Cruises

Atonement - Soundtrack Award
14 Dec 2007
Soundtrack Award

Dario Marianelli's score for the British romantic film Atonement, recorded by the English Chamber Orchestra in 2007, has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Soundtrack.

The film also collected the top prize of Best Motion Picture at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, this year announced at a press conference at The Beverly Hilton, rather than a traditional awards ceremony due to the US writers' strike.

The soundtrack has also been nominated for Oscar, Bafta and Empire awards.

Concert suite world premiere

On 17 March 2008, ECO Principal Cellist Caroline Dale will give the world premiere performance of a suite of music from Marianelli's score in her ECO-promoted recital at London's Wigmore Hall. Dale will also perform sonatas by Debussy and Shostakovich along with Martinu's Rossini Variations.

Caroline Dale has performed as concerto soloist with Britain's leading orchestras, and her impressive solo recording credits include music for the films Truly, Madly, Deeply and Hilary and Jackie, and her highly acclaimed solo album, Such Sweet Thunder.

Tickets for this concert go on sale on 2 January 2008 from Wigmore Hall - Box Office: 020 7935 2141, or online: Wigmore Hall website

The Duchess of Cornwall ECO Award 2008
12 Feb 2008
English Chamber Orchestra is delighted to announce the continuation of The Duchess of Cornwall ECO Award, which now enters its second year.

The Duchess of Cornwall ECO Award offers two postgraduate students of stringed instruments an award of £1,000 each to assist in attending masterclasses or short-term intensive study either in the UK or abroad.

Applicants must be UK nationals or foreign nationals resident in the UK, and aged between 18 and 24 on 1 January 2008. Applications must be submitted in writing before 28 March 2008, and auditions for those who are selected will be held in London on 24 April 2008.

Applicants can request an application form by contacting the English Chamber Orchestra on 020 8840 6565 and mail@englishchamberorchestra.co.uk.

In 2007, the first year of The Duchess of Cornwall ECO Award, cellists Morwenna del Mar and Brian O’Kane were the award winners.