http://www.brittensinfonia.comBritten Sinfonia Newshttp://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-in-america-looking-back.htmlWe equipped violinist Lizzie Ball with a digital camcorder to document the goings-on behind the scenes at our recent tour with Mark Padmore and Pekka Kussisto.Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/great-britten.htmlOur Britten in America concert is currently on tour around the UK, here is what people so far have thought about it in Cambridge, Bradford on Avon, Dartintgton and London. We hope you can join us in Cockermouth, Southampton and Norwich this week.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/creative-learning-buses.htmlOur Creative Learning department has been very busy since a quiet January, they have been involved in a great range of projects and have managed to find time to write a blog about it to share their update with everyone too.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/nico-muhly-and-britten-sinfonia-a-hit-with-the-critics.htmlNico Muhly's residency with Britten Sinfonia is well underway and all involved seem to be enjoying the experience, read what people have been saying...Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bbc-radio-4-front-row.htmlNico Muhly talks to Kirsty Lang about his residency with Britten Sinfonia which includes premières of new works and a composers' workshop on Saturday 23 Jan.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/creating-an-ensemble-drama-with-the-britten-sinfonia.htmlCharlotte Higgins, of the Guardian, looks at Britten Sinfonia's concert staging and the benefits of working without a conductorFri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/joanna-macgregor-sinfoniacast.htmlOur latest SinfoniaCast features exclusive extracts from our latest CD release with Joanna MacGregor; 'Live in Buenos Aires', as well as a recent interview with Joannna. She talks South American composers, touring with Britten Sinfonia, and much more…Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/roundhouse-london-performances.htmlWe have two performances coming up at the Roundhouse in London. The first is with internationally renowned pianist Joanna MacGregor on 23 January and the second on 24 January with Nico Muhly during his residency with us.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bbc-radio-3-cd-review.htmlStephen Layton discusses the new Britten Sinfonia and Polyphony recording of Handel’s Messiah with BBC Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor.Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/pre-concert-talks-available-online.htmlPre-concert talks from most of our concerts will now be available to hear online. These interesting and audience-friendly talks are a great way to discover the decisions behind our repertoire, and to get to know musicians more intimately.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/handel---messiah.htmlHyperion release Handel's Messiah with Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony and Stephen LaytonFri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/family-music-day-latest.htmlOur favourite quotes and photos from the day are now on the website. You can also see a summary of feedback from the day, and how we plan to use attendees’ comments to make Family Music Day 2010 bigger and better.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/new-sinfoniacast-.htmlOur latest podcast is timed to coincide with the release of our new Hyperion recording of Handel's Messiah. Soloists Andrew Foster-Williams, Allan Clayton and Julia Doyle pick out their personal highlights and discuss what makes this version so special.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/classic-fm-podcast.htmlTom Shore, Orchestra Manager talks to ClassicFM about our performance with Danish band EfterklangFri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/latest-britten-sinfonia-video.htmlOur latest video is available to watch, featuring footage from our appearance at Latitude Festival in July. Check it out here!Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/latest-cd-review.htmlOur newest CD release on our own label, BS002 Hindemith, was recently reviewed for Gramohpone Magazine - 'This disc positively sparkles!'Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/fen-soundscapes-launch.htmlThe Fen Soundscapes exhibition has now closed, but we recorded video and audio versions of a walk through the installation - the next best thing to being there yourself!Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bbc-video-bs-violinist.htmlWhilst we spent the weekend performing at Latitude Festival the BBC took the opportunity to video interview Lizzie Ball, one of our violinists, in a short 'day in the life' video diary of the experience.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/new-podcast-with-james-macmillan-available-now.htmlOur latest SinfoniaCast features world-renowned British composer James MacMillan discussing his opera Parthenogenesis.Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/london-2009-10-season-on-sale.htmlOur regular series of concerts in Cambridge, London and Norwich are now on sale for all concerts in the 2009-10 season.Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bs-wins-rps-award.htmlLast night Britten Sinfonia was delighted to be awarded the RPS Award for Chamber MusicWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bbc-prom-announced.htmlYou may well have started looking through this year's fantastic line-up of BBC Proms events and seen that at No. 32, Britten Sinfonia, in a scintilating programme of piano works.Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/latitude-festival-2009.htmlHeadline acts for this years Latitude Festival have been announced and Britten Sinfonia is set to perform! The festival takes place in July 2009 at Henham Park Estate in Suffolk.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bs-comes-out-on-top-with-bbc.htmlBritten Sinfonia's recording of Britten's Nocturne is top choice on BBC's Building a Library programmeWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonias-own-cd-label-launched.htmlThis month Britten Sinfonia, in conjunction with Signum Classics, has launched its own CD label. The first release, Songs of Sky, is already on sale.Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/bbc-radio-3-to-broadcast-britten-sinfonia-performance.htmlBritten Sinfonia performed in The Lichfield Festival last summer and BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting our performance of The Traveller by Alec Roth and writer Vikram Seth.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonia-on-bbc-radio-3.htmlFollowing a broadcast of our recent concert tour with Imogen Cooper, you can listen to the whole concert and interview with BS leader Jacqueline Shave on BBC iPlayer.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/coming-up-next-week.htmlOur Britten Sinfonia at Lunch tour continues and why not catch up on our podcasts on the Listen to Us pages.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/programme-notes-available-to-download-now.htmlDid you know that programme notes for our forthcoming projects are available to read online? These notes will be available to read one week before the first concert of each tour until a week after the tour.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/new-podcast.htmlRecorded as part of our Great Fen project - this podcast hears a group of primary school children explore the natural sounds of the Fens.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonia-on-skyarts-.htmlOur Chief Executive David Butcher and Cambridge University Press Chief Executive Stephen Bourne were filmed at the Arts & Business Award ceremony where we won the British Council International Award.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/a-look-back-over-the-year.htmlThe Observer's Fiona Maddocks has rated Britten Sinfonia's Night Music production one of the Top 10 highlights of 2008.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonia-greenpeace-concert-for-the-climate.htmlBritten Sinfonia joined delegates at the UN climate talks in Poland in a fre concert to help raise awareness of issuesMon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonia-win-arts--business-award.htmlOn Monday 24th November Britten Sinfonia and Cambridge University Press have been announced as the winners of the British Council A&B awardTue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/messiah-with-polyphony.htmlTickets are selling fast for all Britten Sinfonia's performances of Messiah - Book Now!Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/britten-sinfonia-at-lunch.htmlBritten Sinfonia's acclaimed lunchtime series begins a new season next week in Krakow, Cambridge, London, Birmingham and Norwich. In a recent Classic FM podcast...Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/london-jazz-festival-reviews.htmlThe recent gig at the Southbank Centre has received a fantastic 5 star review in The Times. Richard Morrison described it as 'the future of music'.Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/london-jazz-festival.htmlBritten Sinfonia perform on the opening night of the London Jazz Festival, Friday 14 November 2008 at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/night-music-reviews-and-articles.htmlFollowing a successful first tour of the season you can read numerous reviews as well as two articles which featured in our programme book. One written by Mark Padmore, the other by poetry expert Kate Kennedy.Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/gramophone-award-nominee.htmlBritten Sinfonia was nominated for a Gramophone Award for best choral CD of the year - the winners were announced at the end of September.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/new-look-website.htmlWelcome to Britten Sinfonia's new website. We hope you enjoy browsing the site and taking advantage of some of the new features. Please do let us know what you think of the website and any further features you would like to see included.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/new-season-launch.htmlBritten Sinfonia's 2008-09 season begins with Night Music. Tenor Mark Padmore joins us for a ravishing programme exploring the theme of night. Cambridge, Norwich, London and Southampton, 23 - 28 October.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.brittensinfonia.com/news/familymusicday.htmlOur popular Family Music Days in Norwich and Cambridge take place on 11 and 12 October 2008. A day of musical fun for all the family, including percussion workshops, instrument making and a Grand Finale concert.Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000