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English String Orchestra

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Classical

Worcestershire-based classical orchestra founded in 1978 by William Boughton, who continued as director and artistic director for over 25 years.

     
Members
PortraitPierre Joubert
vn
PortraitMaurice Bourgue
ob *1939 FR
Helen Roberts
vl
Tom Waddington
vc, gam, vn
Margaret Campbell
fl
Colin Lilley
fl
Audrey Douglas
hrp
Susan Lynn
vn
Popular Tracks   
A Downland Suite: III. Minuet on Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. II by English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Symphony No. 6 In F Major: Larghetto on Meditations by Various Artists, William Boughton, Michel Swierczewski, Ádám Fischer, Tadaaki Otaka, English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, The Gulbenkian Orchestra, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra & Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis on Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis & Orchestral Favourites, Vol. III by Ralph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air on Pachelbel's Canon: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. I by English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' on Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis & Orchestral Favourites, Vol. III by Ralph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
String Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, MWV N4: II. Andante on Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies Vol. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Miniatures for Cello & Strings: No. 1, Chanson de matin (After Elgar's Op. 15 No. 2) on Elgar Reimagined by Edward Elgar, Raphael Wallfisch, English String Orchestra & Kenneth Woods
Symphony No. 2 in A Major: II. Vivace on Boyce: The Eight Symphonies by William Boyce, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: Waltzer on Tchaikovsky & Dvořák: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. IX by English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No. 1 in D Major on A Portrait of Elgar by Edward Elgar, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra & William Boughton

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
An Eventful Morning In East London: 21st Century Violin ConcertosPaul Patterson, Deborah Pritchard, David Matthews, Robert Fokkens, Emily Doolittle, Harriet Mackenzie, Retorica, English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods2017Album
Symphony No. 3; Songs Of Loss And Regret; FanfarePhilip Sawyers, April Fredrick, Kenneth Woods, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra2017Album
Wall Of WaterDeborah Pritchard, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods / Harriet Mackenzie2015Album
Concerto for Double String Orchestra - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli - Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time - Little Music for Strings - Magnificat and Nunc DimittisSir Michael Tippett, English String Orchestra / William Boughton1995Compil.
Orchestral Favourites Volume IIIRalph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra, William Boughton1994Album
An English SuiteGerald Finzi, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Frank Bridge, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Martin Jones1994Album
The Eight SymphoniesWilliam Boyce, English String Orchestra, William Boughton1994Album
The Spirit Of EnglandWilliam Boughton, English String Orchestra1992Compil.
Meditations For A Quiet NightEnglish String Orchestra & English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton1992Compil.
Corelli Fantasia / Little Music For Strings / Serenade / CoronachSir Michael Tippett / Lennox Berkeley / Michael Berkeley - William Boughton, English String Orchestra1992Album
Trumpet VoluntaryEnglish String Orchestra, William Boughton1991Album
Adagio and other Orchestral FavouritesSamuel Barber, English String Orchestra, William Boughton1991Album
NARM 1991English String Orchestra, William Boughton1991Compil.
Trumpet ConcertosGeorg Philipp Telemann, John Wallace, English String Orchestra, William Boughton1991Album
Rule BritanniaJohn Wallace, The Wallace Collection, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Edmund Barham, Leeds Festival Chorus1989Album
An Oxford Elegy / Flos Campi Te DeumRalph Vaughan Williams - Jack May, Roger Best, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, English String Orchestra, Stephen Darlington1989Album
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht / Strauss - MetamorphosenWilliam Boughton, English String Orchestra, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg1988Album
Complete String Symphonies Volume 2Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton1988Album
Complete String Symphonies Volume 3Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton1988Album
English MasterworksEnglish String Orchestra, William Boughton1988Album
Complete String Symphonies Volume 1Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton1988Album
Pomp And Circumstance Marches, The Wind Of Youth, Three Bavarian DancesSir Edward Elgar - English String Orchestra, William Boughton1988Album
A Shropshire Lad ● The Banks Of Green WillowGeorge Butterworth, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Frank Bridge, English String Orchestra Conducted By William Boughton1987Album
Suite From "Love's Labours Lost" • Clarinet Concerto • Prelude • RomanceGerald Finzi - William Boughton, English String Orchestra, Alan Hacker1987Album
Divertimento For Strings / Music For Strings, Percussion And CelestaBéla Bartók - English String Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin1987Album
Orchestral FavouritesWilliam Boughton, English String Orchestra1985Album
Works For String OrchestraRalph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Maurice Bourgue1984Album
Serenades For StringsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvořák - English String Orchestra, William Boughton1984Album
Works For String OrchestraSir Edward Elgar / William Boughton, English String Orchestra1983Album
Music For Harp and StringsEnglish String Orchestra1983Album
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Tippett: Concerto For Double String OrchestraIgor Stravinsky, Sir Michael Tippett, English String OrchestraAlbum
Works For String OrchestraBenjamin Britten, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Roger BestAlbum
Finzi A centenary collectionEnglish String OrchestraAlbum
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