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Friday 2 June at 19:00
Worcester Guildhall
High St, Worcester WR1 2EY
Assembly Room
Elgar’s Strings – Connections
English String Orchestra
Kenneth Woods – conductor
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra 23’
Elgar – Elegy 6’
Michael Berkeley – Meditations 10’
Lennox Berkeley – Antiphon 10’
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Elgar – Sospiri 6’
Ruth Gipps – Cringlemire Garden 5’
Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 25’
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.