Sound bites - Kensington Symphony Orchestra

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Check out these audio clips from some of our previous performances, including the world première of Seán Doherty’s Hive Mind, which was written for KSO as part of Making Music’s Adopt a Composer scheme, in association with BBC Radio 3, in 2015

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Seán Doherty, Hive Mind

Performed at Milton Court in May 2015 (world première)

Full work

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Sibelius, Symphony No.7

Performed at St John’s Smith Square in June 2012

Adagio

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Largamente molto – Affettuoso

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Shostakovich, Suite for Variety Orchestra

Performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 2007

I. March

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II. Dance 1

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Formed in 1956, Kensington Symphony Orchestra (registered charity number 1069620) enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the UK. Its founding aim is to provide amateurs with an opportunity to perform concerts at the highest possible level

Lend us your ears

Seán Doherty, Hive Mind

Sibelius, Symphony No.7

Shostakovich, Suite for Variety Orchestra

“One of the very best amateur groups in the country”

“The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras”

“KSO once again scores over most professional orchestras”