david horne

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Different Ghosts for Clarinet Quintet (2022)

Commission funded by Ida Carroll Trust      

World premiere at Aldeburgh Festival, 9 June, 2023

Linda Merrick and the Kreutzer Quartet

Commercial recording forthcoming.

Castle Rock for Mixed Septet (2023)

Commission funded by St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh, January 2023

            World premiere of work in St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 29 March, 2023

            Online premiere on YouTube  15 June, 2023

https://youtu.be/vSLouf3dmt0

Brontë Songs for mezzo soprano and ensemble (2023)

            World premiere at Made in Manchester festival, 5 May, 2023

            London premiere at Wigmore Hall, 17 June, 2023

The Turn of the Tide (2006) 

Several recent European performances, including available online:

WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cologne 

https://youtu.be/aGc4pJE9JrY

BRSO, Munich

https://www.brso.de/en/audio-video/concert-videos/marie-jacquot-gautier-capucon/

Lorraine National Opera Orchestra

https://www.opera-national-lorraine.fr/en/activity/33-cap-sur-l-ecosse-horne-beethoven-mendelssohn

Invited Keynote speaker at Perform_Live Festival, Dublin, March 2022 

https://youtu.be/9pRCEYLQ72c

Currently working on a monograph, Music in Contradiction, co-authored with Dr Simon Clarke. Planned for publication in 2024.