All Concerts & Events

Month

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.

Britten Sinfonia Academy: Project Two

Saffron Walden

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.

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.

Nevill Holt Opera: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Market Harborough

12 Jun - 16 Jun 2019

A lovers tiff between fairy-king Oberon and his queen Tytania leads to a night of mistaken identities, confused lovers and alarming transformations.

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.