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2008 SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2008 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION	2003 AUTUMN CONCERT HOSPICES IN HARMONY CONCERT SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2003 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION
2007 AUTUMN CONCERT SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2007 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION	2002 MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2002 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION
2006 MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT - ESO's 100th concert 2006 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION	2001 A CONCERT FOR CHILDREN AUTUMN CONCERT SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2001 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION
2005 AUTUMN CONCERT SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2005 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION	2000 MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT
2004 MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES SUMMER CONCERT CHORAL CONCERT 2004 ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION

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ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2008
SUNDAY 15 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, SOUTH STREET, EASTBOURNE

conductor Graham Jones leader Lisa Wigmore soloist Michal Cwizewicz, violin, winner of the 2008 ESO Young Soloist Competition Beethoven, Overture to Fidelio Sibelius, Violin Concerto Britten, Matinées Musicales (in memory of Jenny Shepherd) Bizet, Symphony in C supported by

Mayor of Eastbourne, Mayoress, Michal Cwizewicz, Graham Jones

Concert Manager's review note: The programme opened with a powerful yet finely balanced performance of the overture from Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, and this was followed by the jewel in the crown of this evening’s music, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. The soloist was Michal Cwizewicz, the winner of the ESO’s 2008 annual Young Soloist Competition. A graduate with a masters degree in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College (where he researched the aerodynamics of insect flight), Michal is currently studying with Itzhak Rashkovsky as Ash Music Scholar at the Royal College of Music. His performance of this emotionally charged piece was, throughout, tender, controlled, inspired and heartfelt. The Orchestra players, under Graham Jones’s baton and Lisa Wigmore’s leadership, recognised the presence of a violinist who will make a big mark in the music world. They rose to the challenge of this complex and demanding piece by making some of the finest sounds ever in their nearly thirty years of existence and the audience applauded long and loud. The second half comprised Britten’s Matinées Musicales - in memory of Jenny Shepherd who was a principal player with the ESO for some ten years and who died recently. She was a true professional, always smiling and with a warm, kind and encouraging nature and the orchestra again rose to the occasion with a spirited performance of a work not often heard and which drew the best from the orchestra’s woodwind section. This special evening ended with Bizet’s Symphony in C, a work in classical form but with a Gallic flavour. As a precursor of Bizet’s later style, this work features much interesting melodic material; the slow movement in particular featuring some beautifully expressive solo lines in the oboe part. The Orchestra played the whole of this work in a scintillating and effervescent fashion throughout.

 

ESO CHORAL CONCERT 2008 SATURDAY 3 MAY CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL conductor Graham Jones leader Lisa Wigmore soloists Patricia Rozario OBE (soprano) Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Eastbourne College Choral Society Junior King’s School Canterbury Choir

Graham Jones, Mark Le Brocq, Patricia Rozario (photo: James Chrismas)

 

Britten, National Anthem

Wagner, Overture: Die Meistersinger

Finzi, Salutation from Dies Natalis

Ledger, Requiem (A Thanksgiving for Life) - first performance of this orchestral version with chorus and soprano & tenor soloists

Delius, Walk to the Paradise Garden

Poulenc, Gloria

Bizet, Flower Song from Carmen

Mascagni, Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)

 

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ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2008
3 FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

Michal Cwizewicz,violinist

finalists: Michal Cwizewicz, Timothy Lowe, Huw Wiggin, Joo Yeon Sir and Jesús Maria Herrera Moreno (seated)

Joo Yeon Sir, violinist

 

WINNER OF THE 2008 YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION - prize of £500 and
a performance with the ESO
Michal Cwizewicz (violin)
studying at Royal College of Music
Michael Cwizewicz will perform with the ESO at its Summer Concert on 15 June 2008

 

WINNER OF THE COLONEL HOWES AWARD - £300

Huw Wiggin (saxophone)
studying at the Royal Northern College of Music

 

WINNER OF THE MAY AND NORMAN COX MEMORIAL AWARD - £200 - AND
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE AWARD for the best performance by a competitor age 17 or below - £150

Joo Yeon Sir (violin)
studying at the Purcell School
in the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2007, Joo Yeon Sir won the Colonel Howes Award and the Duke of Devonshire Award

 

RUNNERS UP - prize of £100 each

Jesús Maria Herrera Moreno (piano)
studying at Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris

Timothy Lowe (cello)
studying at Guildhall School of Music and Drama

 

CLICK HERE TO READ THE JUDGES' ADJUDICATION

 

for the winners of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 1988-2008, CLICK HERE.

 

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ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2007
SUNDAY 10 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, SOUTH STREET, EASTBOURNE
conductor Graham Jones
leader Lisa Wigmore

PROGRAMME Weber, Overture: Die Freischutz Beethoven, Piano Concerto No 4 soloist Jennifer Lee, winner of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2007 Dvorak, Symphony No. 6

Jennifer Lee, soloist with Graham Jones, conductor

MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES 2006 SUNDAY OCTOBER 15 CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE Conductor Graham Jones Leader Lisa Wigmore   click here for Robin Gregory's review of the concert

Melanie Heslop and Will Hawksworth rehearsing "Anything you can do" from Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun

Compère John Radford, local writer, broadcaster, actor photo by stevegubbins.co.uk

James Horner, music from Apollo 13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 John Williams, music from Harry Potter Alan Silvestri, music from Back to the Future Irving Berlin, music from Annie Get Your Gun Edvard Grieg, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 16, Dominic John, soloist (winner of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2004)

Dominic John

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ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2006
SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

The five finalists (left to right), their instrument and the pieces they played, were

Sara Deborah Struntz (violin)  Mozart Concerto in G 1st movement, Prokofiev Concerto No1 1st movement Angelina Kopyrina (piano)  Mozart Concerto No 23 1st movement, Tchaikovsky Concerto No1 3rd movement Hannah Marcinowicz (saxophone)  Carter Pastoral, Ibert Concertino Da Camera 2nd movement Claire Overbury (flute)  Mozart Concerto in G 1st movement, Khatchaturian Concerto 1st movement Kira Doherty (horn)  Mozart Concerto No 4 1st movement, Strauss Concerto No 1

At the right of the picture is Victoria Harrild, joint winner of The Duke of Devonshire Prize for the best performance among competitors age 17 and under. The co-winner was Ha-Young Jung (double bass).

Sara Deborah Struntz (left in the picture) was awarded the first prize (ESO Young Soloist 2006, £500) and Kira Doherty was runner-up (Colonel Howes Award, £250). Both have been invited to perform with the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra. Sara Deborah will be performing with the ESO at the Summer 2006 Concert; Kira Doherty will be performing with the ESO at the Autumn 2007 Concert on 7 October.

The judges' adjudication

For the winners of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 1988-2006, CLICK HERE.

ESO AUTUMN CONCERT 2005
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

David Force conducted the Orchestra in
Mozart  Clemenza di Tito Overture
Mendelssohn  Violin Concerto in E minor - soloist: Litsa Tunnah, Royal College of Music, finalist in ESO Young Soloist Competition 2005
Beethoven  Symphony No. 7

ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2005
SUNDAY 12 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

Graham Jones conducted the Orchestra in
Vaughan Williams Overture from The Wasps
Fauré Dolly Suite
Saint-Saens Dance Macabre
Sibelius Finlandia
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  soloist Alexandra Dariescu
  winner of the 2005 ESO Young Soloist Competition
Walton Orb and Sceptre

CHORAL CONCERT 2005
Saturday 30 April
Chichester Cathedral

ESO in performance	Graham Jones conducted the Orchestra in Britten, National Anthem Brahms, Academic Festival Overture Mozart, Laudate Dominum from Vespers (K339) Bizet, Agnus Dei Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Mascagni, Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana Berlioz, Te Deum
Soloists Alison Pearce and Andrew Wicks Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Eastbourne College Choral Society Cavendish School Chamber Choir St Andrew's School Choir supported by	ESO and choruses in rehearsal

ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2005
SUNDAY 6 February
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

Romanian student Alexandra Dariescu from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester won the day. The five judges took over an hour to come to their decision and awarded the top £500 prize to an outstanding musician. Ms Dariescu will perform in the ESO Summer Concert on Saturday 12 June 2005 in St Saviour’s Church on Sunday 12 June and the programme will include Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Alexandra Dariescu with the Mayor of Eastbourne (r) and Graham Jones (l)

The £250 second prize, the new Colonel Howes Award - created following a generous bequest from the late Colonel Philip Howes - was won by Simon Callaghan from the Royal College of Music.

The runners-up, who all performed with great skill, won £100 each.

The Duke of Devonshire Award which is given for the best performance by a competitor under the age of 18. This year this prize was won by pianist Bing Bing Li, Purcell School.

The 100-strong audience, supported by the Mayor who presented the awards, showed their skill in judging too; the result of a secret straw-poll matched what the judges had decided. Graham Jones, chairman of the judging panel, expressed his delight at the high standards the competition had attracted and explained that this event is now recognised nationally as an important feature of the annual musical calendar for aspiring young musicians.

for the winners of the ESO YSC 1988-2006, CLICK HERE

MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES 2004
SUNDAY 17 OCTOBER
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

Dominic John in rehearsal with the ESO

music and film clips from
Thunderbirds, Kiss Me Kate, Billy Elliot, Murder on the Orient Express, Shine
compère Tim Marriot
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 3
soloist Dominic John, ESO Young Soloist Competition 2004 Winner

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ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2004
SUNDAY 13 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

Mozart  Marriage of Figaro Overture
Sibelius  Karelia Suite
Bizet  Carmen Suite
Rachmaninov  Vocalise
Saint-Saëns  Organ Symphony - David Force, Organist

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ESO CHORAL CONCERT 2004
SATURDAY 1 MAY
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL

Graham Jones conducted the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra in
Vaughan Williams  Sea Symphony (1st movement)
Dyson  Canterbury Tales (Wife of Bath, Monk)
Butterworth  The Banks of Green Willow
Elgar  Give Unto the Lord
Rutter Magnificat

Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Eastbourne College Choral Society
Cavendish School Chamber Choir

soloists Alison Pearce and Martin Elliott

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ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2004
8 FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

The winner of the competition was Dominic John, Royal College of Music (piano) who performed Tchaikovsky Piano concerto no 1 2nd mvt; Prokofiev Piano concerto no 2 4th mvt.

Second place was won by Michael Grant, Royal College of Music (saxophone) who performed James Long, Kaleidochimera 1st mvt and Dubois, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings 1st mvt. Michael Grant was also the winner of the Duke of Devonshire Prize for the best performance by a competitor under the age of 18.

The runners-up were Carolyn Johnson-Wu, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (piano) who performed Mozart Piano Concerto in A mjor K488 1st mvt;  Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 1st mvt; and Maya Rasooly, Royal Academy of Music (viola) who performed Hoffmeister Viola Concerto 1st mvt; Walton Viola Concerto 1st mvt.

Graham Jones, Musical Director of the ESO, led the panel of four judges.

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ESO AUTUMN CONCERT 2003
SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

soloist Simon Hewitt Jones, winner of the 2003 ESO Young Soloist Competition

Schubert  Rosamunde Overture
Saint-Saëns  Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
Dvorak  Symphony No 8

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HOSPICES IN HARMONY CHORAL CONCERT 2003
Saturday 4 October
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

Haydn The Creation
in aid of St Wilfrid's Hospice

ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2003
SUNDAY 8 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

Mendelssohn   Hebrides Overture
Mozart  Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major - soloist Dunja Lavrova, Yehudi Menuhin School and under-18s winner of the 2003 ESO Young Soloist Competition
Bizet  Symphony in C

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ESO CHORAL CONCERT 2003
SATURDAY 3 MAY
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter

Graham Jones conducted the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra in
Vaughan Williams  Five Mystical Songs
Fauré   Le Cantique de Jean Racine
Delius  Walk to the Paradise Garden
Bizet  Duet from The Pearl Fishers
Puccini   Messa di Gloria

Eastbourne Symphony Chorus
Eastbourne College Choral Society
Cavendish School Chamber Choir

soloists Mark Le Brocq and Martin Elliott

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ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2003
SUNDAY X FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

The winner of the competition was Simon Hewitt Jones Violin  Royal Academy of Music who performed Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2, 2nd movement & Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Simon Hewitt Jones will perform with the ESO at its Autumn Concert on 22 November 2003

The other finalists were:
Diana Galvydyte Violin  Yehudi Menuhin School
Eleanor Turner   Harp  Winner of Royal Overseas League annual competition
Alexandra Scott   Double Bass  Royal Academy of Music
Jung-Eun Lee   Piano  Royal College of Music (2nd prize winner)

The winner of the Duke of Devonshire Award for the best performance by a competitor under 18 was Dunja Lavrova, Violin (Yehudi Menuhin School), who performed while the judges decided the overall competition winner. Ms Lavrova performed Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major with the ESO at its Summer Concert on Sunday 8 June 2003 at 7.30pm in St Saviour's Church, South Street, Eastbourne.

to read about previous competition winners, CLICK HERE

ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2002
SUNDAY 16 JUNE
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, EASTBOURNE

Graham Jones conducted the ESO in

Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Elgar  Serenade for Strings
Gounod   Petite Symphonie
Schubert  Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Handel  Organ Concerto No. 13 in F (The Cuckoo and the Nightingale)

ESO CHORAL CONCERT 2002
SATURDAY 4 MAY
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL

Graham Jones conducted the ESO in

Finzi  Dies Natalis
Mozart  Solemn Vespers
Duruflé  Requiem

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ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2002
SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

The winner of the 2002 ESO Young Soloist Competition was Amy Dickson, saxophone (Royal College of Music). In the final she performed movements from the Saxophone Concertos by Dubois and Binge. Amy Dickson will be the featured performer with the ESO on 6 October at its Music from the Movies concert in the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.

The runner-up was Benjamin Wragg, violin (Royal Academic of Music). In the final he performed movements from Mozart's Adagio in E and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.

The winner of the Duke of Devonshire Award for the best performance by a competitor under 18 was Reinoud Ford, cello (Yehudi Menuin School). He performed while the adjudicators in the final were pondering their judgement.

For the winners of the Young Soloist Competitions 1988-2008, CLICK HERE

ESO CONCERT FOR CHILDREN 2001
SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

David Force conducted the ESO with guest percussionist and presenter Alasdair Malloy in

Prokofiev  March: The Love of Three Oranges
Grieg  The Hall of the Mountain King
Strauss  Thunder and Lightning Polka
Saint-Saëns  Danse Macabre
Humperdinck  Duet, Hansel and Gretel
Kodály  The Tale of Háry János

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ESO AUTUMN CONCERT 2001
SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

Graham Jones conducted the ESO in

Elgar  Overture: Cockaigne
Britten  Simple Symphony
Delius  A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Gershwin  Piano Concerto in F - soloist: Daniel Tong

ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2001
SUNDAY 10 JUNE
DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL

 

Graham Jones conducted the ESO in

MacCunn  Concert Overture: the Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Schumann  Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Dvorák  Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60

The soloist in the Schumann was Hiroaki Takenouchi, winner of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2001.

ESO YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION 2001
11 FEBRUARY
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE THEATRE

First prize in the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2001 was won by pianist Hiroaki Takenouchi (22), a student at the Royal College of Music. He played Mozart's Piano Concerto in E flat (K499) (3rd movement) and Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor (1st movement).

Hiroaki Takenouchi will take the soloist's role in the ESO Summer Concert 2001.

The runner-up was pianist Annabel Thwaite (22), a postgraduate student at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She played Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor (1st movement) and Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor (2nd movement).

Violinist Soojin Han (14) received the Duke of Devonshire Award for the best perfomance by a competitor under the age of 18. She played the Sibelius Violin Concerto (1st movement)  while the  adjudicating panel deliberated on the overall winner.

To see the list of winners of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 1988-2008, CLICK HERE.

MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES 2000
SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

Robin Gregory (BBC2) compèred an ESO concert which featured as soloists Auriol Evans, cello - who played the young Jacqueline du Pré in the film Hilary and Jackie - and Professor John York, piano. Conductor: Graham Jones.

There were film clips and music from Star Wars: John Williams, Star Wars Theme; Hilary and Jackie: Barrington Pheloung, The Holiday Song and A Day on the Beach (soloist: Auriol Evans); First of the Few: William Walton, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue; Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost: Irving Berlin, Cheek to Cheek and Let's Face the Music and Dance, with singers from Eastbourne College; and Ken Russell's The Music Lovers: Peter Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto, soloist: John York. The film clips were provided by Roy Galloway of the Curzon Cinema, Eastbourne.

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ESO SUMMER CONCERT 2000
SUNDAY 18 JUNE
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

ESO performed
Beethoven  Overture: Egmont
Brahms  Violin Concerto in D - soloist Dominika Rosiek (violin), winner of the ESO Young Soloist Competition 2000
Mozart  Symphony No. 41 in C ("The Jupiter")

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ESO CHORAL CONCERT 2000
SUNDAY 13 MAY
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL

ESO performed
Verdi  Requiem

Eastbourne Symphony Chorus
Eastbourne College Choral Society
Soloists Alison Pearce, Margaret McDonald, Mark Le Brocq and Martin Elliott
Conductor: Graham Jones.

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