Ben Goldscheider is recognised as one of the leading musicians of his generation. Tonight he makes a welcome return to the Festival with the London Mozart Players.
He will be performing the ever-popular Mozart Horn Concerto No.4, but he will also play a new work Sirens by GRAMMY-nominated composer Anna Clyne. Dedicated to tonight’s horn soloist Ben Goldscheider, the music draws on the myth of the sirens who lured sailors to their doom with their irresistible voices. Working closely together, Anna and Ben pushed the boundaries of the horn to conjure the sirens’ hypotonic sound world; ethereal, beguiling and completely entrancing.
The concert opens with Elgar’s ever-popular Introduction & Allegro, and after the interval Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.1 sparkles with the classical spirit of Mozart, while the symphonic fingerprints of Haydn and Beethoven forcefully emerge throughout the composition.
Performers
Ben Goldscheider horn
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
London Mozart Players
Sponsored by:
Mrs Rosamond Brown
Kilfinan Trust
PLEASE NOTE this concert should be booked via the Festival website or by telephoning the Festival office on 01635 32421