James
Sommerville
Horn, Chamber Music
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James Sommerville joined the BSO as principal horn in January 1998. In the fall of 1997, the Toronto native played with the Toronto Symphony. From 1986 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1997 he was associate principal horn of the Montreal Symphony. He has also been solo horn with the Canadian Opera Company and Symphony Nova Scotia. Sommerville has appeared as a featured artist at all the major Canadian chamber festivals and has toured as a recitalist throughout North America and Europe. During the past decade, he has recorded all of the standard horn repertoire for broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
Recordings on CBC, Marquis, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca/London.