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!
We are delighted to welcome on board our new sponsors for 2010 Thomastik-Infeld, the renowned string makers.
Thomastik-Infeld are a Company with tradition: Still in the heart of Vienna after 80 years, Thomastik-Infeld constructs and manufactures machines for producing strings in its own workshops. With a staff of 190 people, it produces yearly over 3,000 different strings. Thomastik-Infeld and the English Mozart Ensemble: a perfect partnership committed to excellence.
Watch the Ensemble in discussion and performing live - click on the image on the right.
Our concerts for the coming season are now confirmed. We are delighted that this year we have persuaded the super-star soprano Margaret Preece to sing with us at concerts in Cirencester, Leatherhead, Haywards Heath and Marlow. Already a star of the opera world, Margaret has become well-known to audiences in the West End and around the country, for her acclaimed performances as the Mother Abbess in the smash-hit production of The Sound of Music.
Please 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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