and Tom Dale - T02001991956This special programme commemorates the onset of World War I with a composition by James Redwood with choreography by Tom Dale. Dark Clouds are Smouldering into Red tells the story of a young couple torn apart by conflict and explores the themes of separation, loss and social upheaval. George Butterworth's Two English Idylls were composed in 1910-11, poignant reminders of his promise as a composer killed in action in the battle of the Somme in 1916. | |
| 9 Oct 14 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L01343084425 |
Relaxing Classics - T0478576110 | |
| 30 Oct 13 | Drill Hall, Lincoln :: V01422328453 listing details L0655966731 |
M&G Civic Concert - T0560926089A varied programme of classical music featuring Tine Thing Helseth on trumpet.Conductor Duncan Ward. Performer Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet). | |
| 3 Feb 13 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L01815393266 |
Puccini/Gerald Finzi/Vaughan Williams/Dvorak - T59294954Loved by aficionados, but also ideal for people who are new to live classical music, Sinfonia Viva always create a wonderful and informal atmosphere at their brilliant concerts at the Drill Hall. Join us for what is always an absolute treat!Director Benedict Holland. Performer Robert Davies (baritone). | |
| 7 Nov 12 | Drill Hall, Lincoln :: V01422328453 listing details L1330244397 |
Handel/Bach/Beethoven - T0416390629 | |
| 28 Mar 12 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L332154050 |
New Year's Eve Classical Gala - T0462424152 | |
| 31 Dec 11 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01938444893 |
T0418678301France meets Austria in this programme from sinfonia ViVA, beginning with Faure’s Masques and Bergamasques, his affectionate homage to the amateur dramatics of 18th-century French aristocrats. Mozart wrote his 4th horn concerto for Joseph Leutgeb, whose virtuosity prompted its winning blend of high-flying pyrotechnics and smooth refinement. The French horn also stars in Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, a tender vision of a young Spanish princess and her courtly world centuries earlier. The great conductor Hans Richter declared the 3rd symphony to be Brahms’s ‘Eroica’ and it’s certainly one of the richest and most poetic of his works. Besides the composer’s broad melodies, thrillingly announced at the beginning in sweeping arcs, there’s a powerful rhythmic thrust and, at its heart, a pastoral slow movement that’s as beautiful as anything Brahms ever wrote.Conductor Andre de Ridder. Performer Johannes Hinterholzer (French horn). | |
| 14 Apr 11 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01761533782 |
T0432752329Principal Conductor Andre de Ridder and sinfonia ViVA return to Chelmsford with a sparkling selection of classics performed by an orchestra of nearly 50 players. The concert opens with Schumann's Symphony in G minor. This is followed by Stravinsky's surprisingly lyrical Pulcinella Suite. Taken from the ballet he wrote for Diaghilev this is an early example of neoclassicism from Stravinsky. Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, depicts the composer's love for and appreciation of the landscape and the forces of nature. We are taken from the serenity of a gently depicted country scene to the unleashing of a full-blown storm before a resolution in the form of the thanksgiving song of shepherds. A truly timeless piece.Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 13 Feb 11 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L49489358 |
New Year's Eve Classical Gala - T0984948760 | |
| 31 Dec 10 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L600547043 |
T2019974491Schumann left his first attempt at a symphony unfinished. After the two completed movements were unsuccessfully performed in his home town of Zwickau, he put it aside, and it was not heard again until the 1970s. But as recent performances and recordings show, it’s not just a curiosity - it’s a fine piece, full of attractive music. Scottish composer Anna Meredith hit the headlines with her work Froms, composed for the Last Night of the Proms, 2008. Since January 2010 she has been working with sinfonia ViVA as their Composer in the House which is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 23 Nov 10 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L213546242 |
Floratorio - T1901641525Floratorio celebrates the life of Florence Nightingale in the 100th anniversary year of her death. Nationally acclaimed composer James Redwood leads a team of sinfonia ViVA musicians in four local schools to create a series of new songs inspired by the life of the famous ‘Lady with the Lamp’. 180 young people will perform this major new oratorio incorporating their own compositions. Peter Roberts and James Redwood have been commissioned to write Floratorio following great success with More Glass Than Wall. The work will be premiered by the massed choir, vocal soloists and sinfonia ViVA in the culmination performance. | |
| 22 Jun 10 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L1480872068 |
Now and Then - T1506463648sinfonia ViVA return to Curve with their Principal Conductor André de Ridder and a time-travelling programme of contrasts. Included is a rare opportunity to hear the ‘jewel’ that is Barber’s Adagio for Strings set in the context of the whole work, the String Quartet No.1 in its version for string orchestra. The interesting melodies of Anna Meredith’s Songs for the M8 inject their own fresh dynamic. Glass’s Symphony No.3 emphasises the players as soloists in a composition where he came closer to 'traditional' symphonic form than ever before. And there’s the gravity of Beethoven’s astonishing and dramatic Grosse Fugue. | |
| 28 Apr 10 | Curve, Leicester :: V830272338 listing details L0920119173 |
T01597292110Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 21 Apr 10 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L989192213 |
T01023729413Composers James Redwood and Jack Ross and participants from across Derby will perform alongside sinfonia ViVA in this electrifying performance which will also feature the Orchestra playing Stravinsky’s Danses Concertantes and a newly commissioned work Audio Lens. Audio Lens will be written for, with and by participants from Derby and will explore the effect of focus. The performance will feature some newly created animations and students from Derby will work with an artist from QUAD to design engaging ways of presenting these. | |
| 3 Mar 10 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01084282078 |
T01561172641Two little-known works by two well-known composers. Prize-winning Russian-born violinist Ilya Gringolts is the soloist in one of Schumann’s very last compositions. Neglected after his death, it has recently been receiving more attention. Brahms’s Serenade No 1 is his very first work for orchestra, based on an earlier version for an ensemble of just nine instruments. Its youthful charm and exuberance may surprise those who think of Brahms as always heavy and serious. One of Viva’s newly-commissioned Orchestral Shorts opens the concert.Conductor Andre de Ridder. Performer Ilya Gringolts (violin). | |
| 27 Jan 10 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01111686250 |
New Years Eve Classical Gala - T01255228250 | |
| 29 Dec 09 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01930759335 |
T01377819366A rare opportunity to hear a performance of Hans Werner Henze’s Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp written in 1966 for the virtuoso soloists Heinz and Ursula Holliger. Mendelssohn’s performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion in 1829 brought about a revival of Bach’s music after an absence of almost 100 years. His interest in studying earlier models, most particularly contrapuntal writing, is evident in the 11th string symphony, completed in 1823.Conductor Andre de Ridder. Performer Nicholas Daniel (oboe). Performer Lucy Wakeford (harp). | |
| 10 Oct 09 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L02119460323 |
T0850787267Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 22 Apr 09 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01112172884 |
| 1 Feb 09 | Curve, Leicester :: V830272338 listing details L02018440056 |
Romeo and Juliet - T01521969356Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 4 Mar 09 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L443821791 |
T1056108372Conductor Andre de Ridder. Performer Antje Weithaas (violin). | |
| 27 Jan 09 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0576578689 |
New Year's Eve Classical Gala - T392387270 | |
| 31 Dec 08 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L395181561 |
New Year's Eve Gala - T01858451216 | |
| 31 Dec 07 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L0896657141 |
T1786106633Conductor Andre de Ridder. Performer Lauma Skride (piano). Company Rolls-Royce (support). | |
| 23 Oct 07 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01170289624 |
T1190770152Performer Julian Bliss (clarinet). Conductor Nicholas Kok. | |
| 27 Sep 07 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L0706638621 |
T187738625Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Ian Fountain (piano). Music Rossini (Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 4). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 5). Music Schubert (Symphony No 3). | |
| 19 Apr 06 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0847801856 |
T991377091Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer So-Ock Kim (violin). Music Rossini (Overture: Italian Girl in Algiers). Music Beethoven (Violin Concerto). Music Stravinsky (Eight Instrumental Miniatures). Music Schubert (Symphony No 2 in D). | |
| 16 Mar 06 | Lancaster Arts, Lancaster :: V522 listing details L01384399606 |
T1087509431Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Ilya Gringots (violin). Music Rossini (Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers). Music Beethoven (Egmont Overture and Violin Concerto). Music Schubert (Symphony No 2 in B flat). | |
| 9 Mar 06 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L960652350 |
T01767967445Group/Band Kungsbacka Trio. Conductor James Lowe. Performer Malin Broman (violin). Performer Jesper Svedberg (cello). Performer Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano). Music Boccherini (Symphony in D minor Op 12 No 4 - La Casa del Diavolo). Music Suk (Meditation). Music Martinu (Concertino for Piano Trio and Strings). Music Haydn (Le Pescatrici). Music Schnittke (Moz-Art a la Haydn). Music Mozart (Symphony No 29 in A K201). | |
| 2 Mar 06 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L1012637202 |
New Year's Eve Gala - T0101994406 | |
| 31 Dec 05 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L1376098909 |
T01631388259Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Julian Bliss (clarinet). Music Mendelssohn (Symphony No 5 - Reformation). Music Mozart (Clarinet Concerto). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 5). | |
| 2 Nov 05 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0325013108 |
T1714518693Company Orchestra for the East Midlands. Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 3). Music Mozart (Symphony No 36 - Linz). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 8). Music Mendelssohn (Symphony No 4 - Italian). | |
| 8 Apr 05 | Town Hall, Loughborough :: V02111941779 listing details L01304490060 |
T01503198471Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Ian Fountain (piano). Music Mozart (Symphony No 36 Linz). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 3). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 8). Music Mendelssohn (Symphony No 4 Italian). | |
| 5 Apr 05 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L1048388056 |
Chinese New Year Celebration - T2825792 | |
| 11 Feb 05 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L0749705829 |
Lancaster International Concert Series - T419335955Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer So-ock Kim (violin). Performer Thomas Carroll (cello). Performer Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano). Music Bach (Suite No 4). Music Beethoven (Triple Concerto). Music Mozart (Symphony No 39). Music Haydn (Symphoony No 103 - Drum Roll). | |
| 25 Nov 04 | Lancaster Arts, Lancaster :: V522 listing details L1756067994 |
T01906314561Conductor Robin Newton. Performer So-Oct Kim (soloist). Music Beethoven (Overture and Act I from The Creatures of Prometheus Op 43). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92). Music Sibelius (Pelleas and Melisande Op 46). Music Sibelius (Six humoresques for violin and orchestra Op 87 and Op 89). | |
| 13 Oct 04 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L02034269578 |
T717738791Conductor Edwards Gardner. Performer So-Ock Kim (violin). Group/Band Rolls Royce. Music Beethoven (Overture and first scene from The creatrues of Prometheus). Music Sibelius (Six humoresques). Music Sibelius (Pelleas and Melisande). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 7). | |
| 7 Oct 04 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01914221186 |
The Meadows - T557233475One-off concert that celebrates the work and achievements of two schools from around the Meadows area of Nottingham. | |
| 5 Jul 04 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01245526646 |
T02141098044Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Ian Fountain (piano). | |
| 16 Apr 04 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01683893329 |
T01129705489Conductor Nicholas Kok. Music Mendelssohn (Hebrides Overture). Music Elgar (Serenade for Strings). Music James MacMillan (Tryst). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 3 in E flat major - Eroica). | |
| 11 Feb 04 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L776602214 |
New Year's Eve Classical Gala - T01256497728A celebration of classical music from the stage and opera featuring well-loved pieces like Gershwin's Strike Up The Band, Sondheim's Send In The Clowns and Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture. | |
| 31 Dec 03 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01187196133 |
T0396336178Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Anthony Marwood (violin). | |
| 11 Nov 03 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L2092472353 |
T2021098234Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Ian Fountain (piano). Music Haydn (Symphony No 104 - London). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 6). Music Stravinsky (Danses Concertantes). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 5 - The Emperor). | |
| 5 Nov 03 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0920781955 |
T01035820963Conductor Nicholas Kok. | |
| 9 Mar 03 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01929882025 |
New Year's Day Gala Concert - T01648173409Conductor James Holmes. | |
| 1 Jan 03 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0842896938 |
Walton Centenary Concert with Lady Susana Walton - T1167867643Company University Choir. Company University Philharmonia. Conductor Johnathon Tilbrook. Conductor Melvyn Cooke. Performer Lady Susana Walton (reciter). Performer Philip Weller (reciter). Performer David Owen-Lewis (baritone - Opera North). Music Walton (Facade). Music Walton (Belshazzar's Feast). | |
| 7 Dec 02 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L01197113054 |
T818138642Conductor Paul Goodwin. | |
| 5 Dec 02 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L0432686603 |
T534709763Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Hakan Vramsmo (soloist). Music Brahms (Variations on a Theme of [Haydn]). Music Mahler (Five Ruckert Lieder). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 5). | |
| 31 Oct 02 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L0623799990 |
T1617416533Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Kakan Vramsmo. Music Brahms (Variations on the St Anthony Chorale). Music Mahler (5 Ruckert Lieder-arr Matthews). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 5 in C minor). | |
| 30 Oct 02 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L01240981724 |
T0735522622A special concert devised by [Nicholas Kok] to mark the opening of the Cope Auditorium. The programme includes a selection of [Vivaldi]'s L'Estro Armonico concerti with sinfonia Viva's leader, [Benedict Holland], as soloist. | |
| 13 Jun 02 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L0689986203 |
T631392260Performer Timothy Robinson (tenor). Music Mozart (Symphony No 30). Music Britten (Britten (Les Illuminations). Music Sibelius (Valse Triste). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 7). | |
| 24 Apr 02 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L1494971631 |
T788906310Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Timothy Robinson (tenor). Music Mozart (Symphony No 30 in D K202 / 186b). Music Benjamin Britten (Les Illuminations). Music Sibelius (Valse Triste). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 7 in A Op 92). | |
| 21 Apr 02 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L01143173511 |
T0748214469Director Benedict Holland. Music Mozart (Eine kleine Nachtmusik). Music Warlock (Capriol Suite). Music Bach (Concerto in A minor). Music Holst (St Paul's Suite). Music Schubert (Rondo). Music Wiren (Serenade Op 11). | |
| 7 Mar 02 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L917205602 |
T309850819Music Weber (Quintet in b flat Op 24). Music Rutter (Suite Antique). Music Mozart (Quartet in D Major K 285). Music Ravel (Introduction and Allegro). | |
| 17 Jan 02 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L01473189622 |
The French Connection - New Year's Eve Classical Gala - T01567771574Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Janis Kelly (soprano). | |
| 31 Dec 01 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01242524659 |
T2095917569Conductor Nicholas Kok. Music Ravel (Ravel (Tombeau de Couperin). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 23 K488). Performer Ian Fountain (soloist). Music Beethoven (Coriolan Overture). Music Haydn (Symphony No 100 - The Military). | |
| 28 Nov 01 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L01535766016 |
T0580468605Music Ravel (Le tombeau de Couperin). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 23). Music Beethoven (Coriolan Overture). Music Haydn (Symphony No 100). | |
| 27 Nov 01 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L2116240842 |
T01307671408Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Mary Nelson (soprano). Music Prokofiev (Symphony No.1 - Classical). Music Finzi (Dies Natalis). Music Grieg (Holberg Suite). Music Mozart (Symphony No.31 - Paris). | |
| 13 Nov 01 | Assembly Rooms, Derby :: V427 listing details L01261230293 |
T0200616714Students from schools around Burton will work alongside Viva musicians to create a new piece of choreographed dance music to be premiered at a performance by [Sinfonia Viva].Music Purcell. Music Bach (Orchestral Suite No 2). Music Warlock (The Capriol Suite). | |
| 27 Sep 01 | Brewhouse, Burton-on-Trent :: V126 listing details L1553624809 |
T01576410585Music Mozart (Symphony No 35). Music Shostakovich (Cello Concerto No 1). Music Elgar (Introduction and Allegro for Strings). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 2). | |
| 7 Mar 01 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L949919121 |
T454770949Conductor Nicholas Kok. Performer Thomas Carroll (cello). Music Mozart (Symphony No 35 in D K385 - Haffner). Music Shostakovich (Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat Op 107). Music Elgar (Introduction and Allegro for Strings). Music Schubert (Symphony No 5 in B flat D485). | |
| 18 Feb 01 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L589265247 |
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| 10 Mar 18 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L01699991945 |
| 8 Oct 14 | Drill Hall, Lincoln :: V01422328453 listing details L777750275 |
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