Details
Great Malvern Priory
Church Street
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 2AY
England
Programme
Adrian Williams – Migrations
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending (arr. for String Orchestra)
Emily Doolittle – Falling Still
Edward Elgar – String Quartet in E minor, Op.83 (arr. David Matthews)
Performers
Kenneth Woods – Conductor
Zoe Beyers – Violin
English String Orchestra
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Programme Note
English String Orchestra are back at Great Malvern Priory with a performance of David Matthews’ masterful string orchestra arrangement of Edward Elgar’s String Quartet. ESO Leader and Elgar Country’s favourite violinist, Zoë Beyers, performs Vaughan Williams’ haunting Lark Ascending alongside Emily Doolittle’s avian-inspired work, ‘falling still’, a depiction of a blackbird just before dawn. The concert opens with Adrian Williams’ ‘Migrations’, a major addition to the great tradition of English string orchestra masterpieces, destined to sit proudly alongside pieces like Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia.