The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra is delighted to return to the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge with another attractive programme that illustrates the influence and interdependence of musicians and composers. Under the skilful baton of Dominic Grier, the concert will open with the delightful Third Symphony by Schubert. Written in 1815, when Schubert was 18 years old, and modelled on the works of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, this symphony has an admirable freshness and lyrical vitality. The Nielsen Flute Concerto, written in 1926 for Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, captures the famous flautist’s personality and will be performed by the hugely talented Zara Jealous. Ruth Gipp was a contemporary and friend of Malcolm Arnold at the R.C.M. in the early 1940s. The theme, which is taken from Gipp’s Coronation March (1953), inspired Arnold to produce a colourful set of orchestral variations. Prague was a city that adored Mozart, and the composer admired Bohemian wind playing. When he arrived in the city in 1787, he brought the newly completed Symphony No. 38, known as The Prague.
Join us for a wonderful evening of marvellous and inspiring music-making.
more about East Anglia Chamber Orchestra
The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra (EAChO) was founded in 2010 and has been acclaimed as the best chamber orchestra in the region. The orchestra draws players from around East Anglia, and whilst based in Cambridge, the orchestra performs regularly in other parts of East Anglia: past seasons have seen visits to The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, Ely Cathedral, the new Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden, as well as West Road Concert Hall, St John’s College Chapel, Trinity College Chapel and King’s College Chapel in Cambridge.
EAChO focuses primarily on chamber orchestra repertoire, and most programmes contain a mixture of the familiar and the less well known. The orchestra enjoys the benefit of inviting professional guest conductors and soloists for each of its concerts, who challenge the players to ever increasing heights of achievement.
Recent guest conductors have included Jacques Cohen, Toby Purser, John Paul Jennings, Dominic Grier, Ben Sheen and Mark Austin. Guest soloists have included Dame Evelyn Glennie, Andrew Watkinson, David Cohen, Gülsin Onay, Julien Van Mellearts, Kristine Balanas, Nicholas Daniels, Michael Foyle, Philippa Boyle, Sasha Grynyuk, Leonid Gorokhov and Thomas Kelly. Our regular leader is Jamie Foreman.