New Season Launched!

Our 2012/13 Concert Season is fast approaching and we're very pleased to say it's going to be an extremely busy one. From dates in Wells, to Windsor, to Winchester, the Orchestra will be performing all over the South.

We've picked out a few Season Highlights for you below and if you want more information about our other dates, please see our website.

Magical Mendelssohn and More
7.30pm - 8 November 2012
St. Nicolas Church Newbury
Conducted by David Hill and led by Alexander Hohenthal, Southern Sinfonia opens their 2012/13 season with a magical programme that includes Mendelssohn’s joyful homage to the vivacity and sparkle of Italy.

Laura van der Heijden, BBC Young Musician 2012
Southern Sinfonia Café Concert
1pm - 28 September 2012
Acknowledged as one of the finest young cellists of her generation, Laura van der Heijden performs JS Bach's Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D, Mendelssohn's Cello Sonata No.1 in B flat and Debussy's Cello Sonata (1915).

The Dave Newton & Chris Hill Duo with Heather Cairncross
Southern Sinfonia Café Concert
1pm - 19 October 2012
Dave Newton, current holder and ten times winner of Best Pianist (British Jazz Awards) and Chris Hill, bassist to Jamie Cullum, return with internationally acclaimed Brighton-based songstress Heather Cairncross to provide us with another fantastic opportunity to hear Jazz at it's very best

Southern Sinfonia Trio
Southern Sinfonia Café Concert
1pm - 23 November 2012
For this special arrangement of JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, Southern Sinfonia presents three fine chamber musicians and regular Southern Sinfonia performers; Alexander Hohenthal, Heather Tuach and Colin Scobie. Often regarded as one of the most ambitious and important compositions ever written, this promises to be a superb concert of quality playing by stars of the orchestra.