Bachtrack review: ‘tremendous’

Mark Valencia writes for Bachtrack on Sinfonia of London’s second concert at Snape Maltings to mark the Britten birthday weekend;

‘Little need be said about Wilson and the Sinfonia of London’s interpretation of Britten’s Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge except that it was tremendous. A weak superlative perhaps, but few others adequately render the power of two dozen heroes playing one of the house composer’s most intense and technically demanding scores with bravura skill. Their collegiate musicality stirred the spirit and it was the crowning glory to a treasurable weekend of top-level music-making by one of the most exciting conductors working in Britain today.’

Photo: Luke Elmer-Sampson for Britten Pears Arts