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February 12, 2021
Viola profile: Ruth Gibson
Comment & Media>Player profiles
In our second Viola profile, Ruth Gibson (Sub-Principal Viola) shares her greatest memories at City of London Sinfonia (CLS) so far and talks about the excitement of creating music in…
February 5, 2021
Viola profile: Fiona Bonds
Comment & Media>Player profiles
In the first of our Viola Profiles, Principal Viola Fiona Bonds tells us about how she got into playing the viola, what she enjoys about City of London Sinfonia (CLS),…
January 11, 2021
Dan Bates: Strauss, Mozart and missing the “magical connection” of live music
Programmes>2020-21 Season
To give you a flavour of our ‘Restore and Revive: Strauss and Mozart’ recording, we asked Principal Oboe Dan Bates a few questions about the music, his love for Richard…
December 14, 2020
Restore and Revive at Christmas in pictures
Programmes>2020-21 Season
Southwark Cathedral was full of the joys of Christmas on Monday 7 December as City of London Sinfonia strings and the Happenstance Singers performed festive, classical music to a live…
November 19, 2020
City of London Sinfonia wins RPS Impact Award for Sound Young Minds
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City of London Sinfonia (CLS) wins the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Impact Award for its Sound Young Minds programme, as revealed in the RPS’s special online ceremony on 18…
November 11, 2020
Restore and Revive: Haydn in London in pictures
Programmes>2020-21 Season
On Wednesday 4 November, we returned to Southwark Cathedral for the second of our Restore and Revive programmes, ‘Haydn in London’, featuring chamber and orchestral works by Haydn and Ligeti.…
October 15, 2020
Room to Room Music: Bringing music to care home residents online
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October 14, 2020
Restore and Revive at Southwark Cathedral
Programmes>2020-21 Season
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Building on the success of our return to live indoor performance in September, City of London Sinfonia (CLS) will return to Southwark Cathedral this autumn with six more socially distanced…
September 24, 2020
Goldberg Variations in pictures
Programmes>2020-21 Season
On Friday 18 September, we returned to Southwark Cathedral to perform to a live audience for the first time since March. It was a welcome occasion for musicians, staff and…
September 14, 2020
Together again: String trio talks ‘Goldberg Variations’
Programmes>2020-21 Season
Ahead of their performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Southwark Cathedral on 18 September, we asked Alexandra Wood, Joely Koos and Ruth Gibson some questions about performing together to an…