Autumn 2023 Conducting Masterclass – String Orchestra Masterpieces of the 20th C.
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Applications being accepted through 4 November Some bursaries/scholarships may be available. Enquire in your application. The English Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce a new two-day conducting masterclass taking place 21-22 November,...
The English Symphony Orchestra calls for urgent action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE12 May 2023On 23 April, Sir Simon Rattle gave an impassioned speech decrying the threats to the future of orchestral musical life in the UK. Since then, others have joined his rallying cry, including Nicola Benedetti. The English Symphony...
The ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA announces virtuoso violinist and social media superstar ESTHER ABRAMI as CREATIVE PARTNER & ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 March 2023 Firmly established as ‘The International Orchestra of Elgar country’, the English Symphony Orchestra, under their Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Kenneth Woods, has become synonymous with artistic excellence, innovative...
Gramophone Magazine on Adrian Williams Symphony No. 1
Gramophone Magazine The English Symphony Orchestra and Kenneth Woods, conductor ‘21st Century Project’ goes from strength to strength: Philip Sawyers’s Third (10/17; my Critic’s Choice that year), David Matthews’s Ninth (7/19) and Matthew Taylor’s Fifth (5/21); Steve...
Arcana FM – April Fredrick, Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Woods – The Journey Home: Haydn, David Matthews, Barber & Mozart
In concert – April Fredrick, Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Woods – The Journey Home: Haydn, David Matthews, Barber & Mozart Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’ (1772) David Matthews Le Lac Op.146 (2018) Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Op.24...
Textura Magazine on Adrian Williams Symphony No. 1
TEXTURA – November 2022 https://www.textura.org/archives/w/williams_symphonyno1.htm The thought of writing a first symphony must be incredibly daunting. How, one wonders, does a composer write a new one when canonic symphonies by Mahler, Sibelius, Beethoven, Bruckner,...
Arcana FM on Across the Sea in Malvern Theatres
In concert – Kathryn Rudge, English Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Woods – Across The Sea: Mendelssohn, Elcock, Britten & Elgar Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27 (1828) Elcock Wreck Op.10 (1998) [World Premiere] Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter...
Pizzicato Magazine on Adrian Williams Symphony No. 1
PIZZICATO – 8TH OCTOBER 2022 https://www.pizzicato.lu/meister-komplizierter-muster-und-formen/ When you read the titular quote from Yehudi Menuhin about this 1956-born British composer, you don’t really know whether or not to be deterred from listening to the music....
Journeys of Discovery
The ESO announces their first events as part of its 2022/23 Journeys of Discovery season.
English Symphony Orchestra appoints a new CEO
The English Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Seb Lovell-Huckle as its new Chief Executive Officer.