The London Sinfonietta
House music: Flora Willson's watching and listening highlights
Our critic enjoys a masterly, socially distanced first night of the Proms, a new series by Opera North made to listen as you walk and a striking Met performance by Lise Davidsen
Flora Willson
31, Aug, 2020 @4:00 PM
London Sinfonietta review – the haunting charm of Mauricio Kagel
From vampy robotics to a ‘game’ between cellists, this vivid celebration of the late avant-garde composer embraced the remarkable range of his work
Andrew Clements
04, Feb, 2020 @4:14 PM
Sinfonietta/Fischer review – mystery and awe, from Debussy to Harvey
Using Debussy’s Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune as a starting point, composers from Varèse to Saariaho furthered its sonority and spectralism
Tim Ashley
23, Jan, 2020 @3:38 PM
London Sinfonietta/Baker review – Tansy Davies' distinctive music lingers
The raw intensity of Davies’ writing was perfectly captured in this concert that also showcased impressive works by Naomi Pinnock and Clara Iannotta
Andrew Clements
11, Nov, 2019 @1:47 PM
The Garden review – Sinfonietta bring Richard Ayres's surreal work to vivid life
Diverse, discursive and impossibly dense, Ayres’s picaresque tale is dramatically uneven but was performed with virtuoso flair
Andrew Clements
18, Apr, 2019 @12:00 PM
New Work New Music review – Royal Ballet's short works are a step in the right direction
From Aletta Collins’ refreshing abstraction to Calvin Richardson’s human piñatas, these new works are just what the Royal should be doing right now
Lyndsey Winship
07, Feb, 2019 @12:16 PM
The week in classical: Porgy and Bess; ETO triple bill; Passion review – from Catfish Row to Carthage
ENO’s first ever Porgy and Bess is a resounding triumph. Elsewhere, a harmonious triple bill and a seamless fusion of dance, music and myth
Fiona Maddocks
20, Oct, 2018 @1:00 PM
London Sinfonietta/George Benjamin review – austere first world war meditation
Benjamin conducts four new pieces with care and intensity but comes into his own with works of ritual mourning by Stravinsky and Messiaen
Tim Ashley
23, Jul, 2018 @10:30 AM
The Gender Agenda review – Venables' feeble musical gameshow parody
Composer Philip Venables’ fatally unfunny work for the London Sinfonietta needs radical reworking
Andrew Clements
15, Apr, 2018 @12:05 PM
The week in classical: London Sinfonietta 50th anniversary concert; Britten Sinfonia - review
The London Sinfonietta celebrated its half century at a composer-packed Royal Festival Hall. Britten Sinfonia has reasons to cheer too…
Fiona Maddocks
28, Jan, 2018 @7:30 AM
London Sinfonietta at 50 review – orchestra celebrates with Stravinsky and solo sax
Half a century of championing contemporary music saw the Sinfonietta boosted in size in an ambitious programme that didn’t always cohere
Andrew Clements
25, Jan, 2018 @2:52 PM
Debussy abounds, Ulysses returns and Rattle debuts: the best classical music for 2018
Monteverdi’s masterwork is given new life, two opera titans take on Verdi, and the London Sinfonietta launches a gender-fluid game show
Andrew Clements
03, Jan, 2018 @6:00 AM
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