Name: Elgar Festival 2023 - Elgar's Strings - Connections
Start: 2023-06-02T19:00:00
Location: The Guildhall Worcester

Kenneth Woods

English Symphony Orchestra

An evening of some of the most beautiful and thrilling music ever written for string orchestra, celebrating a web of musical and personal connections. Michael Tippett was the ESO’s first Composer-in-Association, and the orchestra recorded his Concerto for Double String Orchestra under the composer’s guidance during their partnership. Tippett was succeeded by Lennox Berkeley, whose son Michael is this year’s Featured Composer. Michael’s godfather and mentor was, of course, Benjamin Britten, represented here by his incredible homage to his teacher and mentor, Frank Bridge. Two of Elgar’s most haunting miniatures and Ruth Gipps’ beautiful Cringlemire Garden round out a thrilling celebration of British string music.

Elgar Festival 2023 - Elgar's Strings - Connections

The Guildhall Worcester

Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

Elegy

Concerto for Double String Orchestra

Meditations

Antiphon

Sospiri

Cringlemire Garden