Engagements

All events, programs and artists subject to change or cancellation

 

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4 February 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
ESO Digital Online Concert
Steve Elcock – Violin Concerto
Zoë Beyers, violin

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19 February 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
Kings Place, London
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
William Grant Still arr. Noam Zur – Dismal Swamp
George Gershwin arr. Iain Farrington – Rhapsody in Blue
– Roman Kosyakov, piano
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring, Complete Ballet Suite

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24 February 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
ESO Digital Online Concert
Philip Sawyers – Viola Concerto
Philip Sawyers – Double Concerto

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25 February 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
Malvern Theatres
Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

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10 March 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Robert Saxton – Scenes from The Epic of Gilgamesh (part of the 21st C. Symphony Project) WORLD PREMIERE
Max Bruch – Scottish Fantasy
– Esther Abrami, violin
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

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17-21 May 2023
Artistic Director, Colorado MahlerFest

Wednesday, May 17, 7:30 PM
Wagner and Gál
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place
GÁL Symphony 4 (Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act One (arranged for chamber orchestra)
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Gustav Andreassen, Hunding
Brennen Guillory, Siegmund
Stacey Rishoi, Sieglinde
Hannah Porter Occeña, flute
Daniel Silver, clarinet
Zachary DePue, violin
Parry Karp, cello
MahlerFest Chamber Orchestra

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Thursday, May 18, 3 PM
Chamber Music Concert: Solo Journeys
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place
Unaccompanied works performed by Festival Artists

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Friday, May 19, 7:30 PM
Chamber Music
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place
BLOCH – Suite for Cello and Piano
KORNGOLD String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10

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Saturday, May 20, 9 AM – 3 PM
Symposium
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place
Dr. David Vernon, Author of “Beauty and Sadness: Mahler’s 11 Symphonies”
Renate Stark-Voit, International Gustav Mahler Society, Board member
Kenneth Woods, Artistic Director
Additional speakers TBA

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Saturday, May 20, 7:30 PM
Mahler Liederabend (Evening of Song)
Re-creation of January 29, 1905 Concert in Vienna
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Der Schildwache Nachtlied
Revelge
Der Tamboursg’sell
Trost im Unglück
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Rheinlegendchen
Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Kindertotenlieder
Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n
Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
Wenn dein Mütterlein
Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
In diesem Wetter

Rückert-lieder
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft!
Um Mitternacht
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Gustav Andreassen, bass
April Fredrick, soprano
Brennen Guillory, tenor
Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano
MahlerFest Orchestra

Sunday, May 21, 3:30 PM
Pre-concert talk at 2:30 PM
Mahler and Musgrave
Stan Ruttenberg Memorial Concert
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street
Thea Musgrave – Phoenix Rising
Mahler – Symphony No. 2
Kenneth Woods, conductor
April Fredrick, soprano
Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano
Boulder Chorale
MahlerFest Orchestra

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30 May – 4 June 2023
Artistic Director, The Elgar Festival
English Symphony Orchestra

30-31 May 2023
The Firs, Elgar’s Birthplace
Conducting Masterclasses with the English Symphony Orchestra

1 June 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
Great Malvern Priory
Kenneth Woods and Stephen Shellard – conductors
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir
Stephen Shellard – director
St Cecilia Choir
Jonathan Hope – Director
Ian Venables – Requiem 40’
William Grant Still – Summerland 3’
Edward Elgar – Mina 5’
Michael Berkeley – Visions of Piers Ploughman 12’
Elgar Selections from his music for King Arthur 20’

2 June 2023
English String Orchestra
Worcester Guildhall
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra 23’
Elgar – Elegy 6’
Michael Berkeley – Meditations 10’
Lennox Berkeley – Antiphon 10’
Elgar – Sospiri 6’
Ruth Gipps – Cringlemire Garden 5’
Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge  25’

3 June 2023
English Symphony Orchestra
Worcester Cathedral
Elgar Festival Chorus
Stephen Shellard – chorus master
Winning pieces – Elgar Festival Fanfare Competition
Michael Berkeley – Secret Garden 14’
Edward Elgar – The Music Makers, op.69 <1912> 39′
Jennifer Johnston (TBC) – mezzo soprano
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Edward Elgar – Symphony No.1, op.55, A-flat major <1907–1908> 50′

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