Tim Thorpe
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Timothy Thorpe (born 3 October 1983) is a British horn player.
Life and career
Thorpe was born on 3 October 1983. He attended Watford Grammar School for Boys, and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He attended The Purcell School for Young Musicians until 2002,
when he won a scholarship to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied French horn with Hugh Seenan. Thorpe became principal horn with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In this position he was the soloist on Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, performed at the Teatro Colón in Argentina and broadcast by BBC Radio 3, and on other broadcast concerts. Thorpe has been a guest performer with major London orchestras, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra and the Nash Ensemble.
Thorpe has taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, at Wells Cathedral School and gave master classes for Bromley Youth Music Trust, Music for Everyone and National Youth French Horn Ensemble of Great Britain.
Discography
- 2006: Malcolm Arnold: The Complete Brass Chamber Music, with Fine Arts Brass. Nimbus (NI 5804)
- 2009: Midsummer. The Audio Concept (TAC002)
- 2011: Christopher Ball – Horn Concerto – Oboe Concerto, with oboist Paul Arden-Taylor, flutist Jonathan Burgess, clarinetist Leslie Craven, Emerald Concert Orchestra, Adderbury Ensemble. Musical Concepts (MC 143)
- 2018: Schubert: Schwanengesang – Brahms: Acht Zigeunerlieder – Arranged for French horn and piano, with pianist Christopher Williams. Naxos (8.573815)
Awards
In 2004 Thorpe was a winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, and won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Philip Jones Memorial Prize.
References
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{{cite web
|title=Alumni - NYO
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|title=Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester – Former Orchestra Members – Great Britain
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{{cite web
|title=BBC Radio 3 - Performing Miracles, Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat
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{{cite web
|title=National Youth French Horn Ensemble GB
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{{cite web
|title=mso – Pictures at an Exhibition
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{{cite news
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|title=Music review: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/music-review-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-20150913-gjlbpv.html
|access-date=24 February 2023
|work=The Sydney Morning Herald
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{{cite web
|title=Tim Thorpe, Horn {{!}} Wells Cathedral School
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|title=Brass Staff {{!}} Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
|url=https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/study/music/brass/staff
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{{cite web
|title=An afternoon with Tim Thorpe, Horn, BBC National Orch Wales - Saturday 01 March 2014
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|date=2014
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{{cite web
|last1=Durham
|first1=Helena
|title=Blow your horn – and other brass instruments!
|url=https://www.music-for-everyone.org/news/blow-your-horn-and-other-brass-instruments/
|website=music-for-everyone.org
|access-date=24 February 2023
|language=en-GB
|date=7 June 2018
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{{cite web
|last1=Leslie
|first1=Wright
|title=Arnold Complete Brass Chamber Music NI5804: Classical Music Reviews
|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Feb12/Arnold_brass_NI5804.htm
|website=musicweb-international.com
|access-date=24 February 2023
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|date=12 February 2012
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{{cite web
|title=Tim Thorpe – Midsummer (2009, CD)
|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18299914-Tim-Thorpe-Midsummer
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{{cite web
|title=Christopher Ball: Horn Concerto - Oboe Concerto
|url=https://www.dinmore-records.co.uk/catalogue/product/MC%20143
|website=dinmore-records.co.uk
|access-date=24 February 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625162423/https://www.dinmore-records.co.uk/catalogue/product/MC%20143
|archive-date=25 June 2022
|url-status=dead
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{{cite web
|title=Schubert: Schwanengesang - Brahms: 11 Zigeunerlieder (excerpts)
|url=https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.573815
|website=naxos.com
|access-date=24 February 2023
|date=July 2018
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|title=Music Alumni
|url=https://www.rosl.org.uk/music/music-alumni
|website=rosl.org.uk
|access-date=24 February 2023
|archive-date=16 December 2022
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|url-status=dead
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External links
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