Recent Works
- Chamber, Violin & Cello Duo
One of the composer’s most recent compositions, a three-movement work, c.18 minutes duration, written in 2022.
- Piano
Duration c.4 minutes, a homage to Ravel composed in 2020 during Covid lockdown.
- Cello, Chamber
One of the composer’s most recent compositions, a three-movement work, c.15 minutes duration, composed during Covid lockdown in 2020.
- Chamber, String Quartet
One of the composer’s most recent compositions, a four-movement work, c.25 minutes duration, completed in 2018.
Latest News & Events
Concert
Lionel will be performing piano music as part of An Evening of Poetry and Music at the Charlbury Festival on 25 August 2024. Readers: Steve Hay and Angela Vincent
Lionel will play his Prelude No.2, Esquisse and Tango No.3, and music by Scarlatti, Chopin and Rachmaninov.
This follows a private recital he gave in June 2024 as part of a fundraising evening for the Three Choirs Festival.
Few composers anchor what they do so completely in gorgeous melody. There is something unabashed about this music in its emotional directness, a generosity of spirit.
Robert R. Reilly, US music critic, author of ‘Surprised by Beauty’
When I first discovered Sainsbury’s music 6 or 7 years ago I was immediately struck… the more you got to know this music the richer and more important it seemed to get.
Jim Svejda, KUSC, LA
A warm and passionate voice – from the grand, powerful and serious to the simple and carefree, from jazz to flamenco, from Gershwin to the French impressionists…
Keith Bramich, Music & Vision,
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Lionel Sainsbury & John Foulds: Cello Concertos
Dutton-Epoch CDLX 7284
Lionel Sainsbury & Haydn Wood: Violin Concertos
Dutton-Epoch CDLX 7245
Andalusian Fantasy
Navona Records NV5999
Sunlight & Storms
Navona Records NV5951