Festival Opening: Trey Lee & English Chamber Orchestra【Musicus Fest 2025】Musicus Society

"Trey succeeds in creating an intoxicating intimacy…and brilliants playing from English Chamber Orchestra." BBC Music Magazine on Piazzolla's Four Seasons

Celebrated cellist Trey Lee reunites with the long-established English Chamber Orchestra ( ECO ) in Lee's own re-arrangement of Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Renowned as the most recorded orchestra in the world, the ECO has worked with top artists at home and abroad, recently with Trey Lee on the album Seasons Interrupted ( 2024 ). This collaboration was praised by the BBC Music Magazine as "simply captivating", and led to Lee's widely acclaimed performance in ECO's 2024 season opening concert at London's Cadogan Hall.

Following the original album concept in response to climate change, this nature-themed concert completes an ear-opening journey with a strings version of Beethoven's idyllic Pastoral Symphony and Tchaikovsky's beautiful "Chant d'automne" ( October ) from The Seasons.

Join us as we mark the 15th anniversary of Musicus Society with the distinguished musicians of the ECO, who have embodied the highest music-making standards for over 60 years. And don't miss the creativity and virtuosity showcased by Trey Lee in The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires!

Program

Tchaikovsky ( arr. Paul Sherman )
"Chant d'automne" ( October ) from The Seasons, Op. 37a ( arranged for string orchestra )  

Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral ( arranged for string orchestra )

Piazzolla ( arr. Trey Lee )
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires ( arranged for cello and string orchestra ) 

Boccherini
String Quintet in E, G. 275, Op. 11 No. 5, III. Minuetto - Trio ( arranged for string orchestra )


Holst
St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29 No. 2, IV. Finale ( The Dargason ): Allegro

More Details:
https://www.musicussociety.org/en/Musicus-Fest/Concert/Musicus-Fest-2025-Festival-Opening-Trey-Lee-And-English-Chamber-Orchestra.html

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Major Sponsors: Bank of China (Hong Kong) & The Tung Foundation
Musicus Society is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.