October Tour On Sale

Our tour of England in October 2024 is now fully open for booking!

BOOK TICKETS: visit our Concerts page to book tickets for each concert on the tour.

Our programme opens with the show-stopping PatterSongs by Liverpool-born composer Kenneth Hesketh, described by BBC Music Magazine as “a composer at the height of his considerable powers”.

After winning BBC Young Musician of the Year playing Shostakovich’s first cello Concerto, Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins forces with Sinfonia of London to perform Shostakovich’s intricate, imaginative and reference-laden Cello Concerto No.2, written originally for the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.

We continue our series of Rachmaninoff symphonies following two critically acclaimed album releases, giving audiences a chance to hear his rarely heard Symphony No.1. John Wilson believes its neglect during and after the composer’s life is wholly unjustified and we aim to demonstrate why it deserves to sit as a masterpiece in its own right alongside its better-known younger siblings.

PROGRAMME:
Kenneth Hesketh: PatterSongs
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2 (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.1

Previous critical acclaim for Sinfonia of London playing Rachmaninoff…

“transformative daring and dash … Exhilarating.” – The Arts Desk

“A performance of the kind I thought we could only hear in our dreams.” – i News

“The Sinfonia of London has become one of the hottest tickets in town … Wilson’s musicians were right there with him, every note of the way, in a high-stakes, electrifying performance.” – The Times

Performance ★★★★★ Recording ★★★★★ – BBC Music magazine

“As riveting as it should be from the very beginning.” – Gramophone Magazine

“Full, rich, atmospheric … top of the class.” – Financial Times

WATCH: Rachmaninoff Symphony No.3 in recording for Chandos Records.