Ben Goldscheider and Richard Uttley

Saturday 14 May 7.30pm Ben Goldscheider, French horn and Richard Uttley, piano.

Programme:

JŐRG WIDMANN (b.1973) Air for solo horn

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17 Allegro Moderato

Poco adagio, quasi andante Rondo—allegro moderato

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Novellette No. 2 in D major for solo piano, Op. 21 no. 2

Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op. 70 for horn and piano

MARK SIMPSON (b. 1988) Nocturne for horn and piano (Commissioned by Barbican/ECHO 2021)

HUW WATKINS (b. 1976) Lament (2020)

JANE VIGNERY (1913-1974) Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 7) Allegro

Lento ma non troppo Allegro ben moderato

BEN GOLDSCHEIDER horn

Nominated by the Barbican as an ECHO Rising Star, during the 2021/22 season Ben is giving recitals at major concert halls including the Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie and Köln Philharmonie, including an especially commissioned new work by Mark Simpson.

Ben was born in London [and educated at KnightsTemplar School, Baldock while living in Ashwell]. At the age of 18 he was a Concerto Finalist in the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition. In 2020 Ben completed his studies with honours at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Radek Baborák. He was a prize-winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions and is now YCAT’s inaugural Ann Driver Trust Artist.

Highlights over the last year have included concerto debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the LPO and the Philharmonia. Ben gave recitals at Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh Festival and Leeds Lieder and performed Ligeti’s Trio at the Pierre Boulez Saal.

He has now graduated from YCAT to representation by the prestigious international agency Askonas Holt

http://bengoldscheider.com/

RICHARD UTTLEY piano

Richard is a piano professor at the Royal College of Music and also teaches in the RCM Junior Department, at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, City, University of London and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. In 2021 he became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

He studied at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a double first in Music, and then at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Martin Roscoe. He won the British Contemporary Piano Competition in 2006 and the Young Classical Artists Trust auditions in 2011. He has released three solo recital discs to critical acclaim and made numerous chamber recordings. His playing has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC World Service, Classic FM, BBC Two, BBC Four, and Sky Arts.

https://www.richarduttley.com/