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Horns
Aloud, formed in 2002 from
graduates of Trinity College of Music, are a prize-winning Horn
Quartet who perform a unique blend of chamber music around the
country. The group has evolved with the founder members John Davy,
Jamie Thomas and Marc Woodhurst joined in 2005 by Jocelyn Lightfoot
and the ensemble’s success continuing to grow as the quartet
explored new repertoire and audiences.
Recently, the quartet have performed in concerts and festivals
abroad. A sell-out concert in Turin’s Palazza Madama in 2010
was followed by performances in the glorious alpine scenery of the
2011 I Suoni delle Dolomiti festival and record crowds for
Colourscape’s visit to Turku in Finland, all events given
with and organized by Martin Mayes, a Turin-based horn-player and
musician. In 2012, the ensemble will be appearing in three
performances of the new commission Fire by David Bruce, given as
part of the Salisbury and Spitalfields festivals and delivered by
PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, LOCOG, Sound
& Music and NMC Recordings.
During 2008, Horns Aloud were selected to perform by the Park Lane
Group at the close of their Young Artists’ Series at the
South Bank in London and also performed at the Colourscape Festival
on Clapham Common in September, along with more recent Christmas
concerts.
2009 was an even more eventful year, with the group
appearing at the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall, and announcing
the world premiere of a new work for the group by Cecilia McDowall
at the British Horn Society Annual Festival.
The group has also given three performances as soloists of
Schumann’s virtuoso Konzertstück and performed
Tippett’s Sonata for four Horns as part of the 2005 St.
Endellion Festival. Horns Aloud give concerts, recitals and
workshops at venues across England to audiences of widely varying
age and taste and the group’s repertoire is correspondingly
broad. Expect anything from Bach to Bizet, Purcell to Tippett, with
a little light Gershwin or Flanders & Swann thrown in amongst
rousing horn calls and sultry slow movements.