Stewart Rose - Horn    

Stewart Rose, French Horn player, is a native of New York City.  He is Principal Horn with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and has been Principal Horn with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s since 1983. In 1989 he became Principal with the New York City Opera Orchestra. Mr. Rose has also performed as Guest Principal Horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Ensemble Wein-Berlin and the Met Chamber Ensemble with James Levine.  Other recent performances include appearances at the  Marlboro, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart, Spoleto, Edinburgh and Eastern Shore Music Festivals. He recently released to great critical acclaim, his first solo CD “From the Forest”, a collection of early Classical works for Horn and Orchestra by Haydn, Telemann, Leopold Mozart and Christoph Forster with the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, now available on iTunes.

Highlights of this past season include a domestic tour with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and soloist in the world premiere of  Charles Wuorinen’s “Synaxis”  with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Rose has made over 100 recordings of the chamber music and orchestral literature for BMG, Sony Classical, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI and Music Masters.  Recent releases include his appearance as first horn on the New York Philharmonic’s DG release of “Harold in Italy” with Lorin Maazel; Renee Fleming sings “Bel Canto” with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and in works for wind ensemble by Beethoven, Mozart, Pleyel, and Rossini with Mozzafiato on Sony Classical. Other recordings include Paul Simon’s recent releases “You’re the One” and “Songs From the Capeman”, solo horn on Pat Metheny's soundtrack for “A Map of the World”, and soundtracks for “Beauty and the Beast” and “Cape Fear”. He has appeared on numerous “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcasts with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the New York City Opera, and is a frequent guest with the “CBS Late Show Orchestra”.

The New York Times critic John Rockwell has noted Stewart Rose for his “remarkable virtuosity, agility and fluency, and his ability to retain the horn's cheery rusticity.”

Buffalo Globe critic Herman Trotter said of “From the Forest”: “This is a recording to be treasured, not only by horn players but by average music lovers searching for new frontiers of musical excellence.”

Stewart Rose's horn solos were eloquent and sure. The instrument can play dirty tricks on the best of performers but was on its best behavior here.                     New York Times, Feb. 8, 2007

“forceful yet elegant playing”

The New Yorker, Feb. 2007