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Conductor. Pianist. Music Communicator. @andreas-mildner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A fascinating programme: Torke’s kinetic energy, Tarrodi’s evocative natural world, and the dark lyricism and compressed drama of Rachmaninov’s Third. Juxtaposition is itself music communication: it changes how we listen. And context takes us evenfurther — towards why the music matters.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 16/09/2026

🎶 Smith Square Hall • 12 October Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3, Tarrodi’s Wildwood and Torke’s Javelin — a night of colour, energy and drama. 🎟️ Tickets: www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/rachma...

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Rachmaninov's Symphony No.3 - Sinfonia Smith Square

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/06/2026

🔫 Don't miss our performance of Copland's Billy the Kid – the archetypal sound of a Western – on Saturday at Fairfield Halls 📗 Buy a programme to discover how Copland brought Billy's story to life… and which 1980s heart-throb played the outlaw on screen

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/06/2026

🗣️ We're thrilled to be teaming up once again with our friends the Epiphoni Consort, who join us for John Adams's Harmonium on Saturday ✒️ Get a programme for full texts of the wonderful poems by John Donne and Emily Dickinson 🎫 kso.org.uk/event/coplan...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/06/2026

💔 On Saturday, we're also performing Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 📗 Pick up a programme to find out how he teamed up with a young Stephen Sondheim to create the enduringly popular musical

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 16/06/2026

🇺🇲 We're back at ‪Fairfield Halls on Saturday afternoon with an exciting all-American programme of Adams, Bernstein and Copland 📘 Grab a programme to find out why Adams's Harmonium is a key work of 1980s Minimalism – and a surprisingly moving one, too 🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 10/05/2026

🎻 Get to know our violinist Ria Hopkinson in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Tuesday 🇩🇰 She's a notorious Nielsen obsessive, so her choice of fantasy KSO programme may not come as a huge surprise…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 10/05/2026

🇩🇪 On Tuesday at @cadoganhall.bsky.social we're also performing Boris Blacher's sparkling, witty Orchestral Variations on a Theme by N Paganini 💎 Pick up a programme to find out how the German composer contributed a gem to the list of works inspired by Paganini's famous Caprice.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 09/05/2026

🎹 We're joined on Tuesday by former BBC Young Musician star Firoze Madon for Grieg's much-loved Piano Concerto 🇳🇴 Our programme notes illuminate the work's historic première, which thrilled famous musicians and royalty alike

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 08/05/2026

Hør efter, alle sammen! 🇩🇰 We're back at ‪@cadoganhall.bsky.social on Tuesday to perform Nielsen's extraordinary Symphony No.5 📘 Grab a programme to find out why Simon Rattle believes this dramatic, powerful work is Nielsen's "war symphony"

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 14/03/2026

📕 Get to know oboist Lindi Renier Todd in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at our concert @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🎵 She recalls her favourite KSO concerts, including the "terrifying" experience of playing with a very well-known soloist…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 13/03/2026

🏴‍☠️ We're also performing Berlioz's Le Corsaire overture, inspired by the action-packed tale of a pirate chief 🏖️ Pick up a programme at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to find out how Lord Byron, a lost love, Rome and Nice combined to inspire this orchestral showpiece

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 12/03/2026

💔 On Monday at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social we're joined by rising star Petar Pejčić for Dvořák's Cello Concerto, partly inspired by the composer’s dying sister-in-law

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 10/03/2026

The concert is sold out at the moment but keep your eye on this page, we will hopefully make a few more tickets available over the weekend: www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...

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Brahms's Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia Smith Square

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 10/03/2026

🎻 We're back at ‪@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday with Brahms's fabulous Symphony No.3 📘 Grab a programme to see the exquisite paintings made in response to Brahms's work in our latest collaboration with the artist Ernestine Tahedl

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/02/2026

We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 16 March for a lovely concert of Berlioz, Dvořák & Brahms with guest conductor Matt Scott Rogers. Hope you can join us! kso.org.uk/event/brahms...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 15/11/2025

🎻 Get to know viola player Jeremy Lambert in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday 🎥 He picks his fantasy KSO programme – including not one, but two composers that no other orchestra member has ever chosen before…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 14/11/2025

🧙‍♀️ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662 ✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 13/11/2025

🌊 Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores 🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 11/11/2025

Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin... It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!

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Gipps: Symphony No. 4 - Sinfonia Smith Square

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 11/11/2025

🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power 📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 06/10/2025

🎻 Get to know our longtime violinist Bronwen Fisher in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social today 🎺 She reveals which concerto she'd most like KSO to perform – and she already has a special soloist lined up for it, too…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 05/10/2025

🇷🇺 We pay tribute to Rodion Shchedrin, who died in August, by performing his 'Naughty Limericks' in our opening concert of 2025/26 🩰 Pick up a programme @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social to find out more about the Russian composer and his late, great Soviet ballerina wife

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John Wingfield-Hill @jwingfieldhill.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Monday evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social, Westminster. www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...

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Stravinsky's Firebird - Sinfonia Smith Square

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 05/10/2025

🇨🇿 We're also performing Martinů's Les fresques de Piero della Francesca, inspired by the Italian master's early Renaissance frescoes 🎨 Get a programme to see the stunning works that so struck the composer when he saw them in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1954

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 03/10/2025

We're back at ‪@sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday to kick off our season with Stravinsky's The Firebird – the complete ballet 📘 Grab a programme for a full synopsis and to learn how the work catapulted the composer to international fame

KSO's concert flyer for Monday 6 October 2025 at Smith Square Hall. The image shows an original costume design for The Firebird by Leon Bakst, 1910 in orange and gold.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 13/09/2025

Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, Dvořák, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida Andrée, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 12/09/2025

We begin our 2025/26 season with a performance of Stravinsky’s complete ballet The Firebird at @sinfoniasmithsq.bluesky.social The concert opens with Rodion Shchedrin’s Concerto for Orchestra No.1, ‘Naughty Limerocks’ which is followed by Martinů’s Les fresques de Piero della Francesca

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 30/06/2025

🎵 Get to know our longtime tuba player Neil Wharmby in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday ⭐ He reveals his top KSO concerts of the past 35 years, from his unique perspective at the back of the band

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 29/06/2025

🎹 We're thrilled to be joined by pianist Firoze Madon for Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on Monday 📘 Grab a programme @cadoganhall.bsky.social‬ to read about this former BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 28/06/2025

🇷🇺 In a programme of Russian greats, we're serving up a double helping of Rachmaninov, including his famous Paganini Variations 🌊 We're also playing The Sea and the Seagulls, plus Lyadov's terrifying Kikimora @cadoganhall.bsky.social‬ on Monday

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 27/06/2025

🇷🇺 We're back at @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Monday to perform Shostakovich's Symphony No.1 – a masterpiece written when he was just 18 📘 Get a programme to learn how the work, championed by fellow composer Glazunov, brought him international fame Tickets cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 02/06/2025

Next concert on Monday 30 June at @cadoganhall.bsky.social Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon 🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/05/2025

Let’s set this place up for a Bruckner-sized orchestra!

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/05/2025

If you’re looking for a ticket for our Bruckner 7 concert this evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social we’ve managed to make a few more seats available Just 6 left now though and once they’re gone, they’re gone www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-br...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 17/05/2025

🎵 Get to know our longtime cellist Annie Marr-Johnson in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🌞 She reveals her top KSO concerts of the past 30 years – plus her spectacular choice for the piece we should play next…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 17/05/2025

🇩🇪 We're thrilled to be joined by guest conductor Leonard Elschenbroich to perform Bruckner @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 🍃 Grab a programme to find out more (while enjoying the fantastic tremolo that this great cellist has worked on with us)

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Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A fine Bruckner symphony! I hope you have a great time playing it. 🎶😊

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 14/05/2025

7️⃣ We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 19 May to perform Bruckner's monumental Symphony No.7 – the work that finally won him acclaim ⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 09/04/2025

📰 We're delighted to see a glowing review of our recent concert with Julian Bliss in the latest edition of Clarinet & Saxophone magazine ⭐ His performance of Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto is (rightly) described as "astonishing", "phenomenal" and "fabulous" – and the orchestra "shone", too!

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 25/02/2025

Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets 🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 28/03/2025

🎺 Get to know our longtime trumpeter Stephen Willcox in our Meet the Orchestra programme feature at Fairfield Halls on Saturday ⚔️ He reveals his favourite performances with KSO and shares an exciting – and ambitious – idea for a future gig…

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 28/03/2025

🌱 We're excited to announce the launch of our new KSO Scholars scheme, giving talented young musicians a chance to play with the orchestra 📖 Read all about it in the programme at our concert at Fairfield Halls on Saturday (noting the early 6pm start!)

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 27/03/2025

🗣️ We're thrilled to be joined by Epiphoni Consort at Fairfield Halls on Saturday – it's always a pleasure to perform with this fantastic choir epiphoni.org.uk

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 26/03/2025

🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hullo Bluesky community! Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs. 📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 25/03/2025

We are excited to announce the KSO Scholars programme which launches this Saturday at Fairfield Halls. 7 talented young players from nearby Wilson's School will join us for the rehearsal of Mars and Jupiter from Holst's The Planets. Read more on our website kso.org.uk/about-us/

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About us - Kensington Symphony Orchestra

About KSO In almost 70 years of music-making, Kensington Symphony Orchestra has built an enviable reputation as one of the UK’s most accomplished and adventurous non-professional orchestras. Establis...

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’m clearly pleased with my bass.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 21/03/2025

The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week 🪐 Come and see it in the wild! 🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...

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RSNO Chorus @rsnochorus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“There are moments… when a concert is thrust into the musical stratosphere by a performance that is literally out of this world…” Such was that by Beth Taylor on Thursday night. @rcsofficial.bsky.social -trained, and finalist in the 2023 Cardiff Singer of the World 🙌🏼🎶 voxcarnyx.com/2025/03/01/b...

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BBC SSO: Dream of Gerontius

Paisley Abbey There are moments in the life of a music critic when a concert is thrust into the musical stratosphere by a performance that is literally out of this world. These are precious occasio…

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