“…the sound is an absolute treat.”
City of London Sinfonia – Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Scenes from the Wild
Winner of the 2022 Ivors Composer Award for Large Ensemble.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia to celebrate their 50th anniversary season, Scenes from the Wild is a Song Cycle for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra, based on the book by Dara McAnulty: Diary of a Young Naturalist.
Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad
City of London Sinfonia
Geoffrey Paterson Conductor
William Morgan Tenor
Sarah Dowling Movement Director
Recorded live in concert at Southwark Cathedral on 25 November 2021
Leeds Lieder Festival 2022
This year we streamed all the performances at the Leeds Lieder Festival, live from the Howard Assembly Room.
Here’s a playlist containing all the videos (do check out the list on the top right, there are currently 17 performances/talks to enjoy!)
New Equipment Update
Photographs courtesy of Nick Rutter and Tom Maine
The King’s Singers
Cameras Matt Jolly and Nick Rutter
Sound, Editor, Producer Alexander Barnes
Manchester Camerata, Jess Gillam, Pekka Kuusisto
In January 2021 we travelled to the amazing Stoller Hall which is the latest addition to Chetham’s School of Music, where our managing director Alexander studied.
We filmed Manchester Camerata giving this very special concert for Radio 3, and were asked to make a special remix of the sound unique for this concert film. For more information click here, and you can read a crit of this online concert here (subscription required).
Sound mixed by Alexander Barnes
Cameras: Ola Mesmer, Matt Jolly, Alexander Barnes
Producer: Alexander Barnes
Oxford Philharmonic Vaccine Tribute
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra are proud to announce a special concert in tribute to the Oxford Vaccine Group, the Jenner Institute, the RECOVERY team, and all volunteers involved in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Music filmed and recorded by Apple and Biscuit
Cameras: Tom Maine, Ola Mesmer, Nick Rutter, Hafren Park
Sound: Alexander Barnes
Producer: Alexander Barnes
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival

Steven Isserlis performs Bach at Fidelio Orchestra Cafe
Steven Isserlis plays Bach, socially distanced…
Bach from cellist Steven Isserlis, with a socially distanced audience… ?❤️Since pubs reopened, Fidelio Orchestra Café has been bringing live music back to London. The series will go on until 13 August, and restart on 1 September. More here ? https://fideliorchestra.art/
Posted by Classic FM on Monday, 27 July 2020