sinfonia ViVA Concerts - Printable Summary

Sunday 5th Sept 2010, event starts 6.00pm

• Darley Park, Derby
• Outdoor Classical Concert - An audience of tens of thousands is expected for Britain's biggest FREE classical concert of its kind in the gorgeous Darley Park, Derby in a celebration of the famous sons and daughters of Derby!
• Admission FREE. Parking and other restrictions apply - see full concert listing for details.

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, RAM FM, East Midlands Trains and Arts Council England

Saturday 11th Sept 2010 from 4.00pm

• Derby Market Place
• A live screening of the Last Night of the BBC Proms forms the centrepiece of this free event that includes for the first time live performances on stage by groups including jazz from sinfonia ViVA's very own Triple Bop and Friends!

This event is in partnership with Derby LIVE, Derby City Council, University of Derby, sinfonia ViVA, BBC and Arts Council England

Saturday 2nd October 2010 at 7.30pm

• Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
• sinfonia ViVA directed by Benedict Holland renews its long association with the amazing talent that is Colin Currie in this exciting programme of vibrant classics
• Programme - Stravinsky: Apollo (version for string orchestra) - Schwertsik: Now You Hear Me, Now You Don't - Mozart: Divertimento K136
• Tickets: £ 15 (£12 concessions) from the Box Office on 0115 846 7777
• Online booking available

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England

Wednesday 6th October 2010 at 7.30pm

• Lincoln Drill Hall
• sinfonia ViVA directed by Benedict Holland renews its long association with the amazing talent that is Colin Currie in this exciting programme of vibrant classics
• Programme - Stravinsky: Apollo (version for string orchestra) - Schwertsik: Now You Hear Me, Now You Don't - Mozart: Divertimento K136
• Tickets: £12, £10 (£7 students), accompanied under 16s free. Tickets on sale from 1st Aug 2010
• Box Office: 01522 873894
• Email Box Office

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, sinfonia ViVA, Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln City Council, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England

Saturday 16th Oct 2010 at 7.30pm

• The Palace, Ibstock, Leicestershire
• sinfonia ViVA directed by Leader Benedict Holland brings a gorgeous programme of string delights to for the Orchestra's first visit to Ibstock
• Programme - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 - Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue - Handel: Concerto Grosso Op6 No.7 in Bb - Mozart: Divertimento K136 - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
• Tickets: £15, available from Halls of Ibstock, 10-16 High Street, Ibstock or on 01530 260460 during shop hours 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday - Saturday

Supported by Orchestras Live, North West Leicestershire District Council and Arts Council England.

Tuesday 2nd November 2010 at 7.30pm

• Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
• Principal Conductor André: de Ridder and sinfonia ViVA are joined by internationally celebrated cellist Natalie Clein for tonight's concert in Nottingham which also features another AFTER:hours concert opportunity.
• Main Programme (ends approx. 9.25pm)- Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Barber: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op22 - Sibelius: Symphony No.3 in C Major Op52. AFTER:hours late-night programme (9.40 to 10.15pm approx.) - Stravinsky: Octet for wind instruments - Bach: Cello Suite No.2 - Anna Meredith (Composer in the House): New work inspired by the Stravinsky Octet
• Tickets: Main Programme - £10 to £32. AFTER:hours concert - free admission to sinfonia ViVA bookers, tickets £3 for non-bookers (tickets available on the door only). Box Office: 0115 989 5555, Group Bookings 0115 989 5534, Fax Booking 0115 950 3476
• Box Office: 0115 989 5555
• Online booking available

Supported by sinfonia ViVA and Arts Council England. The AFTER:hours concert is additionally supported by Orchestras Live. Composer in the House is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.

Sunday 21st November 2010 at 7.30pm

• Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon
• sinfonia ViVA with Principal Conductor André de Ridder and the sparkling Antje Weithaas (violin) return to Bradford-on-Avon with a programme of exciting and stimulating works.
• Programme - Schubert: Symphony No.2 in B flat, D125 - Berg (arr. Tarkmann): Violin Concerto - Mozart: Symphony No.39
• Tickets £25, Concessions £24, Savers £23, Under 18s £10
• Box Office: 01225 860 100
• Book now on venue website

Rolls-Royce plc, sinfonia ViVA, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England.

Tuesday 23rd November 2010 at 7.30pm

• Assembly Rooms, Derby
• sinfonia ViVA with Principal Conductor André de Ridder and the Orchestra's Leader Benedict Holland as soloist for this powerful programme of classics
• Programme - Schubert: Symphony No.2 in B flat, D125 - Weill: Violin Concerto - Mozart: Symphony No.39
• Tickets: £15 to £27
• Box Office: 01332 255800
• Online booking available

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England

Tuesday 7th December 2010, 7.00pm

• Lincoln Drill Hall
• The Usher Gallery – Art at the Collection
• Following the success of Journeys in 2007, FolkLoops in 2008 and In the Space Between in 2009 sinfonia ViVA return to the Lincoln Drill Hall for another exciting collaborative creative music and visual art project.
• Tickets £6
• Lincoln Drill Hall Box Office: 01522 873894
• Email Box Office

The project has been supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Orchestras Live, Bergne Coupland Trust, Lincoln Drill Hall, The Collection, Arts Council England and sinfonia ViVA.

Friday 31st December 2010 at 7.30pm

• Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
• New Year's Eve Gala Concert - Land of the Midnight Sun
• The wonderfully evocative music of Scandinavia - The Land of The Midnight Sun - provides the setting for this year's sparkling end-of-year celebration. Join sinfonia ViVA with award-winning conductor Timothy Redmond and terrific soloist Ian Buckle (piano) at the Royal Concert Hall for a sumptuous collection of classics and a cordially seasonal atmosphere that's second-to-none... THE ideal way to see out the old year and prepare for the new!
• Tickets: £9 to £31. See concert listing for full details of special Premium Seat offers
• Box Office: 0115 989 5555
• Online booking available

Supported by Arts Council England

Sunday 13th February 2011 at 7.30pm

• Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
• sinfonia ViVA returns to the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford with Principal Conductor André de Ridder and three masterworks from the classical repertoire
• Programme - Schumann: Zwickau Symphony in G minor - Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Op6 'The Pastoral'
• Tickets: £23.00, £19.00, £15.00 (Conc: £20.50, £16.50, £12.50. Full-time students, under 16s and registered unemployed: £5.00)
• Box Office: 01245 606505
• Online booking available

Supported by M&G Investments, Chelmsford Borough Council, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England

Wednesday 16th February 2011 at 7.30pm

• Assembly Rooms, Derby
• sinfonia ViVA in Derby
• The premiere of a new commission by Composer in the House Anna Meredith features in this concert with sinfonia ViVA and Principal Conductor André de Ridder
• Programme - Schumann: Zwickau Symphony in G minor - Anna Merdith: New Commission (World Premiere) - Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Op6 'The Pastoral'
• Tickets: £15 to £27
• Box Office: 01332 255800
• Online booking available

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Britten-Pears Foundation, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England. Anna Meredith is sinfonia ViVA's Composer in the House. Composer in the House is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.

Wednesday 9th March 2011 at 7.00pm

• Assembly Rooms, Derby
• sinfonia ViVA: Residency - A collaborative instrumental project
• ViVA aims to surpass the success of Audio Lens in 2010 as they return to the Assembly Rooms with a dazzling creative collaborative music project featuring ViVA's amazing Composer in the House Anna Meredith working alongside James Redwood and young musicians from across Derby to create vibrant new music in response to a major new commission by Anna herself.
• Tickets will cost: £6.00, £3.50 Concessions, £10.00 Family ticket
• Box Office: 01332 255800

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Orchestras Live, Derby City Partnership Be Inspiring Fund and Arts Council England. Composer in the House is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.

Thursday 14th April 2011 at 7.30pm

• Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
• sinfonia ViVA with Johannes Hinterholzer
• Internationally-celebrated Johannes Hinterholzer (horn) joins sinfonia ViVA with Principal Conductor André de Ridder for a tour-de-force of classics.
• Main Programme (ends approx. 9.15pm) - Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, suite for orchestra, Op112 - Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4, K.395 - Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte - Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, Op90. AFTER:hours late-night programme (9.40 to 10.15pm approx.) - Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver - Takemitsu: Requiem for strings
• Tickets: Main Programme - £10 to £32. AFTER:hours concert - free admission to sinfonia ViVA bookers, tickets £3 for non-bookers (tickets available on the door only). Box Office: 0115 989 5555, Group Bookings 0115 989 5534, Fax Booking 0115 950 3476
• Online booking available

Supported by sinfonia ViVA and Arts Council England. The AFTER:hours concert is additionally supported by Orchestras Live. Composer in the House is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.

Saturday 7th May 2011 at 8.00pm

• Stamford Arts Centre
• A brilliant selection of classics is in store as sinfonia ViVA makes a welcome return to Stamford.
• Programme - JC Bach: Sinfonia for wind instruments No.4 in Bb - Hummel: Octet-Partita in Eb - Mozart: Gran Partita
• Tickets: £18, (*£17) *discount details from the Box Office
• Box Office: 01780 763203
• Online booking available

Supported by sinfonia ViVA, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England

Tuesday 21st June 2011 at 1.00pm (Schools' Performance) and 7.00pm (Public Concert)

• Assembly Rooms, Derby
• sinfonia ViVA: Residency - An interactive singing project
• Following the success of the Floratorio project in June 2010 which saw composer James Redwood, writer Peter Roberts and ViVA's Choral Advisor David Lawrence working with primary school participants from across Derby and Derbyshire to create new songs based all celebrating the life of Florence Nightingale in the year of the 100th anniversary of her death, sinfonia ViVA return to the Assembly Rooms for another singing extravaganza!
• 1.00pm Schools' Performance: Tickets - £1.50 per child with accompanying adults free of charge. Contact sinfonia ViVA on 01332 207602.
• 7.00pm Public Concert: Tickets - £3.00. Contact the Assembly Rooms Box Office 01332 255800.
• Online booking available

This project has been supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England.