Britten Sinfonia - Songs of the Sky

From responses to devastating environmental disasters, to reflections on the expressive and communicative power of jazz, this collection brings together a series of commissions by some of the UK's most exciting current composers and celebrates modernity in its many, changing guises. Britten Sinfonia is one of Europe's most dynamic chamber orchestras which has residences in Cambridge, Norwich, Birmingham with a concert series at London's Southbank Centre. The ensemble is frequently heard on disc, BBC Radio 3 and commercial radio. In 2008/09 guest artists include Mark Padmore, director Katie Mitchell, Imogen Cooper, Dhafer Youssef, Alina Ibragimova and Mozart directed by Paul Lewis.