A very exciting summer is fast approaching and you will be able to follow our journey on The Space.

The first of a three-part film series to document the orchestra’s journey introduces some of the musicians and the creative team behind the venture. You can sneak a glimpse of me talking briefly about the inspiration behind my new work.

Part two, coming in July, will see the full orchestra meet for the first time for rehearsals, and follow the epic journey that orchestral participants will embark on leading up to their first performances in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall.

Prom 21
Sunday 29 July 2012
8pm

Royal Albert Hall, London

Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conductor

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Mahler Symphony No. 10 – Adagio
interval
Charlotte Bray At the Speed of Stillness
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Tickets go on sale on 12 May

visit the Proms website
more about the orchestra
AWO on BBC news

Sunday 29 July 2012
8pm

Royal Albert Hall, London

Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conductor

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Mahler Symphony No. 10 – Adagio
interval
Charlotte Bray At the Speed of Stillness
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Tickets go on sale on 12 May

visit the Proms website
more about the orchestra
AWO on BBC news
check out The Space 

Proms Plus Intro

Sunday 29 July 2012
6.15 – 7pm

Royal College of Music

more info

Upcoming Performances

October 2012

WHO          April Fredrick (soprano), Mark Bebbington (piano)
WHAT        Midnight Closes 
WHERE     Little Missenden Festival
WHEN        14 October, 7.30pm

July 2012

WHO          Sir Mark Elder conducts the Aldeburgh World Orchestra in the BBC Proms
WHAT        At the Speed of Stillness 
WHERE     Royal Albert Hall, London
WHEN        29 July, 8pm

WHO          Lawrence Power (viola), Julien Quentin (piano)
WHAT        Invisible Cities 
WHERE     Verbier Festival, Switzerland
WHEN        23 July, 11am

WHO          The Sirocco Saxophone Quartet
WHAT        Throw Back 
WHERE     World Saxophone Congress, St Andrews, Scotland
WHEN        10-15 July (tbc)

WHO         Robin Tritschler (tenor), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
WHAT       Verre de Venise
WHERE     West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
WHEN        2 July, 8pm

May 2012

WHO         Southbank Sinfonia, Jonathan Berman (conductor)
WHAT       Beneath the Dawn Horizon
WHERE     St John’s Waterloo, London, SE1 8TY
WHEN       24 May, 6pm

WHO         Rhona McKail (soprano), Mary Dullea (piano
WHAT       Midnight Closes
WHERE     The Austrian Cultural Forum, London, SW7 1PQ
WHEN       10 May, 7pm

WHO         Darragh Morgan (violin), tba (viola), Robin Michael (cello), Mary Dullea (piano)
WHAT       Replay
WHERE     The Austrian Cultural Forum, London, SW7 1PQ
WHEN       9 May, 7pm

Past Performances

November 2011

WHO         Students from Headington School, Oxford
WHAT        Le Soleil Blanc, for clarinet, 2 percussion, & piano
WHERE     Headington School, Oxford, UK
WHEN       23 November @ 7pm

October 2011

WHO         Oxford Lieder Festival: Rhona McKail (soprano) and Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano)
WHAT        Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
WHEN       28 October @ 10pm

WHO         Oxford Lieder Festival: Roderick Williams (baritone) & Andrew West (piano)
WHAT       Sonnets & Love Songs, for baritone & piano
WHERE    Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
WHEN       27 October @ 8pm

WHO         Oxford Lieder Festival: RCM Students’ perform:
WHAT       Dos Poemas de Amor, mezzo-soprano song cycle
WHERE    Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
WHEN       26 October @ 1.10pm

WHO         Oxford Lieder Festival: James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano) and Barbirolli String Quartet
WHAT       Verre de Venise, tenor song cycle
WHERE    Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
WHEN       25 October @ 8pm

WHO         The Opera Group: Rhona McKail (soprano) and Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano)
WHAT       Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     Kings College London Arts & Humanities Festival, London, UK
WHEN       24 October @ 6.30pm

WHO         Anne-Sophie Duprels (soprano) and Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)
WHAT       Still Standing (an incredibly miniature work), for soprano & piano
WHERE    Purcell Room, London, UK
WHEN       16 October @ 7.45pm

WHO         Little Missenden Festival, Counterpoise:
Kyle Horch (saxophones), Deborah Calland (trumpet), Alexander Wood (violin), & Iain Farrington (piano)
WHAT       Two Drops of Water (2011)
WHERE     Little Missenden Church, Buckinghamshire, UK
WHEN       11 October @ 8pm

August 2011

WHO         Tête à Tête Opera Festiva: Rhona McKail and Yshani Perinpanayagam, directed by Max Hoehn
WHAT       Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     Riverside Terrace, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
WHEN       6 August @ 7.35pm / 7 August @ 4.35pm

WHO         Tête à Tête Opera Festival:

Soprano: Sian Winstanley
Baritone: Danny Broad
Cello: Corentin Chassard
Harp: Claudia Studer
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music Director: James Young
Designer: Fabrice Serafino

WHAT       ‘The Fox and the Crow’
WHERE     public spaces in London
WHEN       unannounced between August 4-21…. Watch out!

July 2011

WHO         Verbier Festival:
Chi-Hui Yen (piano), Vlad Maistorovici (violin), Marc Sabbah (viola), Maksym Dyedikov (cello)
WHAT       Replay, piano quartet
WHERE    Cinema / Eglise, Verbier, Switzerland
WHEN       29 July / 31 July

June 2011

WHO         Cheltenham International Music Festival:
Huw Watkins (piano), Alexander Wood (violin), Cian O’Duill (viola), Robin Michael (cello)
WHAT       Replay, piano quartet
WHERE     Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, UK
WHEN       30 June @ 9pm

WHO         London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Music Masters
WHAT       Scenes from Wonderland (2011)
WHERE     Royal Festival Hall, London
WHEN       28 June @ 10.30am and 12.30pm

WHO         Aldeburgh Festival: Alexandra Wood (violin), Oliver Knussen, BCMG
WHAT       Caught in Treetops, Violin Concerto (2010)
WHERE     Snape Malting Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, UK
WHEN       26 June @ 4pm

WHO         Alexandra Wood (violin)
WHAT       A Match with the Moon (2010)
WHERE     The Pumphouse, Aldeburgh, UK
WHEN       25 June @ 5pm

March 2011

WHO         Nordic Saxophone Quartet
WHAT       Throw Back (2008)
WHERE     Olaus Petri kyrka, Örebro, Sweden   /   Adventskykan, Hallsberg, Sweden
WHEN       6 March @ 4pm   /   5 March @ 4pm

January 2011

WHO         Alexandra Wood (violin)
WHAT       A Match with the Moon (2010)
WHERE     Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, London
WHEN       30 January @ 7.45pm

WHO         Park Lane Group Young Artist Concert Series: Rhona McKail and Yshani Perinpanayagam
WHAT       Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
WHEN       10 January @ 7.45pm

December 2010

WHO         Park Lane Group Young Artist Concert Series: Rhona McKail and Yshani Perinpanayagam
WHAT       Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     St James Church, Piccadilly, London
WHEN       15 December @ 1.10pm

November 2010

WHO         Monday Night Platform, Countess of Munster Musical Trust
WHAT       Midnight Closes, soprano song cycle
WHERE     Wigmore Hall, London   /   Sheffield Theatres Studio, UK
WHEN       22 November @ 7.30pm   /   11 November @ 7.30pm

WHO         Alexandra Wood (violin), Oliver Knussen, BCMG
WHAT       Caught in Treetops, Violin Concerto (2010)
WHERE     CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK
WHEN       14 November @ 8pm

October 2010

WHO         RIOT! Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Guildhall School of Music Ensemble
WHAT       Beneath The Dawn Horizon (2008)
WHERE     Guilhall School of Music, London
WHEN       21 October @ 8pm

July 2010

WHO         Verbier Festival: Gijs can der Linden (tenor), Aline Piboule (piano), Benyounes String Quartet
WHAT       Verre de Venise, tenor song cycle (2010)
WHERE     Eglise, Verbier, Switzerland
WHEN       26 July @ 11am

WHO         Aix-en-Provence Festival: Gijs can der Linden, Aline Piboule, Benyounes String Quartet
WHAT       Verre de Venise, tenor song cycle (2010)
WHERE     Hôtel Maynier d’Oppède, Aix-en-Provence, France
WHEN       21 July @ 9.30pm

June 2010

WHO         Aldebugh Festival: Ben Johnson (tenor), Aline Piboule (piano), Benyounes String Quartet
WHAT       Verre de Venise, tenor song cycle (2010)
WHERE     Orford Church, Aldeburgh, UK
WHEN       18 June 210 @ 11am

May 2010

WHO         London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
WHAT       Beyond a Fallen Tree (2009)
WHERE     Barbican, London
WHEN       23 May @ 7.30pm

December 2009

WHO         Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra
WHAT       In The Cold Light of Day (2007/9)
WHERE     Royal College of Music, London
WHEN       11 December @ 7.30pm

January 2009

WHO         Sirocco Saxophone Quartet
WHAT       Throw Back
WHERE     Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
WHEN       8 January @ 7.45pm

November / December 2008

WHO         Britten Sinfonia: Janne Thomsen (flute), Joy Farrall (clarinet), Polina Leschenko (piano), Martin Outram (viola), Caroline Dearnley (cello)
WHAT       Alliance for flute, clarinet, piano, viola, cello

30 November    Filharmonic Hall, Krakow, Poland
2 December       West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
3 December       Wigmore Hall, London
4 December       Town Hall, Birmingham
5 December       Assembly House, Norwich

October 2008

WHO         Royal College of Music Chamber Ensemble, Ben Oliver (conductor)
WHAT       Sea of Cycles for ensemble – with choreography by Sarah Swinfield
WHERE     Britten Theatre, RCM, London
WHEN       17 October @ 7.30pm
Pre-performance talk 6.15pm hosted by Richard Langham Smith

Bray’s song cycle Midnight Closes is programmed in Little Missenden Festival, performed by April Fredrick (soprano) and Mark Bebbington (piano)

Sunday 14 October 2012
7.30pm

Sunday 29 July 2012
8pm

Royal Albert Hall, London

Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conductor

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Mahler Symphony No. 10 – Adagio
interval
Charlotte Bray At the Speed of Stillness
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

visit the Proms website
more about the orchestra
AWO on BBC news

Monday 23 July 2012
11am

Monday 23 July 2012
11am
l’Eglise, Verbier, Switzerland

Monday 2 July 2012
8pm

July 2012
St. Andrews

more info

Southbank Sinfonia perform Bray’s Beneath the Dawn Horizon

Thursday 24 May 2012
6.00-7.15pm