Britten Sinfonia at Lunch
Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning lunchtime series returns for a new season in December 2009 and continues to bring some of the finest chamber repertoire to audiences interspersed with contemporary music which has been specially commissioned for the series. This season Birtwistle pupil, Christian Mason; New York based Nico Muhly; German, Ulirch Kreppein; and jazz influenced Gwilym Simcock have been selected to write works for the series. Download a pdf of our brochure here
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Chamber Music Award 2009. Now in its fifh season, the series tours to Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Norwich and Krakow, in Poland. The Cambridge concerts are recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast in Spring 2010. This season there are four lunchtime tours:
- Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 1: 13 to 18 December 2009
- Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2: 17 to 22 January 2010
- Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3: 2 to 9 March 2010
- Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4: 25 April to 5 May 2010
Birmingham Town Hall - due to be on sale on 1 August 2009
Tickets £7.50, £5.00 students, unwaged, 60 plus and under 16s
Box Office 0121 780 3333
Book online www.thsh.co.uk
More information and venue information www.thsh.co.uk/britten-sinfonia-at-lunch-series
Cambridge West Road Concert Hall -
Tickets £7, £4 2008/09 subscribers to Britten Sinfonia’s Cambridge evening concert series
£3 students and under 18s
Box Office 01223 357851
Venue information www.westroad.org
Sandwiches and coffee will be on sale in the foyer, provided by Origin8.
Krakow Filharmonic Hall
Tickets 15PLN
Box Office +48 (12) 429 13 45
More information www.filharmonia.krakow.pl
Planning a trip to Krakow
London Wigmore Hall - Booking open for first concert. Subsequent concerts on sale Autumn 2009
Tickets £12, £10 concessions
Box Office 020 7935 2141
Please note there is an administration fee for all telephone and online bookings which includes the return of your tickets by first class post.
Book online and venue information www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Norwich The Assembly House
Tickets £7, £4 2009/10 subscribers to Britten Sinfonia’s Norwich evening concert series
£3 students and under 18s
Box Office 01603 630000
Book online www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
Venue information www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Ivory’s Restaurant and Café Bar at The Assembly House offer a 10% discount to audience members on Britten Sinfonia at Lunch concert days on production of a ticket.
Concessions must show ID on booking or collection on the door.
Calendar
Next Production
Britten in America
Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Enschede, Amsterdam, Innsbruck, Cambridge, Bradford on Avon, Dartington, London, Cockermouth, Southampton and Norwich
27 - 12 February 2010
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Congress, Saal Tirol, Innsbruck
02 February 2010 8:00pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
05 February 2010 8:00pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
06 February 2010 7:30pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Great Hall, Dartington
07 February 2010 3:00pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
08 February 2010 7:30pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Christ Church, Cockermouth
09 February 2010 7:30pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
11 February 2010 8:00pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
Britten in America
Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich
12 February 2010 7:30pm
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. A rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly.
