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Kensington Symphony Orchestra

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One of London's leading non-professional symphony orchestras, since 1956. Next concert Saturday 29 March at @fairfield_halls. Join us on Bluesky @kso.org.uk

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💈  Grab a programme Sinfonia Smith Square on Monday night to delve into Barber's exciting School for Scandal overture 🇨🇿  We also explain why Vítězslava Kaprálová's music is worth rediscovering, more than 80 years after the Czech prodigy's death aged just 25

💈  Grab a programme <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a> on Monday night to delve into Barber's exciting School for Scandal overture

🇨🇿  We also explain why Vítězslava Kaprálová's music is worth rediscovering, more than 80 years after the Czech prodigy's death aged just 25
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Concert on Monday 14 October at Sinfonia Smith Square: Samuel Barber 🇺🇸 Vítězslava Kaprálová 🇨🇿 Richard Strauss 🇩🇪 sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/barber-k…

Concert on Monday 14 October at <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a>: 

Samuel Barber 🇺🇸 
Vítězslava Kaprálová 🇨🇿 
Richard Strauss 🇩🇪 

sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/barber-k…
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🎻  Get to know our longtime violinist Rufus Rottenberg in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature Sinfonia Smith Square on Monday ⛰️  Find out which epic symphony by a well-known composer he's surprised we've never played…

🎻  Get to know our longtime violinist Rufus Rottenberg in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a> on Monday

⛰️  Find out which epic symphony by a well-known composer he's surprised we've never played…
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Coming up this week: the return of Sinfonia Smith Square's much-loved Rush Hour series at St John's Waterloo, alongside a stacked line-up of performances from some of the most accomplished ensembles in the UK. 🎵💡 Book your places: sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk 🔗✨

Coming up this week: the return of Sinfonia Smith Square's much-loved Rush Hour series at St John's Waterloo, alongside a stacked line-up of performances from some of the most accomplished ensembles in the UK. 🎵💡

Book your places: sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk 🔗✨
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Kensington Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia Smith Square Tomorrow (Monday) is the great unveiling of the Hero’s Life. If you want to be a Hero, this will provide the template in musical form. Smith Square Hall 19.30, Monday 14 October. kso.org.uk/event/a-heros-…

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Great to be on 'In Tune' last Thursday with Katie Derham and the London Chamber Ensemble quartet showcasing Howells's rediscovered 'In Gloucestershire' and the Red Violin Festival. In Tune BBC Radio 3 Red Violin Festival London Chamber Ensemble

Great to be on 'In Tune' last Thursday with Katie Derham and the London Chamber Ensemble quartet showcasing Howells's rediscovered 'In Gloucestershire' and the Red Violin Festival.

<a href="/BBCInTune/">In Tune BBC Radio 3</a>
<a href="/RedViolinFest/">Red Violin Festival</a>
<a href="/LonChamberEns/">London Chamber Ensemble</a>
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Next concert on Monday 25 November: Andrea Tarrodi for winds, Grace Williams for strings and Mahler 4 for everyone, with Monica McGhee 🎟️ kso.org.uk/event/mahlers-…

Next concert on Monday 25 November: Andrea Tarrodi for winds, Grace Williams for strings and Mahler 4 for everyone, with <a href="/Monica_Soprano/">Monica McGhee</a> 

🎟️ kso.org.uk/event/mahlers-…
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👩🏻  Get a programme Sinfonia Smith Square on Monday to find out more about female composers 🇸🇪 Andrea Tarrodi and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Grace Williams 🪈 Our wind section are the stars in Tarrodi's piece before the strings step in for the Williams 🎻

👩🏻  Get a programme <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a> on Monday to find out more about female composers 🇸🇪 Andrea Tarrodi and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Grace Williams

🪈 Our wind section are the stars in Tarrodi's piece before the strings step in for the Williams 🎻
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🗣️  Pick up a programme Sinfonia Smith Square on Monday to learn all about our star soloist in Mahler 4 – the wonderful Monica McGhee 🤩  We're very excited to have her back (after our La bohème in 2018) ahead of her ENO debut early next year

🗣️  Pick up a programme <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a> on Monday to learn all about our star soloist in Mahler 4 – the wonderful <a href="/Monica_Soprano/">Monica McGhee</a>

🤩  We're very excited to have her back (after our La bohème in 2018) ahead of her ENO debut early next year
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💀  Grab a programme Sinfonia Smith Square on Monday to discover how a scary skeleton inspired part of Mahler's Symphony No.4 🫛  We also have a translation of the text sung in the final movement – which, unusually, includes a paean to string beans…

💀  Grab a programme <a href="/SinfoniaSmithSq/">Sinfonia Smith Square</a> on Monday to discover how a scary skeleton inspired part of Mahler's Symphony No.4

🫛  We also have a translation of the text sung in the final movement – which, unusually, includes a paean to string beans…
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🎵 Get to know our longtime bassoonist Sheila Wallace in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature on Monday Sheila is also our new orchestral librarian – and she has some seriously epic ideas for the pieces KSO should play next…

🎵  Get to know our longtime bassoonist Sheila Wallace in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature on Monday

Sheila is also our new orchestral librarian – and she has some seriously epic ideas for the pieces KSO should play next…
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not only is my very talented father to be congratulated for co-writing the lyrics with me for my composition on the #AboutTime campaign, but his excellent photography skills are also being used across Scottish press 🤍 #prouddaughter

not only is my very talented father to be congratulated for co-writing the lyrics with me for my composition on the #AboutTime campaign, but his excellent photography skills are also being used across Scottish press 🤍 #prouddaughter
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📰  We're delighted to see a glowing review of our concert with Julian Bliss in the latest edition of Clarinet & Saxophone magazine ⭐  His performance of Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is (rightly) described as "astonishing", "phenomenal" and "fabulous" – and the orchestra "shone", too!

📰  We're delighted to see a glowing review of our concert with <a href="/JulianBliss/">Julian Bliss</a> in the latest edition of <a href="/CASSGB/">Clarinet & Saxophone</a> magazine

⭐  His performance of Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is (rightly) described as "astonishing", "phenomenal" and "fabulous" – and the orchestra "shone", too!