Monday, October 22, 2007
October News
Hello again, and after a month or so I thought it was finally time to give you another update on my progress.
Following a mini-recital in Cardiff in September, I headed back to London and performed with contemporary group Radius in the Purcell Room, in the orchestra (conducted by John Traill) for a new opera called the Corley Conspiracy (music by Tim Benjamin). Tim has actually just sent me the music for his extremely well conceived trumpet concerto, which I'm hoping to perform in the next year or so. I also performed in a wonderful chamber music concert in Salisbury with A Littlemore Brass, presenting a full evening recital with the 5tet in aid of the Prince's Trust, which was very well received (and raised lots of cash!)
Other activites include performing in various RAM brass ensembles for a concert to mark the 20th Anniversary of the death of the wonderful tuba player John Fletcher. I was privileged enough to play alongside LSO Principal trumpet Rod Franks in Strauss' Festmusik, and also accompany Fletcher's widow, Margaret Cable, in a 5tet piece with solo singer. Other highlights of the concert was a performance of Lucerne Song (arr. Elgar Howarth), a world premier 10tet piece by Ben Ellin and Gregson's Tuba Concerto. It was also a pleasure to see so many people of the brass world attending the concert, which went down a storm!
Further events in September include playing with the City Side Sinfonia, accompanying LSO horn player Angela Barnes in Strauss' Horn Concerto, as well as the debut of my re-formed brass group QuintEssence, performing at the Royal Festival Hall no less!
I also succesfully auditioned for the University of London Symphony Orchestra (as principal trumpet), and performed as an 'extra' with the LSO under Daniel Harding in the Barbican in Janacek's Sinfonietta. Thrown in with this was a return to a bit of piano playing, accompanying a friend in Haydn's Trumpet Concerto for an audition CD, and a baroque trumpet/Gabrielli concert with The Sixteen and Harry Christophers at Westminster Cathedral (actually we had fun with a conductor for each brass section on opposite sides of the church trying to get us playing together!)
This of course, is all on top of my regular lessons, classes, academics and teaching at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford...plus I'm in the middle of trying to sort out an ERASMUS exchange course at the Paris Conservatoire for the next year....so many things, so little time.
I also conspired to lose my cherished Bach 37 trumpet on a train in the middle of Spetember, but thankfully I managed to sort myself out pretty quickly with a new Yamaha New York hooter, as somebody obviously decided that a trumpet and 3 mouthpieces in a nice leather case was excatly what they were after...an early Christmas.
Well, on to future activites, and I have quite a few gigs lined up in chamber, solo and orchestral settings, the highlight being the World Premiere of Leif Segerstam's Symphony 173 with the RAM Concert Orchestra on Friday 2nd November as trumpet soloist! I'm looking forward to it immensely, as you can imagine. It is, however, hard work! Another offer which I've recently received is to tour Japan in the summer, as soloist in Telemann's trumpet concerto, including a performance in Suntory Hall! I can't wait!
More to follow soon, after the next few hectic weeks have passed.....be sure to check www.huwmorgan.net for all the latest news, reviews and concerts.
Posted by Huw Morgan
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