King’s College London Symphony Orchestra
I was principal trumpet of the King’s College London Symphony Orchestra for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 concert season (conducted by James Ross). During this time, I have performed with them on two concert tours to Prague (June 2022) and Venice (June 2023).
King’s College London Symphony Orchestra Concerts
I was principal trumpet of the King’s College London Symphony Orchestra for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 concert season (conducted by Dr James Ross).
A selection of the repertoire performed:
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.2
Nielsen – Symphony No.5
Dvoŕák – Symphony No.9 “From the New World”
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in Eb Major “Rhenish”
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Weber – Oberon Overture
Coleridge Taylor – The Bamboula
Mozart - Piano Concerto 21
Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor
Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A Minor
Photo Credit: Harry Elletson Photography
Concert Tour to Prague, June 2022
On 12th – 18th June 2022, KCLSO visited the Czech Republic for a concert tour of Prague. The orchestra supported Chaerin Han as a soloist of the Reinecke Flute Concerto.
Sibelius – Scenes Historiques
Vaughan Williams – Sea Songs
Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No.4
Reinecke – Flute Concerto
Concert Tour to Venice, June 2023
KCLSO toured to Venice and nearby Vicenza, Padua and Treviso on the 04th June-10th June 2023, conducted by Dr James Ross.
We performed a range of works including Édouard Lalo’s ‘Le Roy d’Y Overture’ and Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’. We were joined by singers from King’s Opera to perform a selection of scenes of Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Hänsel und Gretel’.
Lalo – Le Roy d’Y Overture
Delibes – Flower Duet
Offenbach – Belle Nuit Entracte and Barcarolle
Wagner – Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices, Meistersinger’s Procession
Humperdinck – Scenes from Hänsel and Gretel
Photo Credit: Domenico Stefani
William Alwyn Workshop Concert, February 2023
KCLSO collaborated with the Choir of King’s College London to put on the first performance of William Alwyn’s forgotten oratorio, ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell', Part 1, directed by Dr Joe Fort.
This work was a huge undertaking for the composer, who devoted five years of his life to it at the start of his career, setting the text by William Blake. The work was never performed, and this was perhaps on account of its considerable size and complexity.
The workshop performance took place in February 2023 in King’s College London chapel.
Photo Credit: Harry Elletson Photography
