Featured Soloist: James Sommerville

French hornist James Sommerville plays Haydn's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major on November 2 and 4, 2001. He joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal horn in January 1998. After winning the highest prizes at the Munich International Competition, Concours de Toulon, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Young Performers Competition, Mr. Sommerville embarked on a solo career that has brought critically acclaimed appearances with all the major Canadian orchestras, the radio orchestras of Bavaria and Berlin, and many others throughout North America and Europe. Recent engagements included solo appearances in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto, and Chicago, and chamber music in Boston, Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, New Hampshire, and Colorado Springs. His first appearance as concerto soloist with the BSO was at Tanglewood in August 2000.

Mr. Sommerville's recording of the Mozart horn concertos with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra won the 1998 Juno Award for Best Classical recording in Canada. He teaches at New England Conservatory and Boston University.

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