Conductor: Oliver Till

Leader: Tina Bowles

Programme:

• Jak Poore - The Forgotten Forest (premiere)

• Robert Schumann - Konzertstück for Four Horns in F

  • Horn Soloists: Tom Brett, Susie Hubbard, Julie Rooke, Simon Ashdown

• Brahms - Symphony No 1

London Medical Orchestra’s summer concert features music by two close friends, and a new work specially written for LMO. 

Brahms worked on his first symphony for over 20 years, inspired and confronted by Beethoven’s works in this genre. The result, essentially a journey from minor to major, from struggle to triumph, has become a firm favourite among both performers and audience.

Robert Schumann’s Konzertstück for Four Horns and orchestra exploited the new technical possibilities of the recently-developed valve horn and perhaps he asked himself: “Why have one soloist when you could have four?!”.  This performance is being dedicated to Mike Fage, a prominent horn player in the London amateur orchestra scene for many years and known well to many of the orchestra players, who passed away earlier this year.  This was one of his favourite pieces.

This concert is raising money for the Islington Bereavement Service provided by St Joseph's Hospice which serves East London and the City.