Among Beethoven’s closest friends were three remarkable pianists of the Viennese school: Ferdinand Ries, Carl Czerny, and Ignaz Moscheles. Like Beethoven, each of the three friends composed for the horn, an instrument then at a crossroads: the natural horn was gradually being displaced by the valved horn. Former principal horn of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, and associate principal horn with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Louis-Philippe Marsolais is now dedicated to performing solo and chamber music. Canadian pianist David Jalbert has a growing career as a soloist, and has also appeared on disc and in recital and as a chamber musician.
