Concerts
Next Concert: Against The Odds
Friday 16th March 2012, 7:30pm
Venue: St Anne's, Limehouse, London E14 7HP
Tickets: £12 (Advanced) £10 (Concessions) £15 (Door)
- Mehran Rouhani - Sinfonietta Synthetical (UK Premiere)
- Jeremy Holland-Smith - Memento (Featuring the A.D. Dance Company)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
Docklands Sinfonia's next concert 'Against the Odds' at St Anne's, Limehouse, features the works of composers who have fought for their music to see the light of day.
The concert begins with the UK premiere of Persian composer Mehran Rouhani's Sinfonietta Synthetical. Rouhani, who studied composition at the Royal College of Music under the likes of Sir Michael Tippett, has never had his orchestral music performed in his native Iran.
Docklands Sinfonia will then perform the world premiere of Memento, an exciting new ballet work by British composer Jeremy Holland-Smith which features the acclaimed A.D. Dance Company.
The concert finishes with Shostakovich’s heroic Symphony No. 5 in D Minor. Composed during the most savage days of Stalin's iron rule, Shostakovich demonstrates that true genius can prevail against the odds.
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Claygate Festival
Thursday 22nd March 2012, 7:30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, Surrey
Tickets: tickets, costing £10 (adults) £4 (child),
- Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave),
- Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.2 (Soloist: Romola Smith)
- Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
- Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor.
Docklands Sinfonia makes its debut at the Claygate Festival in Surrey. For tickets, please go to www.claygatemusicfest.com
PAST CONCERTS
Chelmsford M&G Series
Sunday 19th February 2012, 7:30pm
Venue: Chelmsford Civic Theatres
Tickets: From £12:50
- Coates - London Suite
- Wilson - Timpani Concerto (Soloist: Scott Wilson)
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Elgar - Enigma Variations
Docklands Sinfonia is thrilled to be making its first appearance at Chelmsford's prestigious M&G civic concert series on Sunday 19th February 2012.
The orchestra will be celebrating the best of British orchestral music with pieces by Coates, Wilson, Delius and Elgar.
Coates' work has been made famous by many films, TV and radio programmes - The Dam Busters being his most famous. However, for this performance, we shall hear his most popular piece - the London Suite, which effortlessly evokes the very 'Britishness' of 1930's Britain.
Jeffery Wilson's Timpani Concerto is a visual and aural feast of melodic and rhythmic drama.
Delius' The Walk to the Paradise Garden is a truly beautiful and masterful piece. A perennial favourite, audiences cannot help but be moved by the sheer emotion of this music.
Lastly, Elgar's Enigma Variations is arguably one of the most popular British orchestral works
With more than 100 performances over the last 23 years, the M&G civil concert series has established itself as one of the most prestigious classical events in Essex, celebrating the very best in classical music from some of the world's most talented orchestras and musicians.
Other orchestras performing at the series, include Britten Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia and the European Union Chamber Orchestra.
Made in Britain
Friday 2nd December 2011, 7:30pm
Venue: St Anne’s Church, Limehouse, London E14 7HP
Tickets: £10/ £8 concessions
- Coates - London Suite
- Wilson - Timpani Concerto (Soloist: Scott Wilson)
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Elgar - Enigma Variations
Docklands Sinfonia celebrates the very best of British orchestral music with pieces by Coates, Wilson, Delius and Elgar.
Coates' work has been made famous by many films, TV and radio programmes - The Dam Busters being his most famous. However, for this performance, we shall hear his most popular piece - the London Suite, which effortlessly evokes the very 'Britishness' of 1930's Britain.
Jeffery Wilson's Timpani Concerto is a visual and aural feast of melodic and rhythmic drama.
Delius' The Walk to the Paradise Garden is a truly beautiful and masterful piece. A perennial favourite, audiences cannot help but be moved by the sheer emotion of this music.
Lastly, Elgar's Enigma Variations is arguably one of the most popular British orchestral works
St Peter's Notting Hill
Saturday November 19th 2011
Docklands Sinfonia will be performing with the acclaimed Skolia choir at St Peter's in Notting Hill . The programme will include Sibelius' 'Finlandia', Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and Poulenc's 'Stabat Mater'. Details on how to book tickets will follow.
'Passions of Youth' concert
Friday 15th July 2011, 7:30pm
Following its recording at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, Docklands Sinfonia will open its next public concert with Jack Beaver's Cavalcade of Youth.
The orchestra will carry on with the youth theme with a performance of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto by Docklands Sinfonia's impressive 22-year-old leader Jeanine Thorpe.
Docklands Sinfonia will bring the concert to a close with Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade - based around the tale of the young princess.
Venue: St Anne’s Church, Three Colt Street, Limehouse, London E14 7HP
Tickets: £10/ £8 concessions
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BBC Radio 3 'Light Fantastic' recording
Sunday May 22nd 2011
Docklands Sinfonia has been selected to make a recording at the BBC studios in Maida Vale on May 22nd for BBC Radio 3's 'Light Fantastic' festival celebrating British light orchestral music.
The orchestra will record Jack Beaver's rousing 'Cavalcade of Youth' which is best known as the theme tune to the 1950s radio play 'The Barlows of Beddington'.
Concert for the Queen, Buckingham Palace Ballroom
Monday 9th May 2011
Docklands Sinfonia is honoured to have been invited to perform for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at a Reception at Buckingham Palace this Monday, 9th May 2011.
The symphony orchestra will perform alongside distinguished artists – including world famous soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - at the Reception to celebrate young talent in the British Performing Arts.
Rextreme
18th March 2010
International trumpet virtuoso Rex Richardson will be the guest soloist at Docklands Sinfonia’s next concert on Friday March 18th.
Rex will be performing the UK premiere of acclaimed American composer Jim Stephenson’s Rextreme concerto no.2 for trumpet and orchestra. Rex will also perform a tribute to jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
Rextreme was written specifically for Rex to showcase his extraordinary talent. The 20 minute work combines classical form with modern harmonies, sophisticated rhythms, and jazz influences. The trumpet part calls for extremes of agility, range, and endurance, pushing the border between what is ‘possible and not possible’ on the trumpet.
American-born Rex, who has been hailed as one of the world’s finest trumpet players, will be appearing in London after performing a series of European concerts. In 2008, the Yamaha performing artist was named the Brass Herald magazine’s personality of the year.
Docklands Sinfonia, which has been rated as one of London’s top five non-professional orchestras, will also be performing Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.
Imogen Heap at the Royal Albert Hall
5th November 2010
Docklands Sinfonia will be performing the premiere of Grammy winner Imogen Heap's orchestral composition 'Love The Earth' at the Royal Albert Hall.
The piece will be streamed live over the internet and will accompany the singer-songwriter's new film about nature. It will be the first time that a performance has been broadcast in high definition over the internet from this famous London concert venue.