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City of London Sinfonia (CLS) is an English chamber orchestra based in London. CLS is orchestra-in-residence at Opera Holland Park since 2004 and holds a residency at St Paul's Cathedral . CLS also performs regularly across the city of London in venues from East London clubs to traditional Central London concert halls.
He founded the City of London Sinfonia in 1971, remaining music director until his death, and also founded the Richard Hickox Singers and Orchestra in the same year. [2] The Richard Hickox Singers are featured on Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love on the song "Hello Earth"; the choral section is the Georgian folk song "Tsintskaro". [3]
Angels' Carol was recorded in 2001 as part of The John Rutter Christmas Album, sung by The Cambridge Singers with the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by the composer. [6] Stephen Layton led a recording with his Polyphony chamber choir and the City of London Sinfonia , released in 2001. [ 2 ]
[1] [3] In November 2009, the City of London Sinfonia announced the appointment of Layton as its second artistic director, effective with the 2010–2011 season, with the title of principal conductor. [4] Layton has premiered new works and recordings by a number of composers, including Arvo Pärt, Thomas Adès, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and James ...
He has served as the principal conductor of the City of London Sinfonia (2010–2018) and has guest conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, [13] Zurich Chamber Orchestra and London Mozart Players, of which he was the artistic director from 2021 to 2023. [10]
The original Sinfonia of London was founded in 1955 by Gordon Walker specifically for the recording of film music. The orchestra came into being when there was a split in the future direction of the London Symphony Orchestra, many LSO players leaving to join the Sinfonia of London in order to undertake the more lucrative film soundtrack work.
It premiered with Michael Rosen as narrator, James Morgan as conductor, Juliette Pochin as soprano and the City of London Sinfonia. It has since been performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Birmingham Symphony Hall, the Southbank Centre (Imagine Festival) and it has been translated into Portuguese for performances in Porto.
The orchestral version has been recorded by Jill Gomez with the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox. [3] A live performance at the Last Night of the Proms in 1973 was recorded and released on LP, featuring Elizabeth Bainbridge and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis. [7]