🎻 Get to know our longtime violinist Bronwen Fisher in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social today 🎺 She reveals which concerto she'd most like KSO to perform – and she already has a special soloist lined up for it, too…

🇷🇺 We pay tribute to Rodion Shchedrin, who died in August, by performing his 'Naughty Limericks' in our opening concert of 2025/26 🩰 Pick up a programme @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social to find out more about the Russian composer and his late, great Soviet ballerina wife

Monday evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social, Westminster. www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...

🇨🇿 We're also performing Martinů's Les fresques de Piero della Francesca, inspired by the Italian master's early Renaissance frescoes 🎨 Get a programme to see the stunning works that so struck the composer when he saw them in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1954

We're back at ‪@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to kick off our season with Stravinsky's The Firebird – the complete ballet 📘 Grab a programme for a full synopsis and to learn how the work catapulted the composer to international fame

Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, Dvořák, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida Andrée, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps

We begin our 2025/26 season with a performance of Stravinsky’s complete ballet The Firebird at @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social The concert opens with Rodion Shchedrin’s Concerto for Orchestra No.1, ‘Naughty Limerocks’ which is followed by Martinů’s Les fresques de Piero della Francesca

🎵 Get to know our longtime tuba player Neil Wharmby in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday ⭐ He reveals his top KSO concerts of the past 35 years, from his unique perspective at the back of the band

🎹 We're thrilled to be joined by pianist Firoze Madon for Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on Monday 📘 Grab a programme @cadoganhall.bsky.social‬ to read about this former BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist

🇷🇺 In a programme of Russian greats, we're serving up a double helping of Rachmaninov, including his famous Paganini Variations 🌊 We're also playing The Sea and the Seagulls, plus Lyadov's terrifying Kikimora @cadoganhall.bsky.social‬ on Monday

🇷🇺 We're back at @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday to perform Shostakovich's Symphony No.1 – a masterpiece written when he was just 18 📘 Get a programme to learn how the work, championed by fellow composer Glazunov, brought him international fame Tickets cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...

Next concert on Monday 30 June at @cadoganhall.bsky.social Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon 🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...

Let’s set this place up for a Bruckner-sized orchestra!

If you’re looking for a ticket for our Bruckner 7 concert this evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social we’ve managed to make a few more seats available Just 6 left now though and once they’re gone, they’re gone www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-br...

🎵 Get to know our longtime cellist Annie Marr-Johnson in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🌞 She reveals her top KSO concerts of the past 30 years – plus her spectacular choice for the piece we should play next…

🇩🇪 We're thrilled to be joined by guest conductor Leonard Elschenbroich to perform Bruckner @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🍃 Grab a programme to find out more (while enjoying the fantastic tremolo that this great cellist has worked on with us)

A fine Bruckner symphony! I hope you have a great time playing it. 🎶😊

7️⃣ We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 19 May to perform Bruckner's monumental Symphony No.7 – the work that finally won him acclaim ⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…

📰 We're delighted to see a glowing review of our recent 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!

Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets 🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

🎺 Get to know our longtime trumpeter Stephen Willcox in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at Fairfield Halls on Saturday ⚔️ He reveals his favourite performances with KSO and shares an exciting – and ambitious – idea for a future gig…

🌱 We're excited to announce the launch of our new KSO Scholars scheme, giving talented young musicians a chance to play with the orchestra 📖 Read all about it in the programme at our concert at Fairfield Halls on Saturday (noting the early 6pm start!)

🗣️ We're thrilled to be joined by Epiphoni Consort at Fairfield Halls on Saturday – it's always a pleasure to perform with this fantastic choir epiphoni.org.uk

🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday

Hullo Bluesky community! Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs. 📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...

We are excited to announce the KSO Scholars programme which launches this Saturday at Fairfield Halls. 7 talented young players from nearby Wilson's School will join us for the rehearsal of Mars and Jupiter from Holst's The Planets. Read more on our website kso.org.uk/about-us/

I’m clearly pleased with my bass.

The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week 🪐 Come and see it in the wild! 🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

“There are moments… when a concert is thrust into the musical stratosphere by a performance that is literally out of this world…” Such was that by Beth Taylor on Thursday night. @rcsofficial.bsky.social -trained, and finalist in the 2023 Cardiff Singer of the World 🙌🏼🎶 voxcarnyx.com/2025/03/01/b...

🔭 Did you catch the Planetary Parade this week, when seven planets are all visible in the evening sky at the same time? 🪐 Well, it wasn't quite the last time until 2040 because on Saturday 29 March all the 7 other planets will be musically aligned at Fairfield Halls and audible from Earth!

🗳️ Please vote for both! www.classical-music.com/awards/2025-... Great to see our friends nominated: ⭐ Violin soloist Fenella Humphreys ⭐ Oboe soloist Nicholas Daniel ⭐ Guest conductor Michael Seal ⭐ Composer Adrian Sutton - friend and we played the first run-through of this violin concerto

Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets 🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

Shostakovich Seventh play date with @kso.org.uk. Powerful stuff. Need to lie down for a bit.

Give some of our musicians and early BlueSky adopters a follow for music and other stuff: Violins @davidpievsky.bsky.social @rufus-r.bsky.social @richardfsheahan.bsky.social @arianetodes.bsky.social Violas @edwardkershaw.bsky.social @apmcpherson.bsky.social @guyraybould.bsky.social

🗳️ Please vote for both! www.classical-music.com/awards/2025-... Great to see our friends nominated: ⭐ Violin soloist Fenella Humphreys ⭐ Oboe soloist Nicholas Daniel ⭐ Guest conductor Michael Seal ⭐ Composer Adrian Sutton - friend and we played the first run-through of this violin concerto

Premiered #OTD in 1971, the 32nd & final symphony by Havergal Brian. Leslie Head conducted Kensington SO at St John's Smith Sq. Brian wrote 25 of his 32 symphs after age of 70. No 32 completed in 1968, aged 92 & proved to be the last music he penned. open.spotify.com/track/3aUtjG... #britsymphyear

Our friends Adrian Sutton, Fenella Humphreys & Michael Seal have been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award for their recording of Adrian's Violin Concerto which we had the pleasure of running through with Fenella early on in its development. Vote here! www.classical-music.com/awards/2025-...

Concert tomorrow night at @southbankcentre.bsky.social! Some tickets still available including just 4 left at £16 - grab yours now before it's too late!

🎵 Get to know our longtime clarinettist Claire Baughan in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday 🇺🇸 She shares an amazing idea for a future KSO concert… and she's on our repertoire committee, so let's hope it comes to pass!

🎥 Grab a programme @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday to discover how Prokofiev was persuaded to write film music for the first time 🪖 …and which 1970s stars have since nicked bits of Lieutenant Kijé for their own music and films! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

🇫🇮 Grab a programme @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday to learn all about our star soloist in the Lindberg Clarinet Concerto – the amazing Julian Bliss 🤩 We're thrilled to be joined by such an exceptional musician, especially to play such a fabulous piece!

Get a programme @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday to find out why Ravel fell out with Diaghilev and Stravinsky over La valse… 🇪🇸 …and how his affinity with Spain – we're also playing Rapsodie espagnole – was influenced by his mum Marie

We rehearsed Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto with phenomenal soloist Julian Bliss yesterday. There are some tickets left for the concert on Saturday 25 January at @southbankcentre.bsky.social so make sure you get yours while they're still there. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

One week away exactly! Some seats remaining. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso... Don’t miss out on an opportunity to witness the Lindberg Concerto.

Julian Bliss will be our soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto next Saturday 25 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre.bsky.social

@rcmlondon.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social in case of interest to your clarinettists!

There are still some Full-time Student/Under 16 concession tickets available from £12. 🎫 Get yours here: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

Sadly Michael Collins has had to withdraw from our concert at @southbankcentre.bsky.social next week. We're delighted that Julian Bliss will be the soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

They are playing one of our tunes on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social - Troika from Lieutenant Kijé. Come along to @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday 25 January to hear it and much more live! P.S. We also have a surprise for you, watch this space! kso.org.uk/event/concer...

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