{"id":25024,"date":"2023-03-09T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=181318"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T12:34:10","slug":"britten-sinfonia-launches-1-million-appeal-following-ace-funding-cut","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/britten-sinfonia-launches-1-million-appeal-following-ace-funding-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Britten Sinfonia launches \u00a31 million appeal following ACE funding cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The acclaimed chamber orchestra has launched the appeal to enable it to ‘play on’ following its loss of Arts Council funding <\/p>

By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 09 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The acclaimed chamber orchestra Britten Sinfonia has launched a \u00a31 million appeal to enable it to \u2018play on\u2019. The appeal following the withdrawal of the Sinfonia\u2019s funding as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which has left the orchestra with a financial shortfall of \u00a31 million over the next three years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A range of high-profile musical figures have lent their support to the Play On<\/em> appeal. These include composers Steve Reich and\u00a0Master of the King\u2019s Music Judith Weir<\/strong><\/a>, Sir James MacMillan<\/a>, Thomas Ad\u00e8s<\/a><\/strong> and Nico Muhly<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Seven notable Masters of the Queen\u2019s\/King\u2019s Music<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>Performers lending their support include singers Dame Sarah Connolly<\/strong><\/a> and Roderick Williams<\/strong><\/a>, trumpeter Alison Balsom<\/strong><\/a>, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani<\/strong><\/a> and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
They are joined by others connected with Britten Sinfonia, including an NHS nurse and a teacher, in a film to launch Britten Sinfonia\u2019s Play On appeal.<\/p>\n\nBased in Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia is the only professional orchestra in the East of England. Britten Sinfonia\u2019s work in the region typically reaches around 14,000 people annually. Alongside residencies in Norwich and Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Britten Sinfonia performs and makes music with communities and schools, and in hospitals, elderly care settings and prisons.<\/p>\nThe Sinfonia has toured to the USA, South America, India and across Europe. It was the first UK orchestra to play at Hamburg\u2019s newly opened ElbPhilharmonie in 2017, and with choral ensemble <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/the-sixteens-best-christmas-recordings\/"\">The Sixteen<\/strong><\/a>, it gave the first ever live streamed concert from the Vatican\u2019s Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img class=\""wp-image-181337\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/03\/Violins-c-Benjamin-Ealovega-fb36347.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\"""\" title=\"""\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\""caption-hold"\"><figcaption class=\""wp-caption-text"\"> The only professional orchestra in the East of England, Britten Sinfonia gave the first ever live streamed concert from the Vatican\u2019s Sistine Chapel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nThe ensemble has commissioned nearly 250 new works, both from emerging composers and from some of the biggest names in classical music. It has collaborated with composers, directors, choreographers and musicians from across the musical spectrum, including Anoushka Shankar, Father John Misty, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Clark, Richard Alston and Urja Desai Thakore of Pagrav Dance Company.<\/p>\nSteve Reich has described Britten Sinfonia as \u2018a particularly finely tuned chamber orchestra of enormous sensitivity.\u2019<\/p>\nTo donate to Britten Sinfonia\u2019s \u2018Play On\u2019 Appeal, go to <a href=\""https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/lXSuCjn6jflopnWcWFANJ?domain=playon.brittensinfonia.com"\">playon.brittensinfonia.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMeurig Bowen, Britten Sinfonia Artistic Director and Chief Executive comments: \u2018We never took for granted this longstanding public funding, and cherished the ability it gave us to make bolder programming choices, to bring into being so much newly composed music, and to have a wide-reaching presence throughout the East of England in concert halls, schools, health and community settings.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/culture-secretary-meets-with-leading-classical-musicians-to-discuss-the-future-of-the-industry-after-lockdown\/"\">Culture secretary meets with leading musicians to discuss the future of the industry after lockdown<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\u2018Now, everything that is celebrated internationally, nationally and regionally is at risk. This level of skill, expertise and extraordinary musical synergy is rare; it has taken three decades to build, and simply can\u2019t be replicated overnight.<\/p>\n\u2018We are so proud of the range and quality of our work, and are determined that this loss of ACE funding will not decrease or degrade what we do. 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