Orchestra
Royal Northern Sinfonia
- From
- United Kingdom
- Since
- 1958–present
- Releases
- 75
- classical
- orchestral
About
Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history the orchestra gave most of its concerts at the Newcastle City Hall. It also gave monthly concerts in Middlesbrough town hall and at Stockton & Billingham Technical College in Billingham. Since 2004 the orchestra has been resident at The Glasshouse, formerly known as Sage Gateshead. In June 2013 Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title 'Royal' on the orchestra, formally naming it Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Members
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Iona Brown violin
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Gaëlle-Anne Michel violin
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Peter Francomb French horn
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George MacDonald clarinet
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Philip Nelson double bass
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Aischa Gündisch violin
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Amy Yule flute, principal
Discography
Albums
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Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Les Illuminations
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Miniatures
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Choral Symphony
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Requiem
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Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks" / Music for Strings
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Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
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Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3
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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto / Rococo Variations
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Moeran: Serenade in G / Sinfonietta / Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf / Nocturne
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British Composers – Elgar: The Spirit of England · Land of Hope and Glory · The Snow · Give unto the Lord · O Hearken Thou
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Riders to the Sea
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Six Organ Concertos, op. 10
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Trombone Concerti
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
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Organ Concertos, op. 4
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Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings / Concerto for Violin and Strings
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Concerto in C minor / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies from "Love's Labour Lost"
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Mozart: Requiem / Bruckner: Missa Solemnis, Psalms 112 & 150
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Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 4
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The Wandering Scholar / Suite de Ballet / A Song of the Night
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Lyric Concerto: Music for Strings from Turkey
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Hickox Conducts Vaughan Williams
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Concerti Grossi, op. 3, nos. 1-6
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Piano Concertos nos. 5 and 6
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Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia and Toccata / Eclogue
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English Guitar Concertos
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Concerto for Strings / Concerto for Violin, Cello, Strings and Harp
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English String Miniatures, Volume 4
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Darting the Skiff / Maharal Dreaming / Cello Concerto / Vaganza
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Symphony no. 3 / Washington's Birthday
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Albert Herring
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Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra
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Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes
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Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 5 "sur le nom de Haydn" / Symphony no. 7 "Israël"
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The English Song Series, Volume 13: Folk Song Arrangements, Volume 2
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Howard Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Roberto Gerhard: Concerto for Piano and Strings
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Piano Concerto no. 23 / Piano Concerto no. 9 "Jeunehomme"
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The Mystery
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Brahms: Violin Concerto / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
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Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 25 / Fantasia in D minor
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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto / Sibelius: Symphonies nos. 3 & 6
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Unknown Britten
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Piano Concerto nos. 18 & 22
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Violin Concerto / Violin Concertino / Triptych for Orchestra
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Kindred Sprits: Schubert: Symphony no. 9 / Gál: Symphony no. 2
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Bruckner 2
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Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto / Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
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Piano Concerto no. 7 / Irish Concerto
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Gál: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra / Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22, K.482
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 5
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Schumann: Cello Concerto / Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
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Cello Concerto / Works for Cello and Piano
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Dream Songs: Three Concertos
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Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 & 4 Ballades, Op. 10
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Copland: Clarinet Concerto / Appalachian Spring / Strauss: Duet Concertino / Capriccio
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Williams: Sonata for Horn and Piano / Quintet in D major / Household Music / Bax: Horn Sonata
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Piano Concerto no. 2 / Handel Variations
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BBC Music, Volume 31, Number 1: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Beethoven / Prokoviev / Chopin
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The Complete Orchestral Song-Cycles
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Clarinet Concertos
Live
Compilations
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The Essential Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Piano Concertos, Nocturnes and Sonatas
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The Six Brandenburg Concertos
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Hickox Conducts Vaughan Williams
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Chopin & Field Piano Concertos
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The Lighter Elgar
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French Impressions
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English Miniatures
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
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Stravinsky: Ballets / Atherton · Nagano · Rattle
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Subgroup
Also known as
Northern Sinfonia · Northern Sinfonia of England
Tags
- british orchestra
- chamber orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b4cd94be-c8d8-48ab-8bf5-4eba5fb69f98
- ISNI
- 0000000120189996
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