Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 20th June 2024
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Silvia Bettoli, horn
Jamie Cochrane, piano
Programme
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936)
Rêverie in D♭ major for horn and piano Op 24 (1890) [3:00]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto No 4 in E♭ major, K 495 [15:00]
1 Allegro maestoso
2 Romance. Andante cantabile
3 Rondo. Allegro vivace
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915) [18:00]
Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor, Op 23 États d'âmes Moods (1897-98)
I Drammatico
II Allegretto
III Andante
IV Presto con fuoco
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Concert duration approx: 40-45 minutes
main image: L'Eco di Bergamo, Mercoledi, 15 Giugno 2022 (15/6/22)
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Silvia Bettoli
French horn player Silvia Bettoli was born in Italy in 2001. Between 2014 and 2019 she won several prize competitions in Italy, including the international competitions "Città di Stresa”, “Giovani musicisti A Salieri”, "Accordarsi è possibile”, “Scuole in musica Verona”, “Premio Arisi” and the national competition "Luigi Bolentini”.
In 2021, Silvia was selected to be part of the Italian Youth Orchestra and, in the same year, she was placed second in the audition for the Orchestra Sinfonica d'Este. In 2022 and 2023, she won the audition for high horn in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), and in 2023 she reached the reserve list for the Verbier Festival Orchestra.
She has worked with orchestras such as the Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Czech Philharmonic, Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. She has had several concerts with chamber music groups such as the LPO strings Sextet, Barbara Hannigan Ensemble, EUYO wind quintet, Nash Ensemble, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Orion Orchestra.
In 2023, she released her first recording with a chamber orchestra playing Stravinsky:
Dumbarton Oaks on Linn Records, working with Barbara Hannigan and other students from the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard school.
She began her musical studies with her father, Paolo Bettoli, when she was nine. In 2017, she applied for undergraduate degree at Bergamo Conservatoire, where she graduated in June 2021 with the highest mark. Between 2020 and 2021 she studied with Guglielmo Pellarin at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma.
In 2022 and 2023, she received full scholarships for her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she is currently attending the faculty of Professional Diploma with Martin Owen, Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, David Pyatt and Kira Doherty.
In 2021, Silvia was selected to be part of the Italian Youth Orchestra and, in the same year, she was placed second in the audition for the Orchestra Sinfonica d'Este. In 2022 and 2023, she won the audition for high horn in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), and in 2023 she reached the reserve list for the Verbier Festival Orchestra.
She has worked with orchestras such as the Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Czech Philharmonic, Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. She has had several concerts with chamber music groups such as the LPO strings Sextet, Barbara Hannigan Ensemble, EUYO wind quintet, Nash Ensemble, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Orion Orchestra.
In 2023, she released her first recording with a chamber orchestra playing Stravinsky:
Dumbarton Oaks on Linn Records, working with Barbara Hannigan and other students from the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard school.
She began her musical studies with her father, Paolo Bettoli, when she was nine. In 2017, she applied for undergraduate degree at Bergamo Conservatoire, where she graduated in June 2021 with the highest mark. Between 2020 and 2021 she studied with Guglielmo Pellarin at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma.
In 2022 and 2023, she received full scholarships for her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she is currently attending the faculty of Professional Diploma with Martin Owen, Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, David Pyatt and Kira Doherty.
Jamie Cochrane
A sensitive and versatile pianist, Jamie Cochrane is equally at home as a concerto soloist or in more intimate settings as a solo or collaborative pianist. He is keen to bring music to a wide audience, programming less widely-performed works alongside audience favourites.
The Essex-based pianist has performed at venues including the Royal Albert Hall and the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, and recent performances have included Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody with the Essex Youth Orchestra.
Jamie has also been fortunate to receive lessons and masterclasses from pianists such as Steven Osborne, Ivana Gavrić and Tom Poster. From 2019 to 2022, Jamie was the pianist in the Oxford-based, contemporary music group Ensemble ISIS, where he had the opportunity to work with composers Shirley Thompson and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, amongst others, as well as collaborate with and perform works by student composers. During this time, the ensemble was also involved in a recording project in connection with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chamber music continues to be important to Jamie, and recent performances include the Brahms Horn Trio and Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2 for two pianos.
Having won the prestigious Essex Young Musician of the Year competition in 2018, Jamie went on to study at Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded both instrumental and academic scholarships. Having graduated with a first-class degree, he went on to hold the position of Graduate Musician in Residence from 2022-23 at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, whilst continuing his studies in London. Jamie is currently in his final year of studying for a Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with William Fong and Michael Dussek. He is generously supported by the
Wayne Sleep Foundation and the Cullis Bursary Fund.
The Essex-based pianist has performed at venues including the Royal Albert Hall and the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, and recent performances have included Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody with the Essex Youth Orchestra.
Jamie has also been fortunate to receive lessons and masterclasses from pianists such as Steven Osborne, Ivana Gavrić and Tom Poster. From 2019 to 2022, Jamie was the pianist in the Oxford-based, contemporary music group Ensemble ISIS, where he had the opportunity to work with composers Shirley Thompson and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, amongst others, as well as collaborate with and perform works by student composers. During this time, the ensemble was also involved in a recording project in connection with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chamber music continues to be important to Jamie, and recent performances include the Brahms Horn Trio and Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2 for two pianos.
Having won the prestigious Essex Young Musician of the Year competition in 2018, Jamie went on to study at Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded both instrumental and academic scholarships. Having graduated with a first-class degree, he went on to hold the position of Graduate Musician in Residence from 2022-23 at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, whilst continuing his studies in London. Jamie is currently in his final year of studying for a Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with William Fong and Michael Dussek. He is generously supported by the
Wayne Sleep Foundation and the Cullis Bursary Fund.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936)
Rêverie in D♭ major for horn and piano Op 24 (1890) [3:00]
Here comes a little curio! Our recording is on a 78rpm shellac record. It's the superior (they claimed) brand from Edison Bell, which they termed Electron. When one considers the reproduction from most 78s then perhaps it is superior. This UK release is from 1927! O, but there is more to the story than this!
The horn player is Aubrey Brain, with his accompanist and wife, Marion Brain. Aubrey was born in 1893, his father a member of the London Symphony Orchestra Horn Quartet. Brother Alfred was principal horn of Sir Henry Wood's Queens Hall Orchestra until he left for a job in the US and stayed there. He was the horn plater for whom Dame Ethel Smyth wrote her Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra.
Aubrey Brain succeeded his teacher, Borsdorf, as professor of horn at the Royal Academy of Music where one of his pupils was the eventually even more celebrated horn player, his son Dennis Brain !
Following that little essay, please enjoy Aubrey and Marion Brain, performing Reverie, in 1927.
Rêverie in D♭ major for horn and piano Op 24 (1890) [3:00]
Here comes a little curio! Our recording is on a 78rpm shellac record. It's the superior (they claimed) brand from Edison Bell, which they termed Electron. When one considers the reproduction from most 78s then perhaps it is superior. This UK release is from 1927! O, but there is more to the story than this!
The horn player is Aubrey Brain, with his accompanist and wife, Marion Brain. Aubrey was born in 1893, his father a member of the London Symphony Orchestra Horn Quartet. Brother Alfred was principal horn of Sir Henry Wood's Queens Hall Orchestra until he left for a job in the US and stayed there. He was the horn plater for whom Dame Ethel Smyth wrote her Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra.
Aubrey Brain succeeded his teacher, Borsdorf, as professor of horn at the Royal Academy of Music where one of his pupils was the eventually even more celebrated horn player, his son Dennis Brain !
Following that little essay, please enjoy Aubrey and Marion Brain, performing Reverie, in 1927.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto No 4 in E♭ major, K 495 [15:00]
1 Allegro maestoso
2 Romance. Andante cantabile
3 Rondo. Allegro vivace
Our Mozart recording comes from Forth Worth Texas where the player is David Cooper, and the accompanist Mikhail Berestnev. Mr Cooper is principal horn of both the Dallas Symphony and the Berlin Philharmonic orchestras.
Incidentally, there is a link to the previous recording.
David Cooper's uncle and his grandmother were horn players in the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, in Michigan, USA. He earned his first horn, from his grandmother, by proving to her that he could play his first scale. She also sent him home with two Dennis Brain recordings. David was hooked!
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915) [18:00]
Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor, Op 23 États d'âmes Moods (1897-98)
I Drammatico
II Allegretto
III Andante
IV Presto con fuoco
For today's piano work we have chosen a performance by the Swedish pianist, Liisa Veiderma, who was a student of the Danish Royal Academy of Music, in Copenhagen.
Bonus Item - Russian Horns Orchestra
Chief Conductor: Sergei Polyanichko
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