Welcome to the website of the English Mozart ensemble. Here you will find information about the EME, its recordings, 'Mozart' and 'Classics', and its season of concerts. For many years the English Mozart Ensemble has been building a reputation as one of this country's leading music groups. The founding principal of the ensemble was to perform outside of the major cities: to bring the finest quality musicianship to Britain's smaller towns. English Mozart Ensemble, in promoting this aim, perform in some of the most beautiful buildings in the world: namely the Parish Churches of England. The atmosphere at many of our concerts is enhanced by the use of candlelight. The effect of, say, a Mozart piano concerto performed in the 800 year old surroundings of Cirencester Parish Church, lit solely by over a hundred candles, is quite divine!
David Juritz pre-concert talk at The Menuhin Hall, Stoke D'Abernon
To launch a new charity for the developing world, Musequality, David Juritz left his house with a fiddle, back-pack and a completely empty wallet. Over the next four and a half months he supported his journey entirely through what he could earn playing Bach's music for solo violin on the pavements of 50 towns and cities in every continent except for Antarctica. In spite of finding himself ignored outside concert halls where he had previously appeared as leader of some of the world's finest orchestras, he nevertheless finished his journey with a renewed belief in the unique power of music to draw together people from all cultures.
David will be playing with the ensemble on Saturday 21st March at The Menuhin Hall, Stoke D'Abernon, near Cobham, and will be giving a free pre-concert talk about his experiences at 6.30pm. Please come along to hear about his fascinating 80,000 mile journey.
Watch the Ensemble in discussion and performing live - click on the image on the right.
We are pleased to announce our series for 2008/2009.
We are looking forward to many return visits to some of our favourite venues, and are delighted to be performing at some completely new places, including Lyndhurst (the Parish Church) and the beautiful Menuhin Hall near Cobham. Programmes include David Le Page's spectacular Four Seasons, and a return (by public demand!) to Leatherhead Theatre for our Mozart at the Opera programme, with the English National Opera star James Cleverton, joined by the fabulous soprano Rebecca Cooper, who is making her debut with the Ensemble. The ensemble's director, Garth Hall, will be perfoming Mozart and Shostakovich in Monmouth and Henley, and we are delighted to open our season with performances including Mozart's timeless Clarinet Quintet, with Emma Canavan (Wokingham) and Ian Scott (Beaconsfield and Taunton). See our concerts page for details.
Dr Timothy Jones, the Mozart specialist at the Royal Northern College of Music, is writing a multi-volume Life and Works of Mozart over the next ten years, drawing on the very latest research on the composer and his music. Exclusive excerpts from his work is available nowPublication at this site has now begun: please click here to see "Introduction: Mozart Then & Now"
You can read the next instalment by clicking on the "Chapter One" link at the end of the article.
Tickets for all our concerts can be booked through this site, or if you prefer, call our booking line on 0870 243 0615.
You can also order and listen to excerpts from our CD recordings as well as a selection of recommended recordings by other artists.
There is disabled access to all our venues and parking is generally nearby. If you have questions about wheelchair access or directions to any venues then please e mail us:
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