Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Phone 780.428.1414
Email info@winspearcentre.com
Website https://www.winspearcentre.com/

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Edmonton, Alberta. As the professional orchestra of Alberta’s creative capital city it presents over 85 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country. Currently in its 65th season, the orchestra is composed of 56 core professional musicians who perform 41 weeks per season and who play an active role in the musical life of Edmonton and elsewhere as performers, teachers and recording artists. The ESO also performs as the orchestra for Edmonton Opera and Alberta Ballet productions, and its recordings are regularly heard across Canada on CBC Radio 2.

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  • ESO 18/19: Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Beethoven’s career-making concerto is matched by Vaughan Williams’ unconventional, yet beautiful elegy to the dead of The Great War. Hatzis’ evocative work was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

  • ESO 18/19: Elgar’s Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Performed by ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida, Elgar’s thoughtful concerto has become a musical standard. Outgoing Symphony Nova Scotia Music Director Bernhard Gueller champions a work written for his orchestra by Sri Lankan-Canadian Dinuk Wijertane.

  • ESO 18/19: Szymanowski Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Under-represented works by masters (Beethoven & Mendelssohn) join fiery 20th century works, all under the hand of CPO Music Director Rune Bergmann.

  • ESO 18/19: Prior’s New Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Alex’s concerto is the product of his close friendship with his colleague Simone Porter. Estacio’s work was inspired by his first sight of the northern lights after moving to Alberta. And Schoenberg, herald of the modern era, was a great admirer of “Brahms the Progressive,” as he called him.

  • Celebration: The Music of John Estacio

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    About The Concert We celebrate our first Composer in Residence John Estacio, whose colourful and cinematic sonorities have electrified Edmonton Symphony audiences for over 30 years. The concert will include a movement from John’s Trumpet Concerto (co-commissioned by a consortium of 19 Canadian orchestras), a dazzling string quartet written for the Banff International String Quartet Competition, a [...]

  • Allan Gilliland, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Allan Gilliland, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    About The Concert Described by Mendelssohn as “the jolliest piece I have ever done,” his Symphony No. 4 “Italian” is one of his treasured works and was inspired by his travels to Italy. Joseph Jongen’s magnificent Symphonie concertante for Organ is a mighty force for the instrument and captures a wide range of moods. Plus, Allan Gilliland’s 2000 commission [...]

  • Allan Gilliland, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Allan Gilliland, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    About The Concert Described by Mendelssohn as “the jolliest piece I have ever done,” his Symphony No. 4 “Italian” is one of his treasured works and was inspired by his travels to Italy. Joseph Jongen’s magnificent Symphonie concertante for Organ is a mighty force for the instrument and captures a wide range of moods. Plus, Allan Gilliland’s 2000 commission [...]

  • Oscar Morawetz, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Oscar Morawetz, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    About The Concert Beethoven’s groundbreaking Third Symphony, nicknamed “Eroica” for its heroic qualities, was originally dedicated to Napoleon, but his name was later removed in a fury of rage. In his ESO debut, Canadian pianist Sheng Cai will perform Khachaturian’s mesmerizing Piano Concerto. A beloved Chorale by Bach and a Passacaglia based on its theme by Canadian composer Oskar Morawetz round [...]