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Northern Sinfonia
Band, GB
Classical
A.k.a. Royal Northern Sinfonia
British chamber orchestra, founded in 1958 as "Northern Sinfonia" and initially based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2004, it is resident at The Sage in Gateshead. In June 2013, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title 'Royal' on the orchestra, formally naming it the "Royal Northern Sinfonia".
Members
 | John Wilbraham tr 1944-1998 GB |
 | Barry Wilde vn GB |
 | Jane Nossek vn |
 | Kyra Humphreys vn GB |
 | Clive Lander vn |
 | George Malcolm hps 1917-1997 GB |
 | Gareth Hulse ob GB |
| Andrew Williams vl GB |
 | Roger Best vl 1936-2013 GB |
 | Ronald Birks vn *1945 GB |
 | Leslie Hatfield vn |
 | Iona Brown vn |
 | Michael Gerrard |
 | Jenny Chang vn |
| Sophie Appleton vn |
 | Sian Hicks b |
 | Juliette Bausor GB |
 | Peter Francomb alp |
 | Bradley Creswick vn GB |
| Martin Hughes vn |
| David Haslam fl GB |
| Tom Waddington vc, gam, vn |
| Allan Turner vc |
| Antony Cullen vl |
| Ruth Bennett vc, gam |
| David Munro cb, b |
| Graham Mayger fl |
 | Robin Kennard bsn |
 | Clare Robson fl |
 | Eilidh Gillespie |
| Frederick Crawshaw vl |
 | Malcolm Critten vl |
 | Gabriel Waite vc |
| Bronwen Naish vc, b |
 | Steven Hudson GB |
Popular Tracks 
Cello Concerto, Op. 40: II. Andante quieto on Cello Concertos by L'Arte dell' Arco, Federico Guglielmo, Francesco Galligioni, Soloists of Cappella Neapolitana, Adriano Fazio, Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti, Andrea Rognoni, Isabella Bison, Franziska Romaner, Julius Berger, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Vladislav Czarnecki, Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, Raphael Wallfisch, Enrico Bronzi, Accademia I Filarmonici Di Verona, Virtuosi Saxoniae & Ludwig Güttler Cello Concerto, Op. 40: I. Allegro moderato on Cello Concertos by L'Arte dell' Arco, Federico Guglielmo, Francesco Galligioni, Soloists of Cappella Neapolitana, Adriano Fazio, Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti, Andrea Rognoni, Isabella Bison, Franziska Romaner, Julius Berger, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Vladislav Czarnecki, Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, Raphael Wallfisch, Enrico Bronzi, Accademia I Filarmonici Di Verona, Virtuosi Saxoniae & Ludwig Güttler Cello Concerto, Op. 40: III. Rondo. Adagio - Allegro giocoso on Cello Concertos by L'Arte dell' Arco, Federico Guglielmo, Francesco Galligioni, Soloists of Cappella Neapolitana, Adriano Fazio, Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti, Andrea Rognoni, Isabella Bison, Franziska Romaner, Julius Berger, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Vladislav Czarnecki, Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, Raphael Wallfisch, Enrico Bronzi, Accademia I Filarmonici Di Verona, Virtuosi Saxoniae & Ludwig Güttler Serenade for Guitar and Strings, Op. 50 on Walton, Berkeley & Arnold: Guitar Concertos by Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia & Craig Ogden Riders to the Sea: Where is she? (Nora, Cathleen) on Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, Flos Campi & Household Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Linda Finnie, Karl Morgan Daymond, Lynne Dawson, Ingrid Attrot, Pamela Helen Stephen & Philip Dukes Household Music: I. Crug-Y-Bar. Fantasia on Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, Flos Campi & Household Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Linda Finnie, Karl Morgan Daymond, Lynne Dawson, Ingrid Attrot, Pamela Helen Stephen & Philip Dukes The Bear (An Extravaganza in One Act): I was a constant, faithful wife (Popova) on Walton: The Bear by William Walton, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Alan Opie, Della Jones & John Shirley-Quirk Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412: I. Allegro on Frank Lloyd Plays Mozart Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia & Frank Lloyd Riders to the Sea: Isn't it turf enough you have (Maurya, Cathleen, Nora) on Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, Flos Campi & Household Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Linda Finnie, Karl Morgan Daymond, Lynne Dawson, Ingrid Attrot, Pamela Helen Stephen & Philip Dukes Riders to the Sea: Where is the bit of new rope, Cathleen (Bartley, Cathleen, Nora, Mauyra) on Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, Flos Campi & Household Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Linda Finnie, Karl Morgan Daymond, Lynne Dawson, Ingrid Attrot, Pamela Helen Stephen & Philip DukesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamsongs, Three Concertos | Aaron Jay Kernis, Paul Neubauer, Joshua Roman, Northern Sinfonia | 2018 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Lars Vogt, Northern Sinfonia | 2017 | Album |
| Triple Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 3 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Northern Sinfonia | 2017 | Album |
| Cello Concerto, Cello Concerto No. 1, Variations On A Rococo Theme | Antonio Meneses, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Northern Sinfonia, Cláudio Cruz | 2017 | Album |
| The Bear | Sir William Walton - Della Jones · Alan Opie · John Shirley-Quirk, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2017 | Album |
| Mozart & Nielsen Concertos | Julian Bliss, Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago | 2014 | Album |
| Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies | Edvard Grieg / Dag Wirén / Carl Nielsen / Paul Tortelier, Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Montgomery, Bournemouth Sinfonietta | 2013 | Compil. |
| Around The World | Raul Malo With Northern Sinfonia | 2012 | Album |
| Symphony 2 | Anton Bruckner, Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago | 2012 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, Huddersfield Choral Society, Northern Sinfonia, Jane Glover, Elizabeth Watts, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Le Brocq, James Oldfield | 2011 | Album |
| Haydn Cello Concertos / Pereira Concertino for Cello | Antonio Meneses, Northern Sinfonia, Bradley Creswick, Joseph Haydn, Clóvis Pereira | 2010 | Album |
| Unknown Britten | Benjamin Britten, Sandrine Piau, Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair | 2009 | Album |
| The Best of Finzi | Northern Sinfonia, Gerald Finzi | 2008 | Album |
| Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op.10 / Simple Symphony, Op.4 / Prelude And Fugue, Op.29 | Benjamin Britten - Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2005 | Album |
| Concerto For Piano And String Orchestra / Concerto For Piano And Strings | Howard Ferguson, Roberto Gerhard - Peter Donohoe, Northern Sinfonia | 2005 | Album |
| Simple Symphony | Benjamin Britten, Northern Sinfonia • Steuart Bedford | 2005 | Album |
| Violin Concertos • Cello Concertos | Joseph Haydn - Christian Tetzlaff, Truls Mørk, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff, Det Norske Kammerorkester, Iona Brown | 2005 | Compil. |
| Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra | Benjamin Britten, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Frank Lloyd, Northern Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | 2004 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 & 7 | Robert Casadesus — Northern Sinfonia & The Northern Sinfonia Chorus / Howard Shelley | 2004 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 • Washington's Birthday • Two Contemplations | Charles Ives, Northern Sinfonia, James Sinclair | 2003 | Album |
| English String Miniatures, Vol. 4 | Peter Hope • Frank Bridge • Adam Carse • Ernest Tomlinson • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Paul Lewis • Northern Sinfonia • David Lloyd-Jones | 2002 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Nos. 5 And 6 | John Field – Benjamin Frith • Northern Sinfonia • David Haslam | 2002 | Album |
| Violin Concertos / Rondo In C | Christian Tetzlaff, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff - Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2002 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia And Toccata For Piano And Orchestra / Eclogue For Piano And Strings | Gerald Finzi - Tim Hugh, Peter Donohoe, Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths | 2001 | Album |
| Concerti Grossi Op. 3, Nos. 1-6 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Northern Sinfonia, Bradley Creswick | 2001 | Album |
| English Guitar Concertos | Sir William Walton, Lennox Berkeley, Malcolm Arnold, Craig Ogden, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2001 | Album |
| Music For Strings • Concerto For Strings • Concerto For Violin, Cello, Strings And Harp | Joly Braga Santos – Northern Sinfonia, Álvaro Cassuto | 2001 | Album |
| Birinci Senfoni Op. 29 (First Symphony / Sinfonie Nr. 1) / Concerto Da Camera Op. 62 | Ahmed Adnan Saygun - Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths | 2000 | Album |
| Symphony No.4 | Gustav Mahler Arranged For Chamber Ensemble By Erwin Stein / Northern Sinfonia / Daniel Hellmann / Howard Griffiths | 1999 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 | John Field - Benjamin Frith • Northern Sinfonia • David Haslam | 1999 | Album |
| Cello Concertos | Leopold Hofmann, Northern Sinfonia, Tim Hugh | 1998 | Album |
| Requiem / Missa Solemnis, Psalms 112 & 150 | Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox / Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Anton Bruckner | 1998 | Compil. |
| Oboe Concertos: Premier Recordings | Ludwig August Lebrun • Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer • Peter Von Winter • Ernst Eichner – Kurt Meier • Northern Sinfonia • Howard Griffiths | 1998 | Album |
| Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles | Gerald Finzi – Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths | 1998 | Album |
| Concerto For Violin, Piano And Strings / Concerto For Violin And Strings | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Marat Bisengaliev, Benjamin Frith, Northern Sinfonia, Andrew Penny | 1998 | Album |
| Organ Concertos Op. 4 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Simon Lindley, Northern Sinfonia, Bradley Creswick | 1997 | Album |
| Trombone Concerti | Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn, Northern Sinfonia, Alain Trudel | 1997 | Album |
| Early Works Of Three Masters | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Northern Sinfonia, Boris Brott | 1997 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 3 | John Field, Benjamin Frith, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam | 1997 | Album |
| Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Volume 3 – Nos. 9-12 | Georg Friedrich Händel - Northern Sinfonia, George Malcolm | 1996 | Album |
| The Spirit Of England | Sir Edward Elgar, Felicity Lott, London Symphony Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Benjamin Britten - The Folk Songs | Benjamin Britten, Felicity Lott, Philip Langridge, Thomas Allen, Carlos Bonell, Osian Ellis, Graham Johnson, Northern Sinfonia | 1995 | Album |
| Requiem | Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1995 | Album |
| The Seven Deadly Sins - Pulcinella (Complete Ballet) | Sir Simon Rattle, Northern Sinfonia, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Weill, Igor Stravinsky | 1993 | Compil. |
| The Bear | Sir William Walton - Della Jones · Alan Opie · John Shirley-Quirk, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1993 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor / Piano Concerto In A Minor | Frédéric Chopin / Robert Schumann, Tamás Vásáry, Northern Sinfonia | 1992 | Album |
| A Gilbert & Sullivan Gala | Valérie Masterson • Robert Tear, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Kenneth Alwyn, Sheila Armstrong, Benjamin Luxon, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Compil. |
| Symphonies 29 & 40, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff | 1992 | Album |
| English Miniatures | Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia | 1991 | Album |
| Serenades For Wind Instruments (Dvorák: Serenade In D Minor, Op. 44, Gounod: Petite Symphonie) | Antonín Dvořák / Charles Gounod / Northern Sinfonia Conducted By Boris Brott | 1991 | Album |
| Pastoral / Music For Strings | Arthur Bliss – Della Jones, The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
| French Impressions | Northern Sinfonia, Jean-Bernard Pommier - Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy | 1991 | Album |
| J.S. Bach: Organ Concertos | Peter Hurford, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1990 | Album |
| Serenade in G, Sinfonietta, The Fall of the Leaf, Nocturne | Ernest John Moeran • Gerald Finzi, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia | 1989 | Album |
| Pulcinella Complete Ballet/Vollständiges Ballett / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 | Igor Stravinsky - Northern Sinfonia, Sir Simon Rattle, Jennifer Smith, John Fryatt, Malcolm King | 1988 | Album |
| Choral Symphony | Ludwig Van Beethoven / Heather Harper • Alfreda Hodgson • Robert Tear • Gwynne Howell - The Northern Sinfonia Chorus | 1988 | Album |
| Concerto Accademico / Oboe Concerto, Etc. | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Bradley Creswick, Roger Winfield, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1988 | Album |
| Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings; Our Hunting Fathers; Folksong Arrangements | Benjamin Britten, Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Neville Marriner, Richard Armstrong, Northern Sinfonia, The Welsh National Opera Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
| Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op.10 / Simple Symphony, Op.4 / Prelude And Fugue, Op.29 | Benjamin Britten, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Pastoral Symphony / The Creatures Of Prometheus & Corolian Overtures | Ludwig van Beethoven, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Songs Of Northumbria | Thomas Allen & Sheila Armstrong, Northern Sinfonia, The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, David Haslam | 1987 | Album |
| Dvořák Cello Concerto/Cellokonzert Tchaikovsky Variations On A Rococo Theme | Antonín Dvořák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Tortelier, The London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia | 1987 | Compil. |
| Elgar Miniatures | Sir Edward Elgar, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia | 1986 | Album |
| Clarinet Concertos: Gerald Finzi - Aaron Copland | George MacDonald, Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford | 1986 | Album |
| Miniatures | Frederick Delius, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1986 | Album |
| Symphony No.6 in F, Op. 68 'Pastoral' / The Creatures Of Prometheus Overture, Op.43 | Ludwig van Beethoven − Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1985 | Album |
| Cello Concerto In B Minor / Variations On A Rococo Theme | Antonín Dvořák - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Tortelier, The London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Northern Sinfonia, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1985 | Album |
| The Lark Ascending / Old King Cole Ballet Music / Flos Campi Suite / The Poisoned Kiss Overture / Sea Songs March / Prelude '49th Parallel' | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bradley Creswick, The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1985 | Album |
| Symphony No. 7 In A, Op.92 / Coriolan Overture, Op.62 | Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1984 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 In E Flat, Op. 55 'Eroica' | Ludwig van Beethoven, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1984 | Album |
| Serenade To Music Orchestral Version; Flos Campi Suite; The Poisoned Kiss Overture; Old King Cole Ballet Music | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Northern Sinfonia, The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Richard Hickox | 1984 | Album |
| Wind And String Serenades | Antonín Dvořák, Northern Sinfonia, Myung-Whun Chung | 1983 | Album |
| Violin Concerto In Praise Of Krishna | David Blake, Iona Brown, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Teresa Cahill, Northern Sinfonia | 1981 | Album |
| Six Organ Concertos Op.10 | John Stanley - Gerald Gifford, Northern Sinfonia | 1979 | Album |
| Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach — George Malcolm - Northern Sinfonia | 1977 | Album |
| Complete Brandenburg Concertos | Johann Sebastian Bach — George Malcolm - Northern Sinfonia | 1977 | Album |
| Coronation Anthems | Georg Friedrich Händel - Huddersfield Choral Society, Northern Sinfonia, John Pritchard | 1977 | Album |
| Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5, 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach — George Malcolm - Northern Sinfonia | 1977 | Album |
| Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2, 3 | Johann Sebastian Bach — George Malcolm - Northern Sinfonia | 1977 | Album |
| Complete Brandenburg Concertos | Johann Sebastian Bach - George Malcolm / Northern Sinfonia | 1977 | Album |
| The Lighter Elgar | Sir Edward Elgar - Northern Sinfonia with Sir Neville Marriner | 1976 | Album |
| Rococo Variations / Holberg Suite, Two Elegiac Melodies | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg, Paul Tortelier, Northern Sinfonia, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1974 | Album |
| Britten: Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings / Les Iluminations | Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Heather Harper, Sir Neville Marriner, Northern Sinfonia | 1971 | Album |
| Thomas And Sally | Thomas Arne, Northern Sinfonia, Simon Preston | 1970 | Album |
| British Music Of The 20th Century | Northern Sinfonia, Boris Brott | 1967 | Album |
| Concerti Grossi Opus 3 | George Malcolm, Northern Sinfonia - Georg Friedrich Händel | Album | |
| The German Dances Of Mozart, Schubert And Beethoven | Northern Sinfonia, Boris Brott | Album | |
| The Mystery | Northern Sinfonia, Tim Garland, Chick Corea | Album | |
| Coronation Anthems | Georg Friedrich Händel - Huddersfield Choral Society, Northern Sinfonia, John Pritchard | Album | |
| The German Dances Of Mozart, Schubert And Beethoven | Northern Sinfonia Conducted By Boris Brott | Album |
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