
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


Concert on Monday 14 October at Sinfonia Smith Square: Samuel Barber 🇺🇸 Vítězslava Kaprálová 🇨🇿 Richard Strauss 🇩🇪 sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/barber-k…


🎻 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…



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-…

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


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-…




👩🏻 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 🎻


🗣️ 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



💀 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…



Tonight Monica McGhee sings Mahler's Fourth Symphony with Kensington Symphony Orchestra at Sinfonia Smith Square ToiToiToi




📰 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!
