CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT
Christopher
Newport was born in Lincoln and began playing the horn at the age of 13. Five
years later he entered the Royal Academy of Music as a student of James Brown,
graduating with honours in 1981. He now has a flourishing freelance career
working with many of this country's leading orchestras and chamber groups as
well as visiting foreign orchestras. Christopher Newport has been Principal
Horn of the London Mozart Players since 1985.
Concerto engagements are playing an
ever increasing role in his career. His playing of the solo horn part in
Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante at the London Mozart Players' 40th
anniversary concert was greeted as 'readily matching the virtuosity of Dennis
Brain'. He drew special mention for his 'immaculate display' in the horn
obbligato of the aria Luigi da te at a BBC Promenade concert, in which he
also accompanies Felicity Lott in the London Mozart Player's recording of the
same work.
Concerto appearances include
Britten's Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings with Maldwyn Davies and
Robert Tear in Fishguard and Bolton as well as Mozart and Strauss concertos in
Warwick, Bolton, Oxford, Portsmouth, Swansea, St. Albans, Kingston and the
London Barbican.
Christopher is a regular member of
the London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble, with whom he has given concerts
throughout the UK, as well as appearing in Spain.
