English Symphony Orchestra to receive £98,151 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
English Symphony Orchestra to receive £98,151 from second round of the Government’s Culture...
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Tag: Kenneth Woods
Elgar Reimagined – Miniatures for Cello and Strings
The 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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Composer Portrait – Steven R. Gerber
A celebration of the music of the late American composer Steven R. Gerber, who passed away in 2015.
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Inspired by Mahler
Despite being, as he described himself, “thrice homeless,” Gustav Mahler rose from humble origins to become the most powerful and celebrated conductor of his time, and one of the greatest composers of all time. By the time of his tragically early death in 1911, he had become an inspirational beacon for a new generation of outsider composers and performers. These composers would re-shape the world of music in the years after World War I
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The Roaring 20s – Decade of Melody and Mayhem
One hundred years ago, the African-American music called Jazz exploded onto the international scene and changed the world forever.
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