Britten Sinfonia
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures review | classical album of the week
Dvořák’s collection of miniatures is surprisingly little known. This enchanting new recording reveals a composer fascinated by the small complexities of the world around him
Erica Jeal
17, Nov, 2022 @3:00 PM
Thrilled, relieved, perplexed: three Arts Council funding verdicts
In our second set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we hear from Balbir Singh Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia and Little Bulb
Chris Wiegand, Imogen Tilden and Harriet Sherwood
14, Nov, 2022 @10:52 AM
The week in classical: Don Pasquale; Holst’s Sāvitri
The charms of Donizetti’s comic opera continue to elude, while a Holst rarity shines in an elegant fusion of music and movement
Fiona Maddocks
07, May, 2022 @11:30 AM
Britten Sinfonia/Elder review – Holst’s Indian gem takes centre stage
Savitri was given a rare outing in a concert that framed Holst’s Indian opera with works by Grace Williams and Britten, and closed with a boundary-crossing fusion that Holst would have relished
Andrew Clements
05, May, 2022 @2:29 PM
Amazônia in concert review – bringing the sights and sounds of the Amazon to life
Sebastião Salgado’s photographs of the rainforest combined with music with Amazonian connections in this powerful and moving concert featuring the Britten Sinfonia under Simone Menezes
Andrew Clements
15, Oct, 2021 @10:49 AM
Summer at Snape review – spark, coherence and variety
The Aldeburgh festival in another guise delivered some memorable premieres, with the music of its founder ever present
Fiona Maddocks
03, Jul, 2021 @11:30 AM
Thomas Adès at 50 review – something old and something new in superb birthday celebration
Barbican, London
The composer’s Shanty – Over the Sea, given its UK premiere by the Britten Sinfonia, is captivating and evocative
The composer’s Shanty – Over the Sea, given its UK premiere by the Britten Sinfonia, is captivating and evocative
Tim Ashley
11, Jun, 2021 @11:08 AM
Shabaka Hutchings/Britten Sinfonia/Paterson review - tangible exhilaration
A leading light of London’s jazz scene gave an extraordinary demonstration of his clarinet expertise, adding nuance to Copland and Stravinsky
Erica Jeal
19, Nov, 2020 @1:15 PM
Bryn Terfel/Britten Sinfonia review – deep, unaffected sincerity
With works by Bach, Gerald Finzi and Ivor Novello – plus a warming Christmas carol – this concert confirmed music’s power to console in troubled times
Tim Ashley
05, Oct, 2020 @2:51 PM
Ada Lovelace: Imagining the Analytical Engine review – where rhythms meet algorithms
A tribute to the 19th-century computing pioneer revealed some fascinating processes, but the music was less rewarding
Erica Jeal
03, Nov, 2019 @12:15 PM
Reich/Richter review – two artists with the power to disrupt time and space
An ever-shifting new composition by Steve Reich is set to a Rorschach-like new film by Gerhard Richter, with wonderfully disorientating, hypnotic results
John Lewis
24, Oct, 2019 @11:05 AM
The Sixteen/Britten Sinfonia review – MacMillan's mysticism misses its mark
There was impeccable singing and playing, but James MacMillan’s substantial new works disappointed
Erica Jeal
16, Oct, 2019 @10:01 AM
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