Reviews
“a noble, heroic reading with this actually amateur orchestra punching far above its weight”
“rich and glowing ... glossily sheening ... clear and articulate ... properly impactful”
30th April 2023, All Saints' Church, Royal Leamington Spa - Christopher Morley, Midlands Classical Music Making (full review)
“...tremendous playing throughout the whole orchestra...”
"...amateur orchestra of the highest calibre.”
2nd October 2022, CBSO Centre, Birmingham - Christopher Morley, Midlands Classical Music Making (full review)
“Strings fizzed and buzzed under the expert baton of Michael Seal.”
"The rarely-heard Oboe Concerto ... proved an absolutely joy in this collaboration between Nicholas Daniel and Seal's Sinfonia, strings lush and dark.”
30th April 2022, All Saints' Church, Royal Leamington Spa - Christopher Morley, Midlands Classical Music Making (full review)
“fabulous tour-de-force”
“The symphony was a joy from start to finish”
“the richest sound you could wish for”
30th April 2022, All Saints' Church, Royal Leamington Spa - Matthew Salisbury, Leamington Observer (full review)
“Music-making of the highest order ... Birmingham is lucky to have itself mentioned in the orchestra's name.”
“Seal's conducting ... is awesome indeed.”
16th October 2021, Pershore Abbey, Pershore - Christopher Morley, Midlands Classical Music Making (full review)
“ ... The excellent Sinfonia of Birmingham’s ... response to the Beethoven Third Symphony was exhilarating ... Taut and springy, spirited and virtuosic [with] intricate layers of detail.”
“An exceptionally rewarding evening.”
10th July 2021, St Mary's Church, Warwick - Christopher Morley, Midlands Classical Music Making (full review)
"I'm still reeling from witnessing an account of Rachmaninov's mighty Second Symphony which would have been a credit to any of the great orchestras both at home and abroad."
2nd March 2019, Pershore Abbey - Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post (full review)
“[With] ... standards as consistently high as this ... orchestral tuttis surged up like lava, woodwinds danced and swirled, and the whole thing felt like one huge, unified, sweep of music.”
23rd May 2016, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall - Richard Bratby, Birmingham Post (full review)
"We’ve heard things from this team ... that, for pure musicality and communicative power, have far outstripped certain big-name concerts at Symphony Hall.”
“And Sibelius’ Finlandia grew as if in one single phrase from snarling opening to defiant finish. The last time we heard it done so convincingly, the conductor was Sakari Oramo.”
18thMay 2015, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall - Richard Bratby, Birmingham Post (full review)
