{"id":7655,"date":"2016-12-02T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2016-12-02T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:01:33","slug":"kenneth-woods-and-english-symphony-orchestra-earn-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/kenneth-woods-and-english-symphony-orchestra-earn-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Woods and English Symphony Orchestra Earn Classical Music Magazine \u201cPremiere of the Year\u201d for Second Year in a Row with John Joubert\u2019s Jane Eyre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/eso-earns-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/jane-eyre-premiere\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3464\" src=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jane-Eyre-Premiere-e1480501078650-1024x417.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jane-Eyre-Premiere-e1480501078650-1024x417.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jane-Eyre-Premiere-e1480501078650-300x122.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jane-Eyre-Premiere-e1480501078650-768x313.jpg 768w\" alt=\"jane-eyre-premiere\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, the English Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director Kenneth Woods have received the <strong>Classical Music Magazine Premiere of the Year<\/strong> nod for the Midlands. Following on the <a href=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/eso-performance-of-elgarfraser-war-symphony-a-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year\/\">2015 selection of the premiere of Donald Fraser\u2019s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet<\/a> at the Elgar Hall in the final concert of the ESO\u2019s 2015 Elgar Pilgrimage, Christopher Morley, longtime senior music critic of the Birmingham Post, has made the ESO\u2019s performance of John Joubert\u2019s opera Jane eyre his <strong>2016 Premiere of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-7376 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds product_tag-avie-records product_tag-elgar product_tag-english-chamber-orchestra product_tag-english-symphony-orchestra product_tag-piano-quintet product_tag-rodolfus-choir product_tag-sea-pictures has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/elgar-piano-quintet-sea-pictures-orchestrated-by-donald-fraser\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Elgar- Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures. Orchestrated by Donald Fraser.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Elgar- Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures. Orchestrated by Donald Fraser.<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>12.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ESO\u2019s Avie Records recording of last year\u2019s Premiere of the Year went on to be a Classic FM CD of the Week and spent 8 weeks in the classical Top 20, all the more reason to look forward to the release of Jane Eyre on Somm Recordings in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c\u2026. Kenneth Woods conducting an on-its-toes English Symphony Orchestra and a totally committed cast of 12, among whom April Fredrick as Jane and David Stout as Rochester were simply outstanding\u2026Joubert as a composer is unafraid to encompass the achievements of previous operatic greats\u2026unleashing a wonderfully engaging well-structured language of his own\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/eso-earns-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/classical-music-dec-2016-banner\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3461\" src=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Banner-1024x387.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Banner-1024x387.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Banner-300x113.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Banner-768x290.jpg 768w\" alt=\"classical-music-dec-2016-banner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/eso-earns-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/classical-music-dec-2016-premiere-of-the-year-jane-part-one\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3462\" src=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-one.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-one.jpg 785w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-one-300x263.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-one-768x673.jpg 768w\" alt=\"classical-music-dec-2016-premiere-of-the-year-jane-part-one\" width=\"400\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/eso-earns-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/classical-music-dec-2016-premiere-of-the-year-jane-part-two\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3463\" src=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-two-655x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-two-655x1024.jpg 655w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-two-192x300.jpg 192w, http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Classical-Music-Dec-2016-Premiere-of-the-Year-Jane-part-two.jpg 765w\" alt=\"classical-music-dec-2016-premiere-of-the-year-jane-part-two\" width=\"400\" height=\"625\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-footer clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/kenneth-woods-and-english-symphony-orchestra-earn-classical-music-magazine-premiere-of-the-year-for-second-year-in-a-row-with-john-jouberts-jane-eyre\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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