6 December 2008 at 7.30pm

Michael Thompson  (Horn)

Conductor: Brian Wright

Sibelius - En Saga

Richard Strauss - Horn Concerto No.2

Tchaikovsky  - Symphony No.5

One of our finest horn virtuosos, Michael Thompson, returns to MSO in Richard Strauss’s wonderfully wistful 2nd Horn Concerto. The musical links between Finland and Russia are tangible in brilliance of the young Sibelius’s tone-poem En Saga, with his inspiration plain to hear in Tchaikovsky’s powerful 5th Symphony.

Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, Maidstone.

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Michael Thompson is a member of the London Sinfonietta, with whom he has given premiere performances of works including Ligeti's Hamburg Concerto. He has recorded solo, chamber, and orchestral works and has played on movie soundtracks including The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films. His work with Sir Paul McCartney led McCartney to compose Stately Horn, which the Michael Thompson Horn Quartet premiered.  He has toured extensively and since 2003 he has been Principal Conductor of the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra.