Olly Green Memorial CD

I have just listened with great poignancy to the archive recording of much loved and missed Philharmonia horn player Olly Green (1976-2005), whom was a friend of mine at the Royal College of Music. He and I worked on an album called September Songs which included jazzy arangements I did of tunes byWeill, Gershwin and Rodgers for piano and horn which we recorded at the RCM in 1999. Olly went onto to play for the Hong Kong Philharmonic, before joining the Philharmonia in 2002, and his unexpected death in 2005 was a tragic shock to his colleagues, friends and his family. The CD also contains pieces from the wonderful memorial concert the Philharmonia stagedin 2006, including a particulalry fine Concerto for Horn and Orchestra written by Olly's father Stewart Green, that Olly himself had played in2002. It is great to have Olly's playing recorded on this archive CD, and a real privilege for me to be a part of it. It stands as a fitting tribute to Olly who was a such a good natured, unselfish, funny and thoroughly decent person as well as being an incredible horn player. I shall miss him.