Notes and Editorial Reviews
A premiere recording of Christopher Ball's Horn Concerto and his Oboe Concerto, featuring soloists Tim Thorpe and Paul Arden-Taylor respectively. Also included are several other works by Ball for flute (Burgess) and accompaniment. Ball's aim is to compose music which will communicate with and appeal to as wide an audience as possible, eschewing atonal or avant-garde style, which makes these works highly listenable and enjoyable to all audiences.
"A horn concerto as Vaughan Williams would have written one, the most attractive of Ball's concertos." -- MusicalMerit
(re: Ball's Violin Concerto) "The most lyrical since Elgar's." -- Fanfare
A premiere recording of Christopher Ball's Horn Concerto and his Oboe Concerto, featuring soloists Tim Thorpe and Paul Arden-Taylor respectively. Also included are several other works by Ball for flute (Burgess) and accompaniment. Ball's aim is to compose music which will communicate with and appeal to as wide an audience as possible, eschewing atonal or avant-garde style, which makes these works highly listenable and enjoyable to all audiences.
"A horn concerto as Vaughan Williams would have written one, the most attractive of Ball's concertos." -- MusicalMerit
(re: Ball's Violin Concerto) "The most lyrical since Elgar's." -- Fanfare
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Horn by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Tim Thorpe (Horn)
Conductor:
Christopher Ball
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Emerald Concert Orchestra
2.
In the Yorkshire Dales by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Paul Arden-Taylor (Oboe),
Roger Armstrong (Flute),
Leslie Craven (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Christopher Ball
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Emerald Concert Orchestra
3.
On a Beautiful Day by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Paul Arden-Taylor (Oboe),
Roger Armstrong (Flute),
Leslie Craven (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Christopher Ball
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Emerald Concert Orchestra
4.
Concerto for Oboe by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Paul Arden-Taylor (Oboe)
Conductor:
Christopher Ball
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Adderbury Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1995-1996; England
5.
Invocations of Pan by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Jonathan Burgess (Flute)
Period: 20th Century
6.
A Summer Day by Christopher Ball
Performer:
Roger Armstrong (Flute),
Paul Arden-Taylor (Oboe)
Conductor:
Christopher Ball
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Emerald Concert Orchestra
Featured Sound Samples
Horn Concerto: III. Allegro vigoroso
Oboe Concerto: I. Moderato ma vivace
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