Kentaro Machida conducts the Oxford Sinfonia in a programme of Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture, Mozart’s Horn Concerto no 4 and Schubert’s 9th Symphony ‘The Great’.

Kentaro Machida is a Japanese conductor and organist and a recent first-class graduate of the University of Oxford He was senior organ scholar at Merton College, accompanying the college’s renowned mixed-voice choir in their BBC broadcasts, CD recordings, and UK and international tours.

Our soloist is Zoe Tweed, who is currently undertaking an intensive postgraduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music. She is on trial for Principal Horn with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and performs with various orchestras across the UK including working as Guest Principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra.