Posts by Richard Steggall

On Thursday 30 March at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, led by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Philharmonia’s renowned horn section takes the spotlight in Schumann’s Konzertstück for four horns. Framing the Konzertstück is Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5. You can find out more about the concert here: https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/santu-conducts-brahms-schumann-sibelius/. We are…

FELL – a world premiere for a cappella choir and natural horn Musicians Martin Lawrence, David Lancaster and Chris Bartram first met up together in the early 1980s at York University’s prestigious music department. As they were all brass players (Martin played the French horn, David and Chris were trumpeters) they ended up playing together a lot and forging long-lasting friendships. The following years saw them all…