Composer Portrait – Adrian Williams
We present a special concert of music by the orchestra’s current “John McCabe Composer-in-Association”, Adrian Williams.
Read MoreWe present a special concert of music by the orchestra’s current “John McCabe Composer-in-Association”, Adrian Williams.
Read MoreDavid Matthews’ string orchestra adaptation of the Elgar String Quartet was made at the instigation of George Vass, and premiered at the 2010 Presteigne Festival. Woods worked closely with Matthews on the work ahead of a performance at the 2017 Colorado MahlerFest, and the ESO first performed it at the 2018 Elgar Festival.
Read MoreGemma Whelan (Horrible Histories / Game of Thrones / One Man Two Guv’nors) narrates Kile Smith’s “The Bremen Town Musicians” with illustrations by members of ESO Youth and students from Chadsgrove School, Bromsgrove. Part of ESO’s ‘Art of Storytelling’ project presenting world premiere recordings and broadcasts of five exceptional works for narrator and orchestra.
Read MoreESO’s ‘Art of Storytelling’ project presents world premiere recordings and broadcasts of five exceptional works for narrator and orchestra.
Read MoreThe English String Orchestra are joined by one of their most longstanding collaborators, cellist Raphael Wallfisch, for a concert conducted by Kenneth Woods featuring a suite of eleven new miniatures for cello and strings by Sir Edward Elgar in arrangements by composer Donald Fraser.
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