Berkeley Ensemble
The Berkeley Ensemble is a British chamber music ensemble that explores little-known twentieth- and twenty first-century British chamber music alongside more established repertoire. Founded in 2008 by members of Southbank Sinfonia, the ensemble reached the finals of the 2009 Royal Over-Seas League music competition and has since performed regularly in the UK and abroad. Their recordings and performances are regularly featured in the national press. Their album "Lennox Berkeley: Chamber Works" was selected by "BBC Music Magazine" as Chamber Choice in 2015, and "Lennox Berkeley: Stabat Mater" was nominated for a Gramophone Magazine Classical Music  Award in 2017. The ensemble celebrated its 10th anniversary with a performance at the Purcell Room in September 2018. Since 2016 the Berkeley Ensemble has curated the annual Little Venice Music Festival in London. The ensemble is named after the British composers Lennox Berkeley and Michael Berkeley. Its patrons are Michael Berkeley and Petroc Trelawny. Albums. The ensemble has released a number of albums, most notably: