Orchestral bookings (since June 2006) ORCHESTRAS Bernardi Chamber Ensemble Chamber Orchestra of South Africa City of London Sinfonia European Union Chamber Orchestra Irish Chamber Orchestra Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra London Mozart Players New Mozart Ensemble Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra   The recital button is inactive      Repertoire List Beethoven: Sonata for horn and piano Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Britten: Still falls the rain Berkeley:Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Brahms: Trio for Piano, Violin and Horn Glazunov: Idyll Handel: Giulio Cesare "Va tacito e nascosto" Haydn: Concerto No 1 Haydn: Divertimento in A Hob.X:10 Haydn: Divertimento a tré Hob.IV:5 Haydn: Symphony no. 51 (obligato first horn part) Maw: Sonata for 2 horns (2nd horn) L. Mozart: Concerto for 2 Horns (1st horn) W.A. Mozart: Concerto Nos 2,3 & 4 W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Poulenc: Elegie Schubert: Octet Schubert: Auf dem Strom Schumann: Konzertstück (1st horn) Telemann:Vivaldi Concerto No 2 (1st horn) Vivaldi: Concerto No 2 (1st horn)   The Review button is inactive.      Discography Haydn, J Divertimento in A Hob.X:10 European Union Chamber Orchestra (private release currently, but soon for general release) Farrenc, L. Nonet and Sextet Ambache Chamber Ensemble, Carlton Classics 30366 00302 Telemann Concerto for 2 Horns (1st horn) European Union Chamber Orchestra, IMP Classics PCD993   The Outreach button is inactive. paine_m_741_studio.jpgpaine_m_741_canada.jpg        The Teaching button is inactive.

Biography
Mark is the Principal Horn with the European Union Chamber Orchestra and Co-Principal Horn with the City of London Sinfonia.

In addition, he has also played many times as Guest Principal Horn with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, London Concert Orchestra, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Mark loves and specializes in the high horn parts of the early Classical period, especially in the works of Haydn, most of whose early and middle period symphonies and chamber works he has played professionally. He has performed well over forty of Haydn's symphonies to date, in places as far afield as Hanoi, Abu Dhabi, La Paz and Vancouver.

Firmly in Mark's repertoire is the notorious Symphony No 51 of Haydn, whose first horn part ranks among the most demanding and highest ever written by anybody. With the European Union Chamber Orchestra he has performed this symphony over twenty seven times, in Canada, Mexico, Germany and the UK. Early in 2007, with the same orchestra, he recorded Haydn's Divertimento in A, which boasts another stratospheric obligato horn part. The recording took place in a lovely but freezing church in Devon: it was only 6 degrees C in the sessions! Mark plays natural horn too, and has done several projects with John Eliot Gardiner in the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. He has even been spotted at the harpsichord, memorably once with Igor Oistrakh in Istanbul; and on occasions he has also been known to play the pipe organ!

He divides his time between a busy London and world-wide touring schedule, and an idyllic life in the tropical north of Australia. There he and his wife, violinist Kirtley Leigh Paine have established an international chamber music series, Paradise Concerts, and are well on their way towards founding the Paradise Chamber Orchestra, the world's first professional chamber orchestra by the Great Barrier Reef! While there Mark also presents classical music programmes for the community radio station Cairns FM89.1, of which he is now Vice President!

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Bernardi Chamber Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, City of London Sinfonia, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, New Mozart Ensemble, Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Mark's orchestral work also includes also includes the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra as third horn.

Education
Mark was born in Melbourne, Australia 1960. Mark's schooling took place at Huntingtower School, Mt Waverley (Australia). Mark's graduate studies took place at the University of Melbourne from 1978 - 1981 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music (honours) degree. As a result of him achieving a First Class Faculty Honour in his final year, he was awarded the Clarke Scholarship, and this sent him to London to undertake a Post Graduate Study at the Royal College of Music from 1982 - 3. There he gained his Certificate of Advanced Study and an ARCM in horn performance.

Prizes and Awards
Frank Probyn Horn Prize, RCM (1983).

Teachers: Tom Nicoll in Australia; Douglas Moore and Julian Baker in London.

Mark's web links
www.markpaine.com
www.paradiseconcerts.com
www.cairnsfm891.org

Mark joined Morgensterns in October 1987

Mark's web profile was last updated 27th Jun 2009