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City of London Sinfonia

City of London Sinfonia
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We are the Orchestra that promises to surprise and move you. We involve people from all ages and backgrounds in life-enhancing music experiences.

1971 Orchestra founded by Richard Hickox as the Richard Hickox Orchestra

1971 First commission: Fancies by John Rutter

1973 The Orchestra performs Messiah, its first BBC Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall

1975 First recording: Bach Masses in G major and G minor for Argo

1979 Richard Hickox Orchestra changes its name to City of London Sinfonia (CLS) to reflect closer links with the City of London

1982 Barbican Centre opens and CLS performs its first series of concerts in the new hall

1988 Education & Community Programme established

1990 Six performances of Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Sadler’s Wells, followed by recording for Virgin Classics

1991 CLS celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Gala concert at the Barbican in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales, raising funds jointly for Cancer Relief MacMillan Fund and the Orchestra

1994 World première of John Tavener The Apolcalypse at the Proms

1995 Diana Burrell appointed as CLS’s first Composer-in-Association

1995 CLS performs at the 50th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter in the Houses of Parliament in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister John Major MP and UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

1995 CLS celebrates the 50th anniversary of the composition of Britten Peter Grimes with a concert-performance of the opera at the Barbican Hall and a recording for Chandos Records

1997 CLS wins Royal Philharmonic Society Large Ensemble Music Award for its outstanding contribution to musical life in the UK, with particular commendations for its Education & Community Programme and its commitment to new music

1997 CLS wins Opera Grammy Award for its recording of Britten Peter Grimes conducted by Richard Hickox

1997 Alasdair Nicolson appointed as CLS’s second Composer-in-Association

1998 Education & Community Programme launches Music for Children at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London

1999 CLS appoints Marin Alsop as Principal Guest Conductor

2000 CLS gives world premiere of John Tavener’s Fall and Resurrection at St. Paul’s Cathedral in the Presence of HRH The Prince of Wales

2000 CLS reconstructed Offenbach’s lost pantomime Dick Whittington performed in the Mansion House as part of the City of London Festival

2001 CLS celebrates 30th anniversary with a Gala concert at the Barbican and a new opera, ICE, written by Alasdair Nicolson, for local singers and musicians and CLS

2001 Groundbreaking visits to Chelsea and Westminster hospitals and visits to the wards

2001 CLS secures an exciting future as MMC – the parent company of Marsh, Putnam Investments and Mercer – come on board as Principal Sponsors. We were privileged to perform in the memorial service at Southwark Cathedral for the 358 MMC employees who died in the world trade centre disaster.

2002 Douglas Boyd appointed as Associate Conductor

2003 UK tour of Schaffer’s Amadeus (including additional material provided by Peter Schaffer) with live orchestra on stage and actors

2006 Outdoor concert in Dubai for second anniversary of the founding of the Dubai international finance centre in presence of Emirates Royal Family

2008 Death of Richard Hickox

2009 Appointment of Stephen Layton (Artistic Director and Principle Conductor) and Michael Collins (Principal Conductor)

2009-11 Orchestra in residence at Cartagena International Music Festival. The orchestra was made up of Columbian players and Bogotá orchestra. We also took part in education projects as part of this residency

2011 Launch of CLoSer series, our surprising and moving informal concert series at Village Underground

2012 Scott of the Antarctic tour performs in venues including St David’s Hall Cardiff and Symphony Hall Birmingham

2012 Alexandra Wood appointed as Leader

2013 Poulenc Festival profiles French composer in his 50th Anniversary year

2013 Hot Tunes Cold War series launches CLS’s new themed programming, with performance at Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival

2013 Cathedrals Tour of 10 cathedrals around the country including a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast from Ely cathedral

2014 Natural/Supernatural series (March-May) exploring works inspired by both the Natural and Supernatural world with a particular focus on Sir John Tavener

2014 Tour of new work On a Piece of Tapestry by Gwilym Simcock as part of the PRS New Music Biennial

2014 Shakespeare: Let Music Sound series (October-November) exploring works inspired by Shakespeare´s plays

2014-15 Meet the Music grows to unprecedented levels of activity in schools and hospitals, reaching more than 14,000 in a year

2015 Emigre series (February - June) exploring the often epic journeys travelled by composers throughout history

2015 Tour to Mexico with British Council, performing in Leon, Guadalajara and Mexico City

2015-16 RE:Imagine series

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