The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra is delighted to return to the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge and the Apex in Bury St Edmunds with another attractive, romantic, and demanding programme. Under the baton of Jacques Cohen, the concert will begin with Weber’s dramatic Freischütz Overture. Conjuring the mysterious atmosphere of the German forest, the overture gives a colourful representation of the supernatural and romantic impulse of the opera.
The orchestra is then joined by the amazing and internationally famous cellist, Leonid Gorokhov. A professor in Hannover, Leonid has performed with most of the major orchestras around the world. Schumann composed his Cello Concerto in A minor at the peak of his career, having been appointed as the musical director in Düsseldorf.
It took Brahms twenty years to produce his magnificent First Symphony. Hugely romantic and yet formidably constructed, the symphony is a masterpiece and proves that Brahms is the worthy successor to Beethoven
Join us for a wonderful evening of exciting 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.