Two violinists who have led the Britten Sinfonia for more than a decade have jointly stepped down.
Jacqueline Shave and Thomas Gould will be replaced at the east of England chamber orchestra by the BBC Philharrmonic leader Zoe Beyers, who will maintain her job at the BBC.
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