Weston Concerts present Ben Goldscheider (French Horn) and Richard Uttley (Piano)

Weston Music Society

Programme

JORG WIDMANN: Air for solo horn

BEETHOVEN: Horn Sonata in F major Op17

SCHUMANN: Novelette No 2 in D for solo piano, Op 21 no. 2

SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op 70

Interval

MARK SIMPSON: Nocturne for horn and piano

(commissioned by Barbican/ECHO)

HUGH WATKINS: Lament (2020)

JANE VIGNERY: Sonata for horn and piano, Op 7

Ben Goldscheider, who comes from North Hertfordshire, was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician Competition and is now much in demand on the international stage. He has performed with many leading orchestras and chamber groups all over Europe. A committed chamber musician, Ben is also a keen advocate of new music having performed many UK and World premieres, and received numerous awards and plaudits. Ben Goldscheider is YCAT’s inaugural Ann Driver Trust Artist.

“The horn soloist, Benjamin Goldscheider, was superb.”

— The Times / Halle Orchestra - Sir Mark Elder - Siegfried / 2019

This will be Richard Uttley's second appearance with Weston Concerts. He won the British Contemporary Piano Competition in 2006 and the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) auditions in 2011 and is well known as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. Richard has broadcast widely and released numerous recordings to critical acclaim. He is piano professor at the Royal College of Music.

‘… extremely refined, well considered and emotionally selfless … a pianist with something to say.’

Mark Tanner : International Record Review