Edinburgh City Orchestra at St. Giles Cathedral

Edinburgh City Orchestra

ECO returns to St Giles Cathedral with a programme featuring Mahler's 5th Symphony alongside Elgar's Serenade for String Orchestra

St Giles' Cathedral

T﻿he Edinburgh City Orchestra and conductor <a href="https://www.peterletissier.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Peter Le Tissier</a> return to St. Giles&#x27; Cathedral on Edinburgh&#x27;s Royal Mile, with a programme contrasting Elgar&#x27;s by turns boisterous and intimate Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 20, with Mahler&#x27;s epic 5th Symphony - a work that takes the listener from the profound depths of a funeral march to ultimate transcendence, featuring the famous adagietto movement, popular ever since the work&#x27;s first performance.Despite being Elgar’s 20th opus, the Serenade for String Orchestra dates from the composer’s early life, being completed several years before his Enigma variations of 1899 would shoot him to international fame, and it remains one of the earliest pieces of the composer’s repertoire that is still regularly performed today. The work was first performed in private by an amateur orchestra in Worcester that Elgar conducted. Contrasting moments of chamber-like intimacy with grand expressions, the serenade makes a wonderful feature of the string orchestra.P﻿erhaps the most famous movement of Mahler&#x27;s 5th Symphony, the adagietto fourth movement, also makes use of just the string orchestra, on this occassion joined by a prominent Harp. Mahler&#x27;s 5th Symphony marks a turning point in the composer&#x27;s output, written at the outset of the 20th century, the work variously takes inspiration from near-death experiences, military marches, folk songs, love and - ultimately - the triumph of the spirit over all the odds. Beginning with a funeral march and ending in a blaze of glorious optimism, the symphony has been one of Mahler&#x27;s most successful and popular works.D﻿o join us for what is sure to be a brilliant event! Tickets are available on eventbrite or on -the-door on the day, at our spectacular venue at the heart of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile.

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