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The English Symphony Orchestra and English String Orchestra have announced a 2017-8 season worthy of their name and heritage as an orchestra of national scope and importance. The ESO are proud to stand for innovative programming and world-class music making, presented in a welcoming and friendly concert atmosphere.
 
Violinist Chloe Hanslip

Hailed as the International Orchestra of Elgar Country and based in Elgar's home town of Worcester, the 2017-8 season sees the orchestra presenting a dynamic, accessible, innovative and engaging series of concerts across their home territory in Malvern, Hereford and Worcester. The orchestra also builds on its string of triumphant debuts at major venues and festivals across the UK with important concerts in London's St John's Smith Square and LSO St Luke's, Cheltenham Town Hall and St George's Bristol.
 
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason


Highlights:

Guest artists
  • Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
  • Violinist Chloe Hanslip
  • Cellist Raphael Wallfisch
  • Cellist Maja Bogdanovic
  • Violinist Alexander Sitkovetksy
  • Trumpeter Simon Desbruslais
  • Soprano April Fredrick (ESO Affiliate Artist)
  • Bass-baritone Matthew Sharp (ESO Artist-in-Residence)
  • Academia Musica Choir
  • Violinist Zoe Beyers (ESO Leader)
  • Soprano Sofia Larsson
  • Tenor Peter Aisher
 
Cellist Raphael Wallfisch
 
Premieres by
  • David Matthews (Symphony no. 9 as part of the 21st Century Symphony Project)
  • Jesse Jones (Joint commission with St John's Smith Square)
  • Philip Sawyers (Violin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Valley of Vision)
  • Kenneth Woods (orchestral version of Brahms Piano Quartet in A major opus 26)
  • Donald Fraser (new orchestral works recorded at Abbey Road for  Avie Records)
Soprano Sofia Larsson

New recordings from
  • Nimbus
  • Avie
  • Resonus
  • Signum
 
 
Other Highlights
  • A cycle of the complete Schumann symphonies in 2018
  • Choral masterworks by Beethoven and Haydn
  • Symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Across the season, the ESO continue their record of vibrant partnership with music educators around the country, including the Music Hubs in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the Elgar School of Music and Hereford Sixth Form College.

Through our Care Home Concerts, we bring the comfort and stimulation of great music to people living with dementia and other chronic health problems.
 
 
To learn more, explore our brand new website: 

12th August at 7:00PM
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26th August at 3:30 PM
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27th August at 7:30 PM
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Great things are starting to happen for the ESO, and the coming months and years will present some extraordinary opportunities for the orchestra to make a huge contribution to British musical life. 

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