Misc.
Mahler 2 concert, in McEwan hall, Edinburgh
1st concert on cello
One of the main things I do is music performance and I have dabbled with various instruments, and infrequently conducting. I mostly focus on the cello nowadays. Prior to that I played the (French) horn for about 15 years until I started having problems with my lower teeth that affected my stamina quite substantially; I took lessons briefly with Bob Ashworth (Leeds) and Graeme Hodge (Edinburgh). I infrequently perform on the bassoon (the choice of tenor range instruments was deliberate).
Below is mostly for my own benefit.
List of ensembles
Ensembles I have played or deputised for, in (pseudo-)chronological order:
- HKUST University Philharmonic Orchestra (horn, bassoon, cello)
- Oxford Studio Orchestra (horn)
- Abingdon and District Music Society (horn)
- Ensemble Reis (horn)
- St Giles Orchestra, Oxford (horn)
- Turl Street Orchestra, Oxford (horn)
- Hertford College Orchestra, Oxford (horn)
- Radcliffe Orchestra, Oxford (horn)
- Oxford University Press Orchestra (horn)
- Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra (horn)
- Leeds University Chamber Orchestra (horn)
- Edinburgh University Sinfonia (horn)
- Edinburgh University Brass Band (percussion)
- Durham University Concert Band (tenor sax, conductor, horn)
- Lothian Festival Orchestra (horn)
- The Royal Signals (Northern) Band (horn)
- Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group (horn)
- Central Band of the Royal British Legion Scotland (horn)
- Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra (horn)
- Dunedin Concert Band (horn)
- Edinburgh University Musical Medics (horn, chorus)
- Edinburgh University Wind Band (horn)
- Edinburgh Concert Band (horn, conductor)
- Leeds Youth Opera (horn)
- School of Music Philharmonic, University of Leeds (horn)
- Opera society, University of Leeds (horn, chorus, musical director)
- Leeds University Symphony Orchestra (horn)
- Leeds University Symphonic Wind Orchestra (horn)
- Leeds University Sinfonia (horn, conductor)
- Leeds University Concert Band (horn, percussion)
- Leeds Symphony Orchestra (horn)
- Northern Wagner Orchestra (horn)
- Halifax Symphony Orchestra (horn)
- Cobweb Orchestra (horn)
- Leeds College of Music Symphony Orchestra (horn)
- Hatfield College Music Society (horn)
- Durham University Music Society orchestra (horn)
- Durham Sinfonietta (horn)
- Durham University Palatinate Orchestra (horn)
- Bede Wind Philharmonic (horn)
- Durham University Hill Orchestra (horn, percussion)
Opera, musicals, film and chorus works
- Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, 4th horn (Jun 18)
- Bizet, Carmen, 3rd horn (Jul 13, four nights)
- Howard Blake, The Snowman with screening of the film, 2nd horn (Dec 16, three showings)
- Lili Boulanger, Psaume 24, 2nd horn (Apr 17)
- Lili Boulanger, Psaume 129, 2nd horn (Apr 17)
- Gershwin, Crazy for You, 2nd horn (Mar 11, four nights), 1st horn (Jun 07)
- Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe, chorus bass (May 11, four nights)
- Gilbert & Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance, horn (Mar 16, reduced score, six performances), chorus bass (Jun 12, 72 hour production), 1st horn (May 10, two nights)
- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado, musical director (May 12, four nights)
- Haydn, Missa in Augustiis (a.k.a. the Nelson mass), 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Lampe, The Dragon of Wantley, 2nd horn (Apr 13, four nights)
- Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady, 1st horn (Jun 09)
- Mendelssohn, Elijah, 1st horn (Mar 17)
- Mozart, Don Giovanni, 2nd horn (Feb 12, four nights)
- Mozart, Requiem in d, chorus bass (Mar 08)
- Helena Munktell, Isjungfrun, 2nd horn (Apr 17)
- Offenbach, La Belle Helene, 1st horn (Feb 11, one night)
- Salieri, Les Danaides, 2nd horn (Mar 11, two nights)
- Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, horn (Feb 12, three nights)
- R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, bumper horn (Sep 12)
- Verdi, Aida, 1st horn (Jun 10, pocket version)
- Wagner, Tannhauser, 2nd horn (Sep 11)
- Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, 4th horn (Sep 10)
- Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Evita, horn (Nov 12, two nights)
Orchestral works
- John Adams, Short Ride In a Fast Machine, 2nd horn (Mar 11)
- Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, 2nd horn (Nov 17, Dec 10)
- Beethoven, Egmont Overture, 1st horn (Dec 08)
- Beethoven, Leonore Overture No.3, 1st horn (Dec 08)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.1 in C, 1st horn (Mar 11)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.5 in c, 1st horn (May 17), 2nd horn (May 16)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.7 in A, 2nd horn (Nov 08)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.8 in F, 1st horn (May 18)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.9 "Choral", chorus bass (Jun 09)
- Berg, Fragments from Wozzeck, 4th horn (Sept 09)
- Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique, timpani (Aug 12), 3rd horn (May 09)
- Bizet, Carmen Suite, 1st horn (Mar 16), 2nd horn (Mar 15), conductor (Nov 11)
- Bizet, L'Arlesienne Suite, 3rd horn (Dec 12)
- Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Borodin, Overture from Prince Igor, 4th horn (Dec 09)
- Borodin, Symphony No.2 in b, 1st horn (Nov 15), 2nd horn (Mar 09)
- Brahms, Symphony No.2 in D, 2nd horn (Jun 11)
- Brahms, Symphony No.3 in F, 1st horn (Mar 16), 4th horn (Nov 12)
- Brahms, Tragic Overture, 4th horn (Jun 13), 2nd horn (Jun 10)
- Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1 in g, 4th horn (soloist: Sophie Rosa, Nov 12)
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- Butterworth, Rhapsody, A Shropshire lad, 3rd horn (Mar 19)
- Chaminade, Flute Concertino, 2nd horn (Feb 09)
- Copland, Rodeo Suite, 1st horn (Mar 16)
- Debussy, Rhapsodie Pour Saxophone, 2nd horn (soloist: Ben James, Jun 11)
- de Falla, "The Three Cornered Hat" dance suites, 3rd horn (Nov 16)
- Delius, "La Calinda" from Koanga, 3rd horn (Jun 16)
- Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, 1st horn (Nov 17)
- Dvorák, Slavonic Dances, Op.46, conductor (Nov 11), timpani (Apr 19)
- Dvorák, Symphony No.8 in G, 1st horn (Nov 17, Jun 09)
- Dvorák, Symphony No.9 in e "From the New World", 1st bassoon (Apr 24), 1st horn (Mar 16), 4th horn (Dec 09)
- Ilan Eshkeri, Stardust Suite, 4th horn (Nov 12)
- Gershwin, An American in Paris, 3rd horn (Leeds Town Hall, Mar 13)
- Gershwin, Cuban Overture, 3rd horn (Leeds Town Hall, Mar 13)
- Gershwin, Girl Crazy Overture, 1st horn (Mar 16)
- Grieg, In Autumn, 1st horn (Jun 18)
- Grieg, Piano Concerto in a, 3rd horn (soloist: ?, Jun 18), 2nd horn (soloist: Felix Tennie, May 18), 2nd horn (soloist: Caroline O'Brien, Nov 10), 3rd horn (soloist: ? May 09)
- Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No.1, 3rd horn (Nov 17), timpani (Apr 19)
- Haydn, Symphony No.26 in d, 2nd horn (Jun 09)
- Haydn, Symphony No.104 in D, 1st horn (Mar 07), timpani (Apr 19)
- Joe Hisaishi, Spirited Away suite, cello (Dec 26)
- Holst, The Planets Suite, 5th Horn (Dec 16), 1st horn (May 16; Mars, Venus, Jupiter), 2nd horn (Mar 11)
- Trevor Jones, Dark Crystal Suite, 4th horn (Nov 12)
- Khachaturian, Adagio from "Spartacus", 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Mahler, Symphony No.2 "Resurrection", 10th horn offstage (Mar 19)
- Marquez, Danzon No.2, cello (Sep 25)
- Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture, 1st horn (Mar 09), 1st/2nd horn dep (Oct 17)
- Mendelssohn, Symphony No.3 in a "Scottish", bumper (Nov 17)
- Mendelssohn, Symphony No.4 in A "Italian", 2nd horn (May 09)
- Mendelssohn, Symphony No.5 in D "Reformation", 2nd horn (Nov 16)
- Monti, Czárdás, conductor (soloist: Tenley Martin, Mar 12)
- Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A, 2nd horn (soloist: ? Dec 10)
- Mozart, Flute Concerto No.2 in D, 2nd horn (soloist: Jonty Slade, Jun 09)
- Mozart, Overturn from "Don Giovanni", 1st horn (Nov 18)
- Mozart, Piano Concerto No.23 in A, 1st horn (Feb 09)
- Mozart, Symphony No.40 in g, 2nd horn (Dec 10)
- Mussorgsky, Night on a Bare Mountain, 4th horn (Nov 12)
- Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel), Pictures At An Exhibition, 4th horn (Nov 12, Mar 10)
- Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, percussion (May 11), 3rd horn (Apr 10), 2nd horn (Mar 10)
- Rachmaninov, Capprice Bohemien, 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No.2 in c, cello (soloist: Bernard Yu, Apr 26), 4th horn (Sage Gateshead, soloist: Patrick Zuk, Mar 10),
- Rachmaninov, Symphon No.2 in e, bumper (Apr 18)
- Ravel, Bolero, 4th horn (Nov 12), snare drum (?), 1st horn (Jun 18)
- Ravel, La Tombeau de Couperin, 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Ravel, Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte, 1st horn (13?, May 18)
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, 4th horn (Sage Gateshead, Mar 10)
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, bumper (Mar 17), 4th horn (Sage Gateshead, Mar 10)
- Rossini, Overture from "The Barber of Seville", 1st horn dep (Oct 17)
- Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto in a, 2nd horn (soloist: ? Jun 10)
- Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, cello (soloist: Eata Wang, Apr 26)
- Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No.2 in g, cello (soloist: Ivan Ip, Mar 17)
- Saint-Saens, Symphony No.2 in a, 2nd horn (Mar 17)
- Schubert, Symphony No.4 in c "Tragic", 2nd horn (Nov 17)
- Schubert, Symphony No.5 in Bb, 2nd horn (May 18)
- Schubert, Symphony No.8 in b "Unfinished", conductor (Mar 12), 1st horn (Mar 09, Mar 07), 2nd horn (Nov 18)
- Schubert, Symphony No.9 in C "The Great", 2nd horn (Jun 10)
- Smetana, "Vltava" from Ma Vlast, 4th horn (Nov 18)
- Sphor, Clarinet concerto No.1, 2nd horn (Mar 17)
- Shostakovich, Symphony No.5 in d, 3rd horn (Mar 19)
- Shostakovich, Symphony No.10 in e, 4th horn (Jun 13)
- Sibelius, Finlandia, 2nd bassoon (Apr 24), 2nd horn (Nov 10)
- Sibelius, Symphony No.1 in e, 1st horn (Nov 18)
- Sibelius, Symphony No.2 in D, 2nd bassoon (Apr 24), 2nd horn (Jun 18, Nov 10), 3rd horn (Nov 18)
- Smetana, Three dances from "The Bartered Bride", 1st horn (Nov 16)
- J. Strauss Jr., Overture from "Die Fledermaus", 2nd horn (Dec 10)
- J. Strauss Jr. Blue Danude Waltz, 2nd horn (Mar 15), cello (Dec 26)
- R. Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra, 5th horn (Nov 11)
- R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, 3rd horn (Nov 11)
- Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, 7th horn (Mar 17 x 2), 4th horn (Sept 09)
- Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, 2nd horn (Feb 09)
- Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture, cello (Apr 26)
- Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, 1st bassoon (Dec 23), 1st/4th horn (Nov 10)
- Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.1, 2nd horn (Nov 18)
- Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, 4th horn (Jun 09)
- Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite, 3rd horn (Apr 10), 1st horn (Nov 16)
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6 in e "Pathetique", 1st horn (Nov 19), 4th horn (Mar 10)
- Walton, Four Dances from the Façade, 1st horn (Jun 09)
- Wagner, Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde), 4th horn (Jun 13)
- Wagner, Siegfried Funeral March, timpani (Mar 17)
- Wagner, Overture from "Tannhauser", cello (Dec 26)
- Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder, 4th horn (Sept 09)
- Weber, Clarinet Concertino, conductor (soloist: Andres Aranda, Mar 12)
- Weber, Euryanthe Overture, 4th horn (Nov 12)
- John Williams, Star Wars suite, cello (Dec 25)
- Vaughan Williams, Overture to "The Wasps", 1st horn (Jun 16)
- Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, 4th horn (soloist: Sophie Rosa, Nov 12)
- Vaughan Williams, Symphony No.6 in e, 2nd horn (Apr 13)
Wind band music
- Jerry Bock, Symphonic Dances from "Fiddler on the Roof", 1st horn (Apr 15)
- Bernstein, Overture to Candide, 2nd horn (Mar 10)
- Bernstein, Slava!, 2nd horn (Mar 11)
- Bernstein, Selections from West Side Story (arr. W. J. Duthoit), conductor (Dec 16)
- Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice, 1st horn (Dec 08)
- Martin Ellerby, Paris Sketches, 3rd horn (Nov 10)
- Rossano Galante, Cry of the Last Unicorn, 1st horn (Dec 14)
- Gershwin, An American in Paris, conductor (Dec 16)
- Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, 3rd horn (Mar 17), 2nd horn (Mar 11)
- Grainger, Shepherd's Hay, 1st horn (Apr 15)
- Samuel Hazo, Ride, 4th horn (Mar 13)
- Samuel Hazo, Rush, 3rd horn (Nov 10)
- Nigel Hess, New York, 3rd horn (Nov 10)
- Nigel Hess, Stephenson's Rocket, 3rd horn (Jun 16), 1st horn (Dec 15)
- Holst, Suite No.1 in Eb, 3rd horn (Nov 09)
- Holst, Suite No.2 in F, 1st horn (Mar 09)
- Robert E. Jager, Third Suite, 1st horn (Dec 14)
- Ernesto Lecuona, Malaguena (arr. Sammy Nestico), 3rd horn (Jun 16)
- Frank Loesser, the Ugly Duckling, 1st horn (arr. Alan Fernie, Mar 15)
- Johan de Meij, Symphony No.1 "Lord of the Rings", 3rd horn (May 12)
- Alfred Reed, Armenian Dances (Part I), 1st horn (Nov 11)
- Alfred Reed, Armenian Dances (Part II), 4th horn (May 09)
- Alfred Reed, El Camino Real, conductor (Dec 16)
- Shostakovich, Festive Overture, 1st horn (Nov 15)
- Philip Sparke, Carnival, 1st horn (Mar 09)
- Philip Sparke, Jubilee Overture, 3rd horn (Mar 17)
- Philip Sparke, Spirits of Sequoia, tenor saxophone (Mar 05)
- Philip Sparke, Theatre Music, 2nd horn (Nov 14)
- Philip Sparke, Year of the Dragon, 1st horn (Nov 11)
- Duncan Stubbs, Three Carols from Olde England, 3rd horn (Dec 15)
- Frank Ticheli, Vesuvius, 3rd horn (Jun 16)
- Johnnie Vinson, Fantasy Sketches (Wizards, Elves and Talking Animals), 3rd horn (Dec 15)
- Vaughan Williams, English Folk Song Suite, 1st horn (Mar 09)
- Henry Wood, Fantasia on British Sea Songs, 3rd horn (Jun 16), 4th horn (Dec 08)
- Guy Woolfenden, Gallimaufry, conductor (Dec 16)
- Satoshi Yagisawa, Fanfare - Flight to the Unknown World, 3rd horn (Dec 15)
- Satoshi Yagisawa, Fanfare - The Benefaction From Sky and Mother Earth, 3rd horn (Jun 16)
- Hans Zimmer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, all horn parts, conductor, tuba, bass clarinet, percussion at one point or another...
- Hans Zimmer, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 1st horn (Apr 15)
Chamber and solo works
- Jerry Bock, Selections from Fiddler on the Roof", horn (wind quintet, Mar 15)
- Danzi, Wind Quintet in F, Op.68 No.2, horn (wind quintet, ? 08)
- Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, piano (2nd and 3rd movt, soloist: Dan Kolb, May(?) 09)
- Mozart, Overture from the Magic Flute, horn (wind quintet, Dec 08)
- Mozart, Piano and Wind Quintet, piano (Edinburgh St. Giles, Jun 08)
- Mozart, Serenade No.10 for winds in Bb ('Gran Partita'), 3rd horn (May 16)
- Lowell Shaw, Fripperies, 4th horn (Mar 15, #4, #15)
- F. Strauss, Nocturno, Op.7, horn (May 15)
- Weber, Clarinet Concertino, piano (soloist: Dan Kolb, May(?) 09)
- Weber, Variations on a Theme from Silvana, piano (soloist: Dan Kolb, May(?) 09)
