and his Quintet with Mervyn Saunders
Charles Ernesco's first important engagement was as an 'extra' for the London Symphony Orchestra at the Leeds Festival in 1925. From 1926 to 1932 he was in the orchestra at Covent Garden. Since 1933 he has worked with such artists as Van Phillips, Ben Frankel, Eugene Pini, Ray Noble, and Leslie Bridgewater. He formed his quintet, in which he plays the first violin, in 1934.