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 Toby Purser, the concert will begin with the atmospheric and beautiful Symphony No.5 by Vaughan Williams. This work was composed in 1943 and represents a return to the gentler style of the earlier Pastoral Symphony.
Following the interval, EAChO will perform the Adagietto from Symphony No 5 by Gustav Mahler, written for strings and harp, and made famous by its use in Visconti’s film masterpiece Death in Venice.
The concert concludes with Beethoven’s truly joyous Piano Concerto No.3. This was premiered at the same time as his 2nd Symphony with the composer as the soloist. We are very excited to welcome back the fabulous pianist Thomas Kelly, as our soloist. He attained ABRSM Grade 8 with distinction at the age of 8, studied at the Purcell School of Music, is The Britten Fellow at the Royal College, and has won first prizes at international competitions.
Join us for a wonderful evening of marvellous 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.