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Wyastone Concert Hall
Wyastone Leys
Monmouth
Monmouthshire
NP25 3SR
Wales
Programme
Kile Smith – Bremen Town Musicians
Performers
Kenneth Woods – Conductor
Gemma Whelan – Narrator
English Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Music from Wyastone - Studio Concert Series
The Art of Storytelling - The Bremen Town Musicians
Illustrations by members of ESO Youth and students from Chadsgrove School, Bromsgrove.
Performance will be released at 6.00pm GMT on Friday 16th April 2021 on the ESO Website.
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"David Yang commissioned The Bremen Town Musicians for Auricolae in 2008. It has since been taken up by other ensembles across the country, as far away as Australia and Qatar, and in the Philadelphia Orchestra “Our City, Your Orchestra” 2021 chamber music series. In 2016 the conductor Kenneth Woods, who as cellist performed and recorded Bremen with Auricolae, asked me to orchestrate it for his English Symphony Orchestra. I’ve adapted the Brothers Grimm story for my libretto, changing none of the salient features of this tale of four animals who, seeking fortune in the far city of Bremen, fall among thieves, outwit them, and find their good fortune as friends together, never arriving in Bremen." by Kile Smith
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IS THIS A LIVE PERFORMANCE?
No, this was recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall on 30th July 2020.
WAS IT PRODUCED SAFELY?
Yes, we continue to work with the Musicians' Union and other experts to have up-to-date risk assessment in line with the current government guidelines.
WILL THIS PERFORMANCE BE AVAILABLE AFTER BROADCAST?
Yes. ESO Digital contains 24/7 access to previously ‘limited-time’ content, as well as archival material.
