🎻 Get to know our violinist Ria Hopkinson in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Tuesday 🇩🇰 She's a notorious Nielsen obsessive, so her choice of fantasy KSO programme may not come as a huge surprise…

🇩🇪 On Tuesday at @cadoganhall.bsky.social we're also performing Boris Blacher's sparkling, witty Orchestral Variations on a Theme by N Paganini 💎 Pick up a programme to find out how the German composer contributed a gem to the list of works inspired by Paganini's famous Caprice.

🎹 We're joined on Tuesday by former BBC Young Musician star Firoze Madon for Grieg's much-loved Piano Concerto 🇳🇴 Our programme notes illuminate the work's historic première, which thrilled famous musicians and royalty alike

Hør efter, alle sammen! 🇩🇰 We're back at ‪@cadoganhall.bsky.social on Tuesday to perform Nielsen's extraordinary Symphony No.5 📘 Grab a programme to find out why Simon Rattle believes this dramatic, powerful work is Nielsen's "war symphony"

📕 Get to know oboist Lindi Renier Todd in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at our concert @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🎵 She recalls her favourite KSO concerts, including the "terrifying" experience of playing with a very well-known soloist…

🏴‍☠️ We're also performing Berlioz's Le Corsaire overture, inspired by the action-packed tale of a pirate chief 🏖️ Pick up a programme at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to find out how Lord Byron, a lost love, Rome and Nice combined to inspire this orchestral showpiece

💔 On Monday at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social we're joined by rising star Petar Pejčić for Dvořák's Cello Concerto, partly inspired by the composer’s dying sister-in-law

The concert is sold out at the moment but keep your eye on this page, we will hopefully make a few more tickets available over the weekend: www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...

🎻 We're back at ‪@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday with Brahms's fabulous Symphony No.3 📘 Grab a programme to see the exquisite paintings made in response to Brahms's work in our latest collaboration with the artist Ernestine Tahedl

We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 16 March for a lovely concert of Berlioz, Dvořák & Brahms with guest conductor Matt Scott Rogers. Hope you can join us! kso.org.uk/event/brahms...

🎻 Get to know viola player Jeremy Lambert in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday 🎥 He picks his fantasy KSO programme – including not one, but two composers that no other orchestra member has ever chosen before…

🧙‍♀️ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662 ✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"

🌊 Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores 🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive

Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin... It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!

🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power 📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps

🎻 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