{"id":9527,"date":"2021-05-08T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2021-05-08T14:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:27:30","slug":"ken-and-english-symphony-orchestra-continue-elgar-reimagined-project-on-14-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2021\/05\/08\/ken-and-english-symphony-orchestra-continue-elgar-reimagined-project-on-14-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken and English Symphony Orchestra Continue \u201cElgar Reimagined\u201d Project on 14 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eso@eso.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESO Digital Concert \u2013 Elgar String Quartet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7:30pm GMT Friday 14<sup>th<\/sup> May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.co.uk\/elgar-reimagined-2\/\">www.eso.co.uk\/elgar-reimagined-2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>English Symphony Orchestra Continue \u201cElgar Reimagined\u201d Project on 14 May<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - Elgar Reimagined - String Quartet in E minor (Allegro moderato) arr. David Matthews\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDxc-sJIrQI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Long hailed as the International Orchestra of Elgar Country, the English Symphony Orchestra, based in Elgar\u2019s home city of Worcester, will present a performance of David Matthews\u2019 acclaimed orchestration of the Elgar String Quartet as part of their Music from Wyastone series of virtual concerts on the ESO Digital platform on 14 May.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - Elgar Reimagined - String Quartet in E minor - Piacevole (poco andante) arr.David Matthews\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYkkWhKIJtE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The music of Sir Edward Elgar has been central to the ESO\u2019s repertoire since its founding as the English String Orchestra by William Boughton in 1980. Boughton and the orchestra recorded much of the Elgar orchestral canon together during his 25-year tenure with the orchestra. The orchestra\u2019s connection with Elgar was further deepened by their long collaboration with Elgar\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, who served as the ESO\u2019s Principal Guest Conductor from 1990 until his death, and later by Principal Conductor Vernon Handley, who made his ESO debut in the orchestra\u2019s 2005 Elgar Festival. In addition to presenting many celebrations of Elgar\u2019s music at festivals run by the orchestra, in 2017, the ESO was named Orchestra-in-Residence of The Elgar Festival, established by decree of the City of Worcester as the official celebration of the life and music of Elgar. Each year, the ESO headlines an ambitious series of concerts in Worcester, Malvern and across Elgar Country, working closely with the Elgar Society and The First, Elgar\u2019s Birthplace. At 2019 Festival, the ESO gave the official 100<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto with Raphael Wallfisch in Worcester Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - Elgar Reimagined - String Quartet in E minor (Allegro molto) arr. David Matthews\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCmDzBCA_N0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of current Artistic Director, the ESO has continued its championing of Elgar, including performances of the Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti and Alexander Sitkovetsky and the Cello Concerto with Sheku Kanneh-Mason.<\/p>\n<p>The orchestra also plays an ongoing role in expanding the Elgar canon through arrangements and transcriptions. In 2015, the ESO premiered Donald Fraser\u2019s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet, a performance hailed as \u201cPremiere of the Year\u201d in Classical Music Magazine, and described by long-time senior critic of the Birmingham Post, Chris Morley, as one of the two most exciting concerts I have been to in nearly five decades reviewing concerts.\u201d Woods and the ESO also premiered Fraser\u2019s choral version of Sea Pictures in Hereford Cathedral in 2015, and more recently have recorded a number of Fraser\u2019s orchestrations of Elgar miniatures for cello and strings with Raphael Wallfisch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David-Matthews.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9528\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David-Matthews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David-Matthews.png 500w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David-Matthews-480x272.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/a>David Matthews\u2019 string orchestra adaptation of the Elgar String Quartet was made at the instigation of George Vass, and premiered at the 2010 Presteigne Festival. Woods worked closely with Matthews on the work ahead of a performance at the 2017 Colorado MahlerFest, and the ESO first performed it at the 2018 Elgar Festival. \u201cDavid\u2019s arrangement is an important and very useful addition to the Elgar repertoire for string orchestras,\u201d says Woods. \u201cElgar\u2019s Introduction and Allegro and Serenade for Strings are among the most sublime works ever written for strings, but both risk being heard too often. The Quartet is a bigger work, a more difficult work, and a more substantial work, and forms a major new challenge for string orchestras everywhere. It was so exciting to come to this piece and to continue to develop our shared interpretation of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important of British composers, David Matthews served as Composer-in-Association for the ESO from 2018-19. His Ninth Symphony was written for the ESO\u2019s 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Project. \u201cI always thought the Elgar Quartet was almost orchestral even as a string quartet,\u201d says David Matthews. \u201cOf course, it\u2019s a masterpiece and works beautifully in its original form, but I thought the larger forces and the addition of a bass part could give it a new dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-8548 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/david-matthews-symphony-no-9-variations-for-strings-double-concerto-nimbus\/\" 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\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"David Matthews - Symphony No. 9, Variations for Strings, Double Concerto (NIMBUS)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9-285x285.jpg 285w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Matthews-9.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">David Matthews &#8211; Symphony No. 9, Variations for Strings, Double Concerto (NIMBUS)<\/h2><div class=\"star-rating\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Rated 5.00 out of 5\"><span style=\"width:100%\">Rated <strong class=\"rating\">5.00<\/strong> out of 5<\/span><\/div>\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 performance premieres on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of May at 7:30, and is available to the public for four days. ESO Digital offers unlimited access to ESO archival performances, exclusive content and events for supporters who donate a minimum of \u00a35\/month \u2013 find out more at www.eso.co.uk\/digital\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:30pm GMT Friday 14<sup>th<\/sup> May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>www.eso.co.uk\/elgar-reimagined-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ENDS]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the English Symphony Orchestra visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.co.uk\">www.eso.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further press information please contact <a href=\"mailto:eso@eso.co.uk\">eso@eso.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\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\/2021\/05\/08\/ken-and-english-symphony-orchestra-continue-elgar-reimagined-project-on-14-may\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5th May 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eso@eso.co.uk \u00a0 What:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESO Digital Concert \u2013 Elgar String Quartet When:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7:30pm GMT Friday 14th May 2021 Where:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.eso.co.uk\/elgar-reimagined-2 &nbsp; English Symphony Orchestra Continue \u201cElgar Reimagined\u201d Project on 14 May &nbsp; Long hailed as the International Orchestra of Elgar Country, the English Symphony Orchestra, based in Elgar\u2019s home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9531,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9527\/revisions\/9531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}