English Symphony Orchestra at Cheltenham Town Hall - Mahler, Elgar, Schoenberg and Copland

Cheltenham GL50 1QA

Dates: 22/05/2026

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

7:30pm

PROGRAMME
Elgar – Serenade for Strings 12’
Matthew Taylor – Romance for Strings 10’
Copland – Clarinet Concerto 16’
Mahler – Adagietto from Symphony No.5 12’
Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) 30’

ARTISTS
English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Julian Bliss, clarinet

Mahler’s heart-rending Adagietto needs little introduction and is regularly in the Top 40 of Classic FM’s annual Hall of Fame, while Schoenberg was one of the most revolutionary and challenging composers, but his early works are among the most lyrical and romantic pieces ever written. Schoenberg’s impassioned Transfigured Night is a musical realisation of a Richard Dehmel poem, in which a young woman confesses to her betrothed that she bears another man’s child, conceived before they met. His acceptance of her, and resolve to raise the baby as theirs, is one of the most touching moments in classical music.

Part of the English Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Cheltenham Residency.

(Photo, Michael Whitefoot)

 

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