Please click the pictures above for profiles of our soloists from earlier this season.
Essex Symphony Orchestra (UK)
The Essex Symphony Orchestra (UK) gives regular concerts in Essex, England (UK) with an interesting variety of programmes and high quality soloists. Our repertoire includes classical, romantic and modern music and we accompany choral works. We would like you to take part in our activities, either as a member of the audience or, possibly, as a playing member. Please click the items on the contents bar above to see details of our concerts, our activities and the Essex Symphony Orchestra History You can e-mail us for information. The site index at Bookmark can be used to go directly to features of especial interest to you and to add them to your 'favorites'.
Please click the picture below for details of our concert on 28th June 2008.
Ambitious Programmes and Talented Young Soloists
This season's programme is one of the most ambitious and varied we have attempted in our 59 year history. The works range across the full spectrum of musical styles (from a classical symphony by Haydn, and a baroque oboe concerto, to the modern idioms of Gershwin and Bernstein). Harriet Mackenzie gave a stunning performance of the Barber Violin Concerto to a full house in our 'All American' concert on the 1st March. On the 3rd of May we accompanied choirs in the EMA's Combined Choirs Annual Festival, as we have done for many years. This year the performance was in Chelmsford Cathedral, not Thaxted Church as it has been for many years. We had our own spot in this EMA concert, accompanying oboist Tamas Balla (23) who won sponsorship by being the highest placed woodwind (and runner up overall) in the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition.
We are looking forward to accompanying Victoria Simonsen who will be playing the Saint Saëns 'Cello Concerto in the last concert of our 2007/2008 season on June 28th 2008.
Our Musical Director Justin Doyle (from 2005/6) has been pushing us very hard! He is currently planning the 2008/9 season of programmes.
We run a concert reminder service. See 'concerts' page, top right.
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You can access a mine of information on the composers whose works we are playing, our celebrities and our concert venues. Go to 'concerts', click the image where indicated to get more details, and then use the profile buttons at the top of the detail page to find data on composers, conductor(s), soloists and venues.
The concert details are given in good faith with a reasonable expectation that the programme will be followed but please recheck near the time of the concert in case we are forced to make changes.
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