ESO Earns Classical Music Magazine “Premiere of the Year” for Second Year in a Row with John Joubert’s Jane Eyre
For the second year in a row, the English Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director Kenneth Woods have received the Classical Music Magazine Premiere of the Year nod for the Midlands. Following on the 2015 selection of the premiere of Donald Fraser's orchestration of...
ESO Premieres John Joubert’s Jane Eyre to International Acclaim
For Immediate Release PREMIERE OF JOHN JOUBERT'S OPERA JANE EYRE BY KENNETH WOODS AND THE ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RECEIVES UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM On 25 October 2016, Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra gave the world-premiere performance of John Joubert's...
5-star review of Jane Eyre from Christopher Morley in the Birmingham Post
JOHN JOUBERT'S JANE EYRE Ruddock Performing Arts Centre ***** The tears in our eyes at the end of this professional premiere of John Joubert's opera Jane Eyre were quickened not only by the ravishing music of Jane and Rochester's reconciliation,...
English Symphony Orchestra to open 2016-7 Hereford “Shirehall Sunday” Season with Mozart Gala on 25 September
Hailed as The International Orchestra of Elgar Country, the English Symphony Orchestra continue their Arts Council England-supported residency in Herefordshire with a concert at 3:30 PM on 25 September in Hereford’s Shirehall celebrating the music of Mozart with...
ESO to Premiere John Joubert’s Jane Eyre- 25 Octobert, 2016
For Immediate Release KENNETH WOODS AND ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PREMIERE JOHN JOUBERT'S OPERA JANE EYRE WORLD-PREMIERE PERFORMANCE IN BIRMINGHAM TO BE CAPTURED LIVE BY SOMM RECORDINGS From its first publication in 1847, Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece Jane Eyre...
CD Review: British Music Society on Elgar/Fraser Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures
A new review from the British Music Society by critic Chris Bye "THESE perceptive world-premiere transcriptions have deservedly won Edward Elgar some new friends. They plumb the emotional depths of a legendary English composer whose popular...
CD Review: BBC Music Magazine on Elgar- Sea Pictures and Piano Quintet arr. Donald Fraser
A new review of our Elgar CD from critic Stephen Johnson in the July 2016 issue of BBC Music Magazine. "The result is pretty remarkable. Fraser hasn't just translated Elgar's notes into rich and powerful orchestral terms, he as added...
CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Elgar arr. Fraser- Sea Pictures and Piano Quintet
Critic Andrew Achenbach writes in the July 2016 issue of Gramophone Magazine. “To my ears, Fraser’s richly upholstered orchestration works a treat yet also manages to be astutely appreciative of the simmering passion and sense of loss that permeate...
Five Stars from International Piano for ESO Krenek Piano Concerto CD
A fantastic new 5-star review for our recording of the Krenek Piano Concertos no.'s 1-3 with pianist Mikhail Korzhev on Toccata Classics/Toccata Press from International Piano Magazine critic Guy Rickards. On the podium was Kenneth Woods, conductor, and Benjamin...
Classical CD Reviews Rave for Krenek Piano Concertos
The popular blog Classical CD Reviews has an extensive review of the ESO's latest recording for Toccata Classics. Critic Gavin Dixon says of the recording: The performances do full justice to the music. Pianist Mikhail Korzhev is able to make even...