| It must be tough to top year on year but this time around the sinfonia society's Christmas Charity Concert hit a new high altogether. |
| The opening sinfonia for strings and trombones is remarkably like several opera overtures of the time, with square rhythms. |
| This is a good place to explain the difference between a concerto and a sinfonia, as Scarlatti understood it. |
| His vibrant symphonies four, five and six show him at his peak, but this sinfonia is over the hill. |
| One of Britain's most versatile baritones graces the Westmorland Hall stage next Saturday in the first concert of the new sinfonia series. |
| The sinfonia, a type of overture, does not necessarily represent the subject of the oratorio. |
