Reviews
The Sinfonia's playing of it was quite brilliant, as indeed was Michael Seal's leadership…
Making Music 'Network', January 2008
I probably hadn't heard Beethoven's Fifth in the concert hall for decades but I was bowled over by the interpretation the orchestra gave under Mike Seal…
Jim Page Making Music May 2004
…taut rhythms led by a wonderfully incisive timpanist, unleashed a torrent of energy that was truly in the spirit of Beethoven…
Jim Page Making Music, May 2000
Ensemble is hard to fault…
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, March 2008
One day the secret of the Sinfonia of Birmingham will get out and the punters will be besieging the CBSO Centre to hear performances of the classical repertoire … with suspense-filled inevitability from darkness to light, this was a performance to treasure…
Jim Page, Making Music, May 2004
…strings response zippy, winds cuttingly balanced within the textures…
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, November 2008
…Seal's capacity to make these capable players perform above their individual abilities in a band of much distinction…
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, November 2007
