All Concerts & Events

Month

At Lunch One 2018-19

Cambridge London Norwich

20 Nov - 23 Nov 2018

Tenor Mark Padmore is joined by principals of Britten Sinfonia for the premiere of a new song cycle by Luke Styles, former Young Composer-in-Residence at Glyndebourne.

Serenading Lincs: Nettleton

Nettleton

24 Nov 2018

Serenading Lincs: “500 Years Of Song” A fantastic introduction to Britten Sinfonia’s new project bringing exceptional classical music to rural Lincolnshire.

Serenading Lincs: Crowland

Crowland

25 Nov 2018

Serenading Lincs: “Serenades” Britten Sinfonia are joined by critically acclaimed tenor, Mark Padmore for a performance of Benjamin Britten’s iconic song cycle, Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, in the beautiful Crowland Abbey.

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Mark Padmore

Bury St Edmunds

26 Nov 2018

Celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore, joins Britten Sinfonia with a programme that features some of the most beautiful English music for voice and orchestra.

Serenading Lincs: Lincoln

Lincoln

29 Nov 2018

Serenading Lincs: “On The Eve Of War” Internationally celebrated and pioneering ensemble Britten Sinfonia are joined by renowned tenor Mark Padmore for a special evening concert featuring Vaughan Williams’ magnificent On Wenlock Edge and a new song cycle written specially for the group by Luke Styles.

Handel’s Messiah – Nevill Holt Opera Young Artists

Market Harborough

01 Dec 2018

Britten Sinfonia in its partnership with Nevill Holt Opera performs this classic masterpiece with Nevill Holt’s starry young artists.

Serenading Lincs: Alford

Alford

09 Dec 2018

Serenading Lincs: “On The Eve Of War” Internationally celebrated and pioneering ensemble Britten Sinfonia are joined by renowned tenor Mark Padmore for a special evening concert featuring Vaughan Williams’ magnificent On Wenlock Edge and a new song cycle written specially for the group by Luke Styles.

Handel’s Messiah

Amsterdam London Saffron Walden

17 Dec - 22 Dec 2018

Britten Sinfonia are joined by a scintillating line-up of some of the UK’s finest singers for a festive performance of Handel’s thrilling and jubilant Messiah.

Britten Sinfonia Academy: Project Two

Saffron Walden

05 Jan - 19 Jan 2019

Project Two: Sir Mark Elder Sir Mark Elder will be conducting Britten Sinfonia on a tour of Mahler and Brahms concerts in early 2019.

OPUS2018: Finalists Workshop Day with Sir James MacMillan

Saffron Walden

13 Jan 2019

Britten Sinfonia’s OPUS competition is an open call for scores in the search for the most exciting new, unpublished compositional talent.

Elder conducts Mahler & Brahms

London Saffron Walden Norwich

17 Jan - 19 Jan 2019

Brahms as Brahms wished it to be heard: Sir Mark Elder joins Britten Sinfonia for the second instalment of their Brahms Symphony Cycle, paired with Mahler songs and Britten’s last completed orchestral work.

Colin Matthews Octet

London

06 Feb 2019

Britten Sinfonia gives the première of a new work by Colin Matthews: Octet for oboe and chamber ensemble, featuring Britten Sinfonia’s principal and world-renowned oboist Nicholas Daniel, alongside a programme of Mozart, Skryabin, Britten and Strauss at Wigmore Hall.

At Lunch Two 2018-19

Cambridge London Norwich

12 Feb - 15 Feb 2019

Edmund Finnis’ music displays a fascination with sound and melodic patterns, and his new piano trio promises to offer intrigue during Britten Sinfonia’s second lunchtime concert of the series.

Brad Mehldau – Piano Concerto

London

16 Mar 2019

One of the great improvisers of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau premieres a new piano concerto, commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and the Barbican.

At Lunch Three 2018-19

Norwich Cambridge London

22 Mar - 27 Mar 2019

This Scottish folk-inspired concert features works by Sir James MacMillan and Peter Maxwell Davies, including the first live performance of MacMillan’s Hirta, an arrangement of a folk song from St Kilda.

Britten Sinfonia Academy: Project Three

Cambridge

23 Mar - 31 Mar 2019

Project Three: Museum Residency/Chamber groups BSA has a longstanding partnership with The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and we will continue this with a unique collaboration in March 2019.

A Sheen of Dew on Flowers

London

11 Apr 2019

The first public performance of Joby Talbot’s new cantata, commissioned by Independent Opera, which sets love poetry from across the ages.

Seven Last Words from the Cross – Holy Week Festival

London

19 Apr 2019

Tenebrae and Britten Sinfonia collaborate for the first time for an absorbing and moving concert experience.

Fauré Requiem

Snape

20 Apr 2019

Fauré’s Requiem favours serenity, joy and liberation over the dread and terror employed by most composers in settings of the Mass of the Dead.

Britten Sinfonia Academy: Project Four

05 May - 07 Jul 2019

This project will focus on Britten Sinfonia Academy’s programme for their performance in Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning concert series ‘At Lunch’, including the first rehearsals of the Academy’s new commission from Josephine Stephenson.

Beethoven Symphony Cycle (Nos 7 & 8)

Saffron Walden London

18 May - 21 May 2019

A game of musical chairs plus a short but inventive symphony all brought together with a jubilant and joyous close.

Four Quartets

London

22 May - 25 May 2019

Published 75 years ago, Four Quartets is considered the crowning achievement of TS Eliot’s career as a poet.

Beethoven Symphony Cycle (No. 9)

Norwich London

25 May - 26 May 2019

Britten Sinfonia’s Beethoven Symphony Cycle, conducted by Thomas Adès, concludes with Beethoven’s mighty ‘choral’ symphony and Gerald Barry’s feverish The Eternal Recurrence.

Donizetti’s Il Paria with Opera Rara

London

08 Jun 2019

A rare chance to hear Il Paria, one of Donizetti’s most innovative and daring scores, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with Britten Sinfonia.

At Lunch Four 2018-19

Cambridge Norwich

16 Jul - 18 Jul 2019

The talented young musicians of Britten Sinfonia Academy take centre stage in this lunchtime concert. The programme will feature a new work for chamber orchestra and electronics by gifted young composer, Josephine Stephenson.