Founded at Anglia Ruskin University in 1994 by Paul Jackson, Anglia Sinfonia performed a range of twentieth-century and new music, including several first performances of commissioned works. A particular characteristic of the group was its blending of technological resources, including audio-visual media, with standard instrumental and vocal forces. Luciano Berio’s Laborintus II, for voices, instruments and electronic tape, provided a central point of reference for the group, and was performed four times during its lifetime.
2018
Michael Thorne (conductor), Peter Carey (baritone), Paul Jackson & Maurice Hodges (pianos)
Martinů – La Revue de Cuisine
Copland – Appalachian Spring
Poulenc – Le Bal Masqué
Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
2018
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Gavin Bryars – The Sinking of the Titanic [staged]
Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet [staged]
2015 | Dante 750
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II [with video*]
2011 | Terra Nova – Vita Nuova
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II
Julio d’Escriván – Terra Nova* [for instruments and video gamer]
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2009 | ‘Music hard and beautiful as a diamond…”
Paul Jackson (conductor), Rex Lawson (pianola), Julio d’Escriván (iPhone)
Julio d’Escriván – Ayayay! Concerto* [for instruments, pianola, and iPhone]
John Adams – Grand Pianola Music
George Antheil – Ballet Mécanique
2009
Miguel Mera (conductor)
Benjamin Britten – Coal Face [live music to film]
Benjamin Britten – The King’s Stamp [live music to film]
Benjamin Britten – Night Mail [live music to film]
2007
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Rob Godman – Duel
David Crilly – Eversion*
Kevin Flanagan – The Ten Thousand Things*
2007 | Infernal Cabaret
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II
2006 | Space Calculated in Seconds – The music of Edgard Varèse and beyond
Paul Jackson (conductor), Daniella Ganeva (marimba and movement controllers)
Edgard Varèse – Hyperprism
Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique [with video*]
Edgard Varèse – Déserts
Orestis Karamanlis – Ataxia*
Julio d’Escriván – La Revolcón*
Julio d’Escriván – Canción Americana*
Julio d’Escriván – Juguete*
Julio d’Escriván – Sueño con Ranitas*
2006
Paul Jackson (conductor), Rex Lawson (pianola)
Gavin Bryars – The Sinking of the Titanic
George Antheil – Ballet Mécanique
2004 | Anglia Voices
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Luciano Berio – A-Ronne
2003
Paul Jackson (conductor), Philip Mead (piano), Mifune Tsuji (violin), Graham Casey (clarinet), Vivian Williams (cello), Paul Jackson (piano)
Olivier Messiaen – Oiseaux Exotiques
Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps
1999
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du Monde
Darius Milhaud – Le Boeuf sur le Toit
1998
Paul Jackson (conductor), Jan Brownhill (voice)
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II
Luciano Berio – Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)
Luciano Berio – O King
Luciano Berio – Folk Songs
1997 | Modern Music Ensemble
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Paul Jackson – Exordium*
Anton Webern – Konzert, Op. 24
Hannah Lewington – A Distant Plain
1995 | Anglia Players
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Walton – Façade
1994 | Anglia Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Paul Jackson (conductor)
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II
* Anglia Sinfonia commission