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Meurig Bowen

@MeurigB

CEO & Artistic Director of Britten Sinfonia, previously BBC NOW, St George’s Bristol and Cheltenham Music Festival.

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Heat Ray: The Archimedes Project, recorded by Will Gregory Moog Ensemble on analogue synthesisers, is out now on vinyl, CD and digital via Mute. Come and hear Heat Ray as we tour with the ensemble to Barbican Centre, Anvil Arts & Saffron Hall this October.

🎧mute.ffm.to/wgme-heatray.

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After 7 shows in one very special location Nevill Holt Festival - Magic Flute & Vivaldi/Richter with Thomas Gould - it’s time for Britten Sinfonia to head to another. Two highly bespoke programmes Britten Pears Arts Snape Maltings incl Holst’s Savitri with the wonderful Pagrav Dance Company

After 7 shows in one very special location @NevillHoltFest - Magic Flute & Vivaldi/Richter with @ThomasGouldVLN - it’s time for @BrittenSinfonia to head to another. Two highly bespoke programmes @BrittenPears @SnapeMaltings incl Holst’s Savitri with the wonderful @pagravdanceco
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Rehearsals are fully underway for Max Richter’s Recomposed: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, with Thomas Gould. We can’t wait to perform this Nevill Holt Festival tomorrow evening, accompanied by David Yarrow’s stunning photographs of the natural world across each season 🌅

Rehearsals are fully underway for Max Richter’s Recomposed: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, with @ThomasGouldVLN. We can’t wait to perform this @NevillHoltFest tomorrow evening, accompanied by David Yarrow’s stunning photographs of the natural world across each season 🌅
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Mahan Esfahani ماهان اصفهانی talks about our series so far performing the complete cycle of Bach’s keyboard concertos. Next week, we conclude the series with Bach’s D minor keyboard concerto – the “big enchilada”, as it is more fondly known.

📅 08.06 Saffron Hall
📅 12.06 Wigmore Hall

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I enjoyed this magic concert last night. An ambitious and slightly mad adventure across space, genre and time.

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Not heading to a Eurovision party? With music from Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Australia and the UK, we have the perfect alternative. Old and New. Voices and Strings. Maximum Brilliance. No Contest.
📆11 May 7:30pm, with The Marian Consort.
📍Barbican Centre
bit.ly/RModerns

Not heading to a Eurovision party? With music from Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Australia and the UK, we have the perfect alternative. Old and New. Voices and Strings. Maximum Brilliance. No Contest. 📆11 May 7:30pm, with @marianconsort. 📍@BarbicanCentre bit.ly/RModerns
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In two weeks, we join with The Marian Consort for a programme of ancient and modern music spanning from the 1400’s to 2023, centred around notorious aristocrat, murderer, and composer Carlo Gesualdo.

📅 11 May, 7:30pm
📍 Milton Court Barbican Centre
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In two weeks, we join with @marianconsort for a programme of ancient and modern music spanning from the 1400’s to 2023, centred around notorious aristocrat, murderer, and composer Carlo Gesualdo. 📅 11 May, 7:30pm 📍 Milton Court @BarbicanCentre brittensinfonia.com/events/renaiss…
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OTD in 1798, Haydn's Creation was first premiered in Vienna, believed to be inspired by a performance of Messiah Haydn had heard here Westminster Abbey in 1791. Join us, alongside @brittensinfonia for The Creation on 19 June. More details and tickets here: sjss.org.uk/events/haydn-c…

OTD in 1798, Haydn's Creation was first premiered in Vienna, believed to be inspired by a performance of Messiah Haydn had heard here @wabbey in 1791. Join us, alongside @brittensinfonia for The Creation on 19 June. More details and tickets here: sjss.org.uk/events/haydn-c…
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Thank you Petroc Trelawny for giving a taste of our new release (today!) of Delius’ complete incidental music from Hassan, with linking narration. Beautifully played by Britten Sinfonia — on Chandos Records 👇🏻
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Thank you @PetrocTrelawny for giving a taste of our new release (today!) of Delius’ complete incidental music from Hassan, with linking narration. Beautifully played by @BrittenSinfonia — on @ChandosRecords 👇🏻 ARC.lnk.to/CHAN20296FA
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Very glad that this 100 year old trip to old Baghdad by Delius (and Grainger) is released today. Concerts and recording generously supported by the Delius Trust.

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💥Opus 1 is now open for applications!
Over summer, 8 early career composers will write for a group of Britten Sinfonia musicians, participate in workshops, receive coaching from our Programme Directors & finish with a concert & recording day.

Learn more: bit.ly/1OPUS

💥Opus 1 is now open for applications! Over summer, 8 early career composers will write for a group of Britten Sinfonia musicians, participate in workshops, receive coaching from our Programme Directors & finish with a concert & recording day. Learn more: bit.ly/1OPUS
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The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.

📅11 May, 7:30pm
📍Milton Court Barbican Centre

Learn more: brittensinfonia.com/events/renaiss…

The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music. 📅11 May, 7:30pm 📍Milton Court @BarbicanCentre Learn more: brittensinfonia.com/events/renaiss…
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Excited that our complete recording of Delius' Hassan will be released on Friday by Chandos Records. I had the pleasure of working with the wonderful Britten Sinfonia under Jamie Phillips for two magical concerts that produced this gorgeous recording 👉🏻 chandos.net/products/catal…

Excited that our complete recording of Delius' Hassan will be released on Friday by @ChandosRecords. I had the pleasure of working with the wonderful @BrittenSinfonia under @JamieAPhillips for two magical concerts that produced this gorgeous recording 👉🏻 chandos.net/products/catal…
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Incredible day of concerts yesterday. Started with a packed family show with James Mayhew, launched this year’s Magnum Opus with 3 fab premieres & finished with the utter joy of performing with 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Ben Goldscheider & Michael Papadopoulos premiering Huw Watkins new work!

Incredible day of concerts yesterday. Started with a packed family show with @mrjamesmayhew, launched this year’s Magnum Opus with 3 fab premieres & finished with the utter joy of performing with @nickythespence @bengoldscheider & @michaelpapopera premiering @WatkinsHuw new work!
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