π Get to know oboist Lindi Renier Todd in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at our concert @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday
π΅ She recalls her favourite KSO concerts, including the "terrifying" experience of playing with a very well-known soloistβ¦
π΄ββ οΈ We're also performing Berlioz's Le Corsaire overture, inspired by the action-packed tale of a pirate chief
ποΈ Pick up a programme at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to find out how Lord Byron, a lost love, Rome and Nice combined to inspire this orchestral showpiece
π« About 40 more tickets are now available from www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin... - once theyβre gone, theyβre gone!
π¨πΏ Our programme notes tell the story of a work, premiΓ¨red in London, that captures both DvoΕΓ‘k's new life in America and his Bohemian past
π On Monday at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social we're joined by rising star Petar PejΔiΔ for DvoΕΓ‘k's Cello Concerto, partly inspired by the composerβs dying sister-in-law
The concert is sold out at the moment but keep your eye on this page, we will hopefully make a few more tickets available over the weekend: www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...
π» We're back at βͺ@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday with Brahms's fabulous Symphony No.3
π Grab a programme to see the exquisite paintings made in response to Brahms's work in our latest collaboration with the artist Ernestine Tahedl
We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 16 March for a lovely concert of Berlioz, DvoΕΓ‘k & Brahms with guest conductor Matt Scott Rogers. Hope you can join us!
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π» Get to know viola player Jeremy Lambert in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday
π₯ He picks his fantasy KSO programme β including not one, but two composers that no other orchestra member has ever chosen beforeβ¦
π§ββοΈ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662
βοΈ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece β the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
π Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores
ποΈ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...
Itβs a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
π§ββοΈπ§ββοΈπ§ββοΈWeβre back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power
π Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
Currently sold out but a few more tickets will be available here later today www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...
π» Get to know our longtime violinist Bronwen Fisher in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social today
πΊ She reveals which concerto she'd most like KSO to perform β and she already has a special soloist lined up for it, tooβ¦
π·πΊ We pay tribute to Rodion Shchedrin, who died in August, by performing his 'Naughty Limericks' in our opening concert of 2025/26
π©° Pick up a programme @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social to find out more about the Russian composer and his late, great Soviet ballerina wife
Monday evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social, Westminster. www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...
π¨πΏ We're also performing MartinΕ―'s Les fresques de Piero della Francesca, inspired by the Italian master's early Renaissance frescoes
π¨ Get a programme to see the stunning works that so struck the composer when he saw them in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1954
KSO's concert flyer for Monday 6 October 2025 at Smith Square Hall. The image shows an original costume design for The Firebird by Leon Bakst, 1910 in orange and gold.
We're back at βͺ@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to kick off our season with Stravinsky's The Firebird β the complete ballet
π Grab a programme for a full synopsis and to learn how the work catapulted the composer to international fame
Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, DvoΕΓ‘k, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida AndrΓ©e, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps
We begin our 2025/26 season with a performance of Stravinskyβs complete ballet The Firebird at @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social
The concert opens with Rodion Shchedrinβs Concerto for Orchestra No.1, βNaughty Limerocksβ which is followed by MartinΕ―βs Les fresques de Piero della Francesca
π΅ Get to know our longtime tuba player Neil Wharmby in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday
β He reveals his top KSO concerts of the past 35 years, from his unique perspective at the back of the band
πΉ We're thrilled to be joined by pianist Firoze Madon for Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on Monday
π Grab a programme @cadoganhall.bsky.socialβ¬ to read about this former BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist
π·πΊ In a programme of Russian greats, we're serving up a double helping of Rachmaninov, including his famous Paganini Variations
π We're also playing The Sea and the Seagulls, plus Lyadov's terrifying Kikimora @cadoganhall.bsky.socialβ¬ on Monday
π·πΊ We're back at @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday to perform Shostakovich's Symphony No.1 β a masterpiece written when he was just 18
π Get a programme to learn how the work, championed by fellow composer Glazunov, brought him international fame
Tickets cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
Next concert on Monday 30 June at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
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Letβs set this place up for a Bruckner-sized orchestra!
If youβre looking for a ticket for our Bruckner 7 concert this evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social weβve managed to make a few more seats available
Just 6 left now though and once theyβre gone, theyβre gone
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-br...
π΅ Get to know our longtime cellist Annie Marr-Johnson in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday
π She reveals her top KSO concerts of the past 30 years β plus her spectacular choice for the piece we should play nextβ¦
π©πͺ We're thrilled to be joined by guest conductor Leonard Elschenbroich to perform Bruckner @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday
π Grab a programme to find out more (while enjoying the fantastic tremolo that this great cellist has worked on with us)
