Pre-concert preambles

As our new season of concerts gets underway, we're running a series of pre-concert talks at selected venues in order to give our audiences the opportunity to get any thoughts, ideas and burning questions off their chests face-to-face with some of the world's finest soloists and conductors....


Starting the sessions is superb violinist Alina Ibragimova who for our concerts in Cambridge and Norwich will be discussing why she specifically chose Bach and Schoenberg to frame her near-flawless rendition of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's little-known Concerto Funebre

The other works she will be talking about include a brand-new arrangement of JS Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A minor by composer Tansy Davies, JS Bach's Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, and Arnold Schoenberg's gorgeous Romantic work Transfigured Night

The pre-concert talks will be held at Cambridge's West Road Concert Hall on Mon 22 October at 7pm and Norwich Cathedral on Tue 23 October at 6.30pm


COMING UP.....


We will also be holding pre-concert talks for our forthcoming concert with Imogen Cooper in Norwich and Cambridge on Fri 7 December at 6.30 and Sat 8 December at 7pm, respectively.

The programme will feature Birtwistle's Bach Measures, Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, with our guest speaker superb conductor Nicholas Daniel.



If you might be interested in participating in our pre-concert talks, or just want to find out more, visit our website at www.brittensinfonia.co.uk

Classy Coaching

This year we're re-visiting the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra for some inspirational coaching sessions...


Working with young musicians from all over the county, our players will be injecting enthusiasm and inspiration into the orchestra at rehearsals in November and January. The first of our sessions will be at the beautiful Bylaugh Hall (see http://www.bylaugh.com/ for details), with the orchestra's annual concert coming up on April 24 at St Andrew's Hall in Norwich (check it out at http://www.standrewshall.co.uk/)


The repertoire the orchestra will be playing for their concert includes:

Rossini William Tell
Dvorak Serenade for Strings
Dvorak Czech Suite for Wind
Malcolm Arnold English Dances Suite (no. 2)
Dvorak Eighth Symphony



If you'd like more information on our project, or if you think your orchestra would benefit from some Britten Sinfonia energy and excellence, then get in touch via our website at http://www.brittensinfonia.co.uk/ or drop us a line on:


Britten Sinfonia 13 Sturton Street Cambridge CB1 2SN UK
Tel +44 (0)1223 302092 info@brittensinfonia.co.uk

Creative Learning!

Here in the Creative Learning Department, we're continually developing and creating some very exciting projects - check out our work with the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, as well as our new series of Pre-concert Talks - more to follow soon!