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Ely Sinfonia

Ely Sinfonia

Ely Sinfonia Shines at Ely Cathedral with an Inspiring Concert of English Music

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Under the expert direction of Steve Bingham, Ely Sinfonia gave a superb performance of English music at Ely Cathedral on Saturday 27 September 2025. The programme featured Peterloo Overture by Malcolm Arnold, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Symphony No. 1 by Edward Elgar. This was a demanding concert …

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Prime Brass Join 100 Young Singers to Perform Independence Day Concert

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Celebration of US/UK accord will include cathedral classics and US and British folksongs Cambridgeshire’s premier brass dectet, Prime Brass, is to join 100 young American singers in Ely Cathedral on Tuesday 4th July for an Independence Day concert to celebrate the special relationship between the US and the UK.  The concert, to include cathedral classics …

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Ely Sinfonia and Ely Choral Society present Serenade to Music

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Ely Sinfonia, Ely Choral Society and Ely Youth Choir join together in a unique selection of music that makes the most of the magnificent space of Ely Cathedral.  Vaughan Williams, the English twentieth century master, stands next to Beethoven, the early romantic titan.  Between them is Bob Chilcott, one of the most prolific and celebrated …

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Ely Sinfonia Celebrates the Return to Live Performance with World Premiere of New British Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

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Colin Riley’s Stream-Shine played by violinist Philippa Mo complements Weber’s Invitation to the Dance and Brahms’ glorious Symphony no 4 On Saturday 25th September 2021, Ely Sinfonia will be playing its first “proper” post lockdown concert in a glorious re-awakening of Ely Cathedral to local talent.  The orchestra will be joined by virtuoso violinist, Philippa …

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Verdi Requiem in Ely Cathedral Provides Glorious Culmination to Annual Eel Festival

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Ely Sinfonia and Kings Lynn Festival Chorus wind up Ely’s Eel Day with one of the best-loved Requiems ever written Two of East Anglia’s most vibrant community organisations join forces in Ely Cathedral on Saturday 4th May to perform one of the most loved Requiems ever written, bringing Ely’s annual Eel Day to a magnificent …

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Ely Sinfonia and King’s Lynn Festival Chorus perform Verdi’s Requiem

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Ely Sinfonia joins forces with King’s Lynn Festival Chorus to perform Verdi’s religious masterpiece, which is one of the best-loved requiems ever written and what could be a finer setting for it than Ely Cathedral? Almost all of Verdi’s most performed works are operas.  But one, his Requiem, is probably performed almost more than any …

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Holst’s The Planets Suite: 100 Years To The Day

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Ely Cathedral to host centenary celebration of one of the UK’s best-loved musical works exactly 100 years to the day after the first performance. One hundred years to the day after its first performance, Gustav Holst’s magnificent Planets Suite will ring out in Ely Cathedral, on Saturday 29th September 2018, when Ely Sinfonia takes to …

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