Reposted by Kensington Symphony Orchestra Conductor. Pianist. Music Communicator. @andreas-mildner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A 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. 061
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...sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukRachmaninov's Symphony No.3 - Sinfonia Smith Square 123
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 001
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... 001
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 011
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... 001
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… 001
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. 011
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 043
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 08/05/2026Hør 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" 001
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… 001
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 032
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 12/03/2026🎫 About 40 more tickets are now available from www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin... - once they’re gone, they’re gone!sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukBrahms's Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia Smith Square 020
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 12/03/2026🇨🇿 Our programme notes tell the story of a work, premièred in London, that captures both Dvořák's new life in America and his Bohemian past 110
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 131
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 10/03/2026The 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...sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukBrahms's Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia Smith Square 021
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 011
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/02/2026We'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... 033
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… 021
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" 022
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 032
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 11/11/2025Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin... It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukGipps: Symphony No. 4 - Sinfonia Smith Square 002
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 013
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 06/10/2025Currently sold out but a few more tickets will be available here later today www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukStravinsky's Firebird - Sinfonia Smith Square 012
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… 141
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 041
Reposted by Kensington Symphony Orchestra John Wingfield-Hill @jwingfieldhill.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Monday evening at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social, Westminster. www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kso-fi...sinfoniasmithsq.org.ukStravinsky's Firebird - Sinfonia Smith Square 001
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 031
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 03/10/2025We'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 011
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 13/09/2025Our 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 012
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 12/09/2025We 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 022
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 021
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 021
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 032
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... 022
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 02/06/2025Next 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... 023
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/05/2025Let’s set this place up for a Bruckner-sized orchestra! 021
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 19/05/2025If 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... 021
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… 011
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) 000
Reposted by Kensington Symphony Orchestra Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A fine Bruckner symphony! I hope you have a great time playing it. 🎶😊 021
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 14/05/20257️⃣ 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… 113
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! 012
Reposted by Kensington Symphony Orchestra Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 25/02/2025Next 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... 055
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… 011
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!) 011
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 27/03/2025🔤 Grab a programme to read the full texts of Vaughan Williams's glorious Serenade to Music and Epiphoni's unaccompanied pieces too 011
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 111
Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 26/03/2025📖 Make sure you get a programme for a full planet-by-planet breakdown of his ever-popular piece 020
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 125