Timothy Brown (hornist)
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Timothy Brown is a British
horn player, a leading chamber musician and co-principal of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a member of the Melos Ensemble in its second phase. He teaches at the Royal College of Music
.
.
, Otto Klemperer
and Günter Wand
, appearing at The Proms
and in Carnegie Hall
. He performed Britten
's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
with Ian Bostridge
, conducted by Colin Davis
.
, Mozart
's Horn Quintet. This recording was awarded the prize Wiener Flötenuhr of the Mozartgemeinde Wien. The ensemble's recording of Schubert's Octet
won a Grand Prix du Disque
. Brown was a soloist, together with hornists Hermann Baumann and Nicholas Hill
and violinist Iona Brown, in a recording of Telemann
's Concerto for 3 Horns and Violin, as well as music for two horns with Hermann Baumann. Brown recorded Britten's Canticles together with Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Daniels (countertenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Aline Brewer (harp) and Julius Drake
(piano). In 1999 he recorded Mozart's four horn concertos
with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by his sister.
, with Hugh Maguire
and Nicholas Ward (violin), Patrick Ireland (viola), Terence Weil
(cello), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Peter Graeme
(oboe) and Thea King
(clarinet).
's First Horn Concerto
with the Academy of Ancient Music
conducted by Christopher Hogwood
, and the Mozart horn concertos with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken
.
. He plays an Alex 90 or 103, but also a Cornford 28, by the British maker Christopher Cornford in Germany.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
horn player, a leading chamber musician and co-principal of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a member of the Melos Ensemble in its second phase. He teaches at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
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Professional career
Timothy Brown studied at the Royal College of Music with Douglas Moore and Alan CivilAlan Civil
Alan Civil OBE was a British horn player.Civil began to play the horn at a young age, and joined an army band while still in his teens...
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Orchestra
Brown was principal hornist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
, Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading conductors of the 20th century.-Biography:Otto Klemperer was born in Breslau, Silesia Province, then in Germany...
and Günter Wand
Günter Wand
Günter Wand was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne conservatory, he was a composition student with Philipp Jarnach and a piano student with Paul Baumgartner...
, appearing at The Proms
The Proms
The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
and in Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
. He performed Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a song cycle written in 1943 by the English composer Benjamin Britten, scored for tenor accompanied by a solo horn and a small string orchestra...
with Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge CBE is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera singer and as a song recitalist.-Early life and education:...
, conducted by Colin Davis
Colin Davis
Sir Colin Rex Davis, CH, CBE is an English conductor. His repertoire is broad, but among the composers with whom he is particularly associated are Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett....
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Brown has been a member of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields since 1968. As a soloist and chamber musician, he recorded with its chamber ensemble, conducted by his sister Iona BrownIona Brown
Iona Brown, OBE was a British violinist and conductor.Elizabeth Iona Brown was born in Salisbury. Her parents Antony and Fiona were both musicians...
, Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
's Horn Quintet. This recording was awarded the prize Wiener Flötenuhr of the Mozartgemeinde Wien. The ensemble's recording of Schubert's Octet
Octet (Schubert)
The Octet in F major, D. 803 was composed by Franz Schubert in March 1824. It was commissioned by the renowned clarinetist Ferdinand Troyer and came from the same period as two of Schubert's other major chamber works, the Rosamunde and the Death and the Maiden string quartets.-Structure:Consisting...
won a Grand Prix du Disque
Grand Prix du Disque
The Grand Prix du Disque is the premier French award for musical recordings. The award was inaugurated by l'Académie Charles Cros in 1948 and offers prizes in various categories. The categories vary from year to year, and multiple awards are often made in any one category in the same year...
. Brown was a soloist, together with hornists Hermann Baumann and Nicholas Hill
Nicholas Hill
Nicholas Hill was a native of the Low Countries who came to England in 1519 and took out letters of denization in 1544. In 1546 the first book with his name in the imprint was issued, and between then and 1553 he printed twenty-three books, mostly for other people...
and violinist Iona Brown, in a recording of Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
's Concerto for 3 Horns and Violin, as well as music for two horns with Hermann Baumann. Brown recorded Britten's Canticles together with Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Daniels (countertenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Aline Brewer (harp) and Julius Drake
Julius Drake
Julius Drake is an English pianist who works as a song recital accompanist and chamber musician.-Biography:Drake was educated at the Purcell School and the Royal College of Music; he made his professional debut at the Purcell Room in 1981 and developed a special affinity for the music of Robert...
(piano). In 1999 he recorded Mozart's four horn concertos
Horn Concertos (Mozart)
The four Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. The concertos were written for his friend Joseph Leutgeb , whom he had known since childhood...
with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by his sister.
Melos Ensemble
Brown was a member of the Melos Ensemble in its second phase. In 1982 he performed and recorded with the ensemble at the festival Steirischer Herbst the Octet Op. 67 of Egon WelleszEgon Wellesz
Egon Joseph Wellesz was an Austrian-born British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.- Life :...
, with Hugh Maguire
Hugh Maguire
Aodh Mag Uidhir, anglicised as Hugh Maguire was the Lord of Fermanagh in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I and leader of the ancient Maguire clan; he died fighting crown authority during the Nine Years War.-Early career:...
and Nicholas Ward (violin), Patrick Ireland (viola), Terence Weil
Terence Weil
Terence Weil was a British cellist, principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician and an influential teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.-Biography:Terence Weil was trained as a cellist under Herbert Walenn at the...
(cello), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Peter Graeme
Peter Graeme
Peter Graeme is an English oboist and academic teacher. He is best known as the principal oboist of the Melos Ensemble.-Professional career:Peter Graeme studied the oboe with Léon Goossens...
(oboe) and Thea King
Thea King
Dame Thea King DBE FRCM FGSM was a British clarinettist.Thea King was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the daughter of Henry Walter Mayer King, the manager of a family engineering business, George. W. King Ltd., based in Hitchin then Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Dorothea...
(clarinet).
Natural horn
On the natural horn, Brown has recorded HaydnJoseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
's First Horn Concerto
Horn Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)
Joseph Haydn's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId:3 was completed in 1762, "when Haydn was new to the Esterhazy court." The work is in three movements:#Allegro#Adagio#Allegro...
with the Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music
The Academy of Ancient Music is a period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after a previous organisation of the same name of the 18th century. The musicians play on either original instruments or modern copies of...
conducted by Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE, MA , HonMusD , born 10 September 1941, Nottingham, is an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist, well known as the founder of the Academy of Ancient Music.-Biography:...
, and the Mozart horn concertos with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has its headquarters at Kings Place...
conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken
Sigiswald Kuijken
Sigiswald Kuijken is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on authentic instruments.-Biography:Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of Brussels between 1964 and 1972 and formed La Petite Bande in 1972...
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Teaching
Timothy Brown teaches at the Royal College of MusicRoyal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
. He plays an Alex 90 or 103, but also a Cornford 28, by the British maker Christopher Cornford in Germany.
External links
- [ Entries to Timothy Brown in Allmusic]
- Faculty / Timothy Brown – French horn / brass travelingnotes.org
- Timothy Brown – Horn Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg 2009