Sinfonia da Camera
Sinfonia da Camera is a professional chamber orchestra in Central Illinois. It was founded in 1984 by Ian Hobson, a noted pianist who in 1981 was awarded the First Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition. The orchestra is composed of musicians throughout the Midwest and brings music to audiences in Central Illinois and elsewhere. In addition to performing the standard repertoire from baroque to modern music, Ian Hobson and Sinfonia da Camera frequently present compositions by composers that are performed less often and a world premiére by a contemporary composer or a newly-made orchestration of an earlier work.
The orchestra was formed in September 1984 and performed two concerts that season in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois and at Lake Land College in Mattoon. During succeeding years the number of concerts increased, and has included either six or seven concerts at Krannert Center each year starting with the 1989-1990 season.
Fifteen recordings are listed by ArkivMusic for Sinfonia da Camera. A live recording of Sinfonia da Camera’s October 6, 2014 concert featuring music by Pulitzer-Prize winner George Walker was released on Albany Records in 2016. The four volumes of the Ignaz Moscheles cycle were released in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2012. Each volume was positively reviewed in American Record Guide, for example, volume 2 and volume 3. In 2011 the Albany label released a Sinfonia recording of another American composer, William Schuman, during his centenary year.
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2015-2016 Season
In addition to the approximately fifty contracted players and the Music Director, Sinfonia da Camera employs area musicians on an as-needed basis. The orchestra typically performs six subscription concerts each season and has recorded twelve concerts. Recordings of recent concerts are broadcast on ”Prairie Performances” on select Fridays by WILL FM Radio.
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