An exhilarating experience of film music, the great outdoors and adventure with the Jersey Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Eamonn Dougan, JCO’s Chief Conductor, the concert stars prize winning Italian horn soloist Silvia Bettoli.
The Jersey Chamber Orchestra races through Rossini's William Tell Overture (the theme to the Lone Ranger), showcases one of Mozart's most high-energy and famous horn concertos No 4 - popularised in Fantastic Mr Fox and multiple TV shows. The first half ends with a selection of camp fire songs sung by members of the St Saviour 3rd Scout Pack from the Jungle Book to Kum bah yah. The second half dives into the rich folk traditions of Dvořák's brilliant 8th Symphony and brings Indiana Jones’ thrilling adventures to life with the rollicking march from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
PROGRAMME
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 (soloist: Silvia Bettoli)
Songs with the Scouts Choir (arranged by Derek Lawrence)
*** INTERVAL ***
Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 B. 163
J. Williams - Raiders March from Indiana Jones 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Eamonn Dougan is an inspirational communicator with a wide-ranging repertoire and is a renowned vocal coach and baritone.
Eamonn is Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, founding Director of Britten Sinfonia Voices, Music Director of the Thomas Tallis Society, and Chief Conductor for Jersey Chamber Orchestra.
“It was the first of many occasions when conductor Eamonn Dougan would demonstrate a remarkable knack for finding the perfect balance between allowing the emotion time to speak while keeping everything moving” (Bachtrack - MacMillan Seven Last Words).
“under conductor Eamonn Dougan [Britten Sinfonia] created an intensity of atmosphere that made one wonder why this music [MacMillan Seven Last Words] would ever have needed visuals.” (The Guardian)
https://www.percius.co.uk/artists/eamonn-dougan
Alongside Eamonn’s regular conducting, upcoming projects include returns to conduct MacMillan’s All the Hills and Vales Along for the Cumnock Tryst’s tenth anniversary Birthday Gala Concert, a return to Chamber Choir Ireland in addition to his directorship of CCI’s training programme ‘CCI Studio’, Ars Nova Copenhagen, continuing his series with Jersey Chamber Orchestra (where concert guests have included Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Lawrence Power, Natalie Clein, Alison Balsom, Elizabeth Watts, Sophie Bevan, Lawrence Zazzo, Victoria Simmonds and Kate Royal) and recording with De Profundis on Hyperion for the 4th Morales disc in the series. Eamonn also heads to London, Krakow & Warsaw to tour his beautiful Polish Baroque programme, taken from his highly commended series (recorded on CORO) of Italian maestri at the Polish Court of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Eamonn will also lead a new programme for ‘The Song Company’ on its May/June ’25 Australian tour.
In addition, Eamonn conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus in Handel Messiah at Royal Festival Hall in December, and he makes his debut conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of 2025.
Silvia Bettoli
Silvia Bettoli, a brilliant Italian French horn player born in 2001, has rapidly ascended the classical music scene. Trained at the prestigious Conservatoire Gaetano Donizetti and the Royal Academy of Music, Silvia has won numerous solo competitions and performed with top orchestras like the Accademia Santa Cecilia of Rome and the Czech Philharmonic. In 2023, she released a recording with Linn Records and currently shines as a member of Trio Punto. Now freelancing across Italy, the UK, and Austria, Silvia is a rising star to watch.
