The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra is delighted to return to the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge with another attractive and demanding programme. Under the baton of the talented and inspiring John Paul Jennings, the concert will begin with The Serenade for Wind Instruments by Dvořák. Written for a Harmonie, a popular combination of instruments in Bohemia, the Serenade was an immediate success. Brahms commended it, writing:
“I hope you enjoy it as much as I do… It would be difficult to discover a finer, more refreshing impression of really abundant and charming creative talent.”
This will be followed by the Serenade for Strings by Dvořák, one of the composer's most beautiful and popular works. Written in the same year as the Fifth Symphony, the numerous melodies from this Serenade enchant and lift the soul.
The revolutionary and monumental Third Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven expresses the struggle and triumph of the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Written while under siege in Vienna, Beethoven became increasingly disenchanted with his erstwhile hero, Napoleon Bonaparte, and he scratched out his name from the dedication. The symphony is known simply as Eroica and is possibly the most influential symphonic work ever written.
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.