Spirited Mendelssohn without frills from the English Chamber Orchestra

By Nick Boston, 28 September 2020

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“Mendelssohn’s proto-Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo had a light touch, taken at an energetic lick”

Reviewed at Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham on 27 September 2020

Borodin, String Sextet in D minor, Op posth

Mendelssohn, String Octet in E flat major, Op.20

English Chamber Orchestra

Essential Early Romantics from the ECO at Cadogan Hall

Roy Westbrook, 11th May

Three of the world's best composers, who were friends and colleagues, but who rarely co-habit in concert, appear at Cadogan Hall.

****1

A vivid Soldier's Tale from the English Chamber Orchestra

Graham Watts, 4th October

Outstanding narration was the feather in this soldier’s cap

****1

Delicious French morsels launch the ECO’s Teatime Music

Mark Pullinger, 13th September

A trio of French works launch the English Chamber Orchestra's Sunday afternoon series, filmed in Beckenham Place Mansion.

****1

Ravishing Tchaikovsky from Serebrier and the ECO

Andrew Larkin, 22nd January

A fantastic all-Tchaikovsky concert in which cellist Natalie Clein gave a magnificent rendition of the Rococo Variations.

*****

Classy Bach from Vilde Frang

David Karlin, 29th April

Vilde Frang galvanises the English Chamber Orchestra, with the slow movement of Bach's E major violin concerto proving the highlight of the evening.

***11

Power (and Padmore) to the ECO in Britten, Tippett and Woolrich

Mark Valencia, 21st January

An evening of English repertoire at King's Place where the pleasures were flecked with disappointments.

***11

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.