m proud to announce a full and rich range of activity in our 2025/26 season.
Through the generosity of a wide base of supporters, we have again been able to build a schedule for our brilliant musicians that is characteristically eclectic and, as a recent Guardian reviewer noted, ‘innovative as always’. Read on, and click for details of many of our concerts next season.
Meurig Bowen
CEO and Artistic Director
Selected Highlights
BBC Prom / Summer at Snape
Britten Sinfonia returns to the BBC Proms and Snape Maltings with a programme of Sibelius, Arvo Pärt, Mozart and Gavin Higgins.
Britten Sinfonia with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
Rising star Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the soloist in Mozart’s exquisite and lyrical piano concerto no. 23
The Protecting Veil with Guy Johnston
Star cellist returns as the soloist in John Tavener's The Protecting Veil
OPUS Horizons
A double bill of concerts showcasing new works by composers on our Magnum Opus and Opus 1 schemes.
Marking Time: Nico Muhly / Sadler's Wells
A unique collaboration between choreographers and composer, three new commissions by Jules Cunningham, Michael Keegan-Dolan and Maud Le Pladec, are performed to music by contemporary composer Nico Muhly.
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony and Stephen Layton re-unite in Bach’s great seasonal masterpiece.
Earth and other planets, with Stevens & Pound and Robert Macfarlane
Britten Sinfonia with Stevens & Pound and Robert Macfarlane
Sea Beneath The Skin / Song of the Earth
Reflecting on the powerful words of the late Kiribati poetess and activist Teresia Teaiwa, Lemi Ponifasio's Sea Beneath the Skin creates a poignant performance featuring the Theatre of Kiribati.
Recycling Concerto
A triptych focusing on conservation and nature: Gregor Mayrhofer’s Recycling Concerto, Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony and Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus.
Seven Last Words from the Cross
Barber’s Adagio and Allegri’s Miserere prepare the way for James MacMillan’s great Passion meditation, in this emotionally-charged evening from Tenebrae and Britten Sinfonia.
Re-folking Viennese classics, with ZRI quintet
Britten Sinfonia and ZRI quintet perform music re-imagined for orchestra and folk band.
ROH Linbury Theatre: Three Chamber Operas
The Jette Parker Artists shine a light on three women composers: Elizabeth Maconchy, Charlotte Bray and Elena Langer.