It is now almost a decade since a great gift was bestowed on the music lovers of Bishop’s Stortford: their own orchestra, writes Richard Allaway. Formed of a mixture of professional and amateur players from around the district, the Bishop’s Stortford Sinfonia got off to a promising start and quickly gained a reputation for high-quality playing. Buffeted, like so many organisations, by the impact of Covid lockdowns, how has it fared in recent years? On the evidence of its concert at the Bishop’s Stortford College’s Memorial Hall on Sunday April 21, great strides have been made to consolidate an…
