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Horns and Horizons

(Ida) Moberg Soluppgång: Tondikt för orkester (Sunrise Suite)
Huw Watkins Horn Concerto
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4
Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Ryan Bancroft conductor
Ben Goldscheider French horn

Finland meets the French Horns as we travel to Aberystwyth and Bangor this November as French Horn superstar Ben Goldscheider joins us on the road for two concertos, those of Huw Watkins and Mozart. Written for Ben, Huw Watkins’ concerto explores the athleticism and lyrical characteristics of the horn - qualities Huw hugely admires in Ben’s playing - while Mozart’s Fourth Concerto embraces charm and a cheeky energy. Vivacious and lively outer movements envelop a graceful central Romanza.

We open with a work unfamiliar to most but certainly deserving of wider exposure on the concert stage – Finnish composer Ida Moberg’s Sunrise Suite, a stunning tone poem evoking nature and the human connection to it. And to close, fellow Fin Sibelius also turns to the theme of nature in his paean to the countryside of his homeland, his powerful and uplifting Fifth Symphony – listen out for one of the most famous orchestral horn motifs of all time in the triumphant finale as he paints the image of a flock of swans flying.