{"id":1589,"date":"2014-06-25T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T10:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eso.co.uk\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2014-06-25T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T10:15:42","slug":"october-8-a-string-pilgrimange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivalmontpeyroux.com\/eso\/october-8-a-string-pilgrimange\/","title":{"rendered":"October 8- A String Pilgrimage, Elgar Concert Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 8th at Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham University Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Elgar<\/a>
Elgar Concert Hall in the Bramall Music Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7:30 PM
\nEnglish String Orchestra<\/strong>
\n Kenneth Woods- principal conductor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tippett- Concerto for Double String Orchestra<\/a>
\nJohn McCabe-<\/a> \u201cPilgrim\u201d for Double String Orchestra
\nVaughan Williams- Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
\nElgar- Introduction and Allegro for Strings<\/a><\/p>\n

Tickets: \u00a316, \u00a312, \u00a38
\n<\/span><\/strong>Town Hall Symphony Hall Box Office\u00a0 0121 345 0600
\n<\/strong>Click here for booking details<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\"Composer-in-association,<\/a>
Composer-in-association, John McCabe (photo Gareth Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ESO String Quartet- Michael Bochmann, Angus Gibbon-violins, Helen Roberts- viola, Peter Adams- cello<\/p>\n

The ESO\u2019s first concert in the splendid acoustic of Elgar Hall with a survey of the best of English string orchestra music \u201cPilgrim\u201d by ESO composer-in-association\u00a0 John McCabe is a powerful evocation of John Bunyan\u2019s \u201cPilgrim\u2019s Progress.\u201d McCabe\u2019s predecessor as ESO composer-in-association was Sir Michael Tippett, whose vibrant and witty Concerto opens the concert. Few works have won the kind of place in listener\u2019s hearts held by Vaughan Williams\u2019 haunting Fantasia, a work the ESO has recorded to international acclaim. Finally, what better finale could there be for a concert in Elgar Hall than one of the master\u2019s own finest works, performed by the orchestra based in his home town of Malvern?<\/p>\n

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