Orchestra of the Swan

The Orchestra of the Swan is an English professional chamber orchestra based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

The orchestra has residencies at the Civic Hall in Stratford and the Town Hall in nearby Birmingham, and performs regularly in London, Coventry, Bedworth, Loughborough and Lichfield.[1]

It was founded in 1995 to perform at the Stratford Music Festival. Between 2006 and 2011 it commissioned over 50 new works.[2] Among the orchestra's recordings are a series, some of them premiere recordings, of the music of the long-neglected Austrian composer Hans Gál (1890-1987).[3]


References

  1. ↑ "Orchestra of the Swan". Association of British Orchestras. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  2. ↑ Davies, Emma (2011-04-22). "Marathon man's success with Orchestra of the Swan". Birmingham Post (Trinity Mirror Midlands). Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  3. ↑ Midgette, Anne. "Little-known composers get their due in the studio if not the concert hall." Washington Post, 10 August 2012. Accessed on 8/13/12 at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/little-known-composers-get-their-due-in-the-studio-if-not-the-concert-hall/2012/08/09/d7b5c1c2-e0b6-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_story.html. See also Arkivmusic page for Gál, accessed on 8/13/12 at: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Hans-Gál/Composer/4144-1

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