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An affectionate Trout played by long-standing colleagues and friends from Royal Northern Sinfonia, along with Imogen Holst's Phantasy Quartet and Thomas Adès's fascinating Piano Quintet. 

A strangely mixed programme, in which soprano Elizabeth Watts and Kyra Humphreys directing Royal Northern Sinfonia displayed great musicanship and a tremendous range of emotion.

Laurence Cummings and Royal Northern Sinfonia present Bach's musical world in miniature in a programme of chamber music by Bach and his contemporaries.

"Glorious Bach" offered up exactly what it said on the tin as Royal Northern Sinfonia, with their guest conductor, baroque specialist, Laurence Cummings delivered some of Bach’s happiest music in a radiant and unfussy way.

On Thursday night, I reviewed the vast forces of National Youth Orchestra, playing big colourful works by European exiles in 1930s America.

Co-leader of Northern Sinfonia Kyra Humphreys took centre stage last night, as both leader and soloist, directing the players through a strangely mixed programme of Mozart and Shostakovich.

Northern Sinfonia’s season of music by Brahms and Schumann opened on Friday night with the very public statements of their first symphonies, and the following night members of Northern Sinfonia turned inwards to the introspective and private world of their chamber music.Brahms was introduced to Schumann by the great violinist Joseph Joachim, and the three men were great friends.