A vivid Soldier's Tale from the English Chamber Orchestra

By Graham Watts, 04 October 2020

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“the outstanding narration was the feather in this soldier’s cap”

Reviewed at Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham on 4 October 2020

Stravinsky, L'Histoire du soldat

English Chamber Orchestra

David Corkhill, Conductor

Raphael Corkhill, Narrator

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

Spirited Mendelssohn without frills from the English Chamber Orchestra

Nick Boston, 27th September

Warm Borodin and energetic Mendelssohn from the ECO players in an online experience which lacked occasion.

***11

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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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.