Friday 19th July 2019
7.30pm in Bishop Auckland Methodist Church

Ben Goldscheider (horn) & Richard Uttley (piano)

Beethoven: Horn sonata in F major

Richard Strauss: Horn concerto No.1 (trans. horn & piano)

Scriabin: Romance for horn & piano

Hindemith: Alto horn sonata

Trygve Madsen: Sonata for horn & piano

Schubert: Impromptu No.2 in Eb major D.899 (Op.90) (piano solo)

Bozza: En forêt

Since reaching the Final of the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition, where he performed at London's Barbican Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Goldscheider has made his concerto debuts at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre and London's Royal Albert Hall.

Prizes include the 2016 Philip Jones Memorial Prize at the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition and the Cox Memorial Prize and Audience Prize at the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition. In 2012, Ben was the youngest participant in the London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy, and as principal horn of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, he was awarded the John Fletcher Brass Prize for his contribution to the orchestra.