Concert Repertoire
The Sinfonietta made its London debut on 9 January 1969 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in a concert of Seiber, Milhaud, Webern and Varèse conducted by Edgar Cosma.
Among premieres given by the orchestra were:
- Rutland Boughton Concerto for String Orchestra (composed 1937 fp 1997)
- Gavin Bryars The Green Ray (1991)
- Sadie Harrison So in Darkness (1993)
- Richard Harvey Concerto Antico for guitar and orchestra (1994)
- David Matthews Cantiga, Op 45 (1988)
- John Mayer Shanai-Awaz (1982)
- Dominic Muldowney Percussion Concerto (1991)
- Michael Nyman Where The Bee Dances (1991)
- Colin Riley The song should never be silent, Side by side, The sleep of reason (1997)
- Howard Skempton Concerto for Hurdy Gurdy and Percussion (1994)
- Giles Swayne The Song of the Tortoise, a cautionary tale for narrator, voices and orchestra (1992)
- Mike Westbrook Bean Rows and Blues Shots - Saxophone concerto (1991)
During its existence the Bournemouth Sinfonietta gained a national reputation, appearing at The Proms in 1977, 1988 and 1992 and also undertook short overseas tours, including Germany (1987), Italy and Turkey (1992), Romania (1994), Spain (1995), Brazil (1996) and France (1997). Venues in the south and west of England varied from small church halls, often in places which otherwise would get no live professional orchestral music, to larger concert halls.
From 1974 until 1986 the Sinfonietta was the orchestra for Glyndebourne On Tour.
The educational and outreach work of the Sinfonietta was recognised by a Prudential Award and a Sainsbury's Arts for All award.
The Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir was founded in 1972, and continues to give concerts in Dorset and beyond. The Director in 2008 is David Gostick, organist at Wimborne Minster.
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