WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
CONCERTO FOR HORN AND ORCHESTRA IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 447
QUINTET FOR HORN, VIOLIN, 2 VIOLAS AND VIOLONCELLO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 407 (386C)
DIVERTIMENTO FOR 2 VIOLINS, VIOLA, BASS AND 2 HORNS IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 287/271H
Xiaoming Han, Horn
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Joseph Swensen, conductor – (Horn Concerto)
Members of the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
(from the archives of Saarland Radio)
Xiaoming Han began his remarkable career
in 1980, at age 17, as principal horn of
the China Central Philharmonic Orchestra.
Since 1985 Han has been the principal horn of
the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition,
he has been frequently invited to perform
as guest principal horn with the Berlin Philharmonic,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian,
Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart
Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Munich,
Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf Opera
House Orchestras as well as the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra .