Stephen Horne: The Manxman Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone & Ben Palmer

• Stephen Horne (b. 1958): The Manxman:
• 1 Horne: The Manxman: 1. Island Brothers 04:01
• 2 Horne: The Manxman: 2. For The Love of Kate 02:31
• 3 Horne: The Manxman: 3. You Speak for Me 04:53
• 4 Horne: The Manxman: 4. Seeking The Blessing 00:51
• 5 Horne: The Manxman: 5. You Penniless Lout 01:30
• 6 Horne: The Manxman: 6. A Queen I'll Make of You 06:00
• 7 Horne: The Manxman: 7. From The Island ('Ellan Vannin') 02:38
• 8 Horne: The Manxman: 8. I Must Keep My Word 02:08
• 9 Horne: The Manxman: 9. We're Free 03:39
• 10 Horne: The Manxman: 10. Don't Tell Kate 00:47
• 11 Horne: The Manxman: 11. The Mills Turn Slowly 02:29
• 12 Horne: The Manxman: 12. A Queen I'll Make of Her 00:49
• 13 Horne: The Manxman: 13. Meet Me, Usual Place 01:19
• 14 Horne: The Manxman: 14. I've Given Myself 02:58
• 15 Horne: The Manxman: 15. I Can't Face Him 01:20
• 16 Horne: The Manxman: 16. Bittersweet 01:08
• 17 Horne: The Manxman: 17. The Surprise of Seeing 02:34
• 18 Horne: The Manxman: 18. The Wedding Wake 02:46
• 19 Horne: The Manxman: 19. A Happy Home 03:22
• 20 Horne: The Manxman: 20. Unhappy Hearth 01:34
• 21 Horne: The Manxman: 21. Thank Providence You Are Back 02:57
• 22 Horne: The Manxman: 22. I Can't Keep My Secret 03:02
• 23 Horne: The Manxman: 23. Think Of The Shame 01:15
• 24 Horne: The Manxman: 24. To Be A Father 01:39
• 25 Horne: The Manxman: 25. You're A Father 01:37
• 26 Horne: The Manxman: 26. I Could Hide Away Somewhere 02:05
• 27 Horne: The Manxman: 27. Dinner Left for One 00:46
• 28 Horne: The Manxman: 28. Kate's Gone ('Ny Kirree Fo Niaghtey') 02:47
• 29 Horne: The Manxman: 29. I've Still Got My Baby 00:47
• 30 Horne: The Manxman: 30. All I Have Left in the World 02:26
• 31 Horne: The Manxman: 31. I'm Not Staying 03:12
• 32 Horne: The Manxman: 32. She's Not Yours 03:14
• 33 Horne: The Manxman: 33. There Before You Is The Betrayer (The Short Manx Litany) 06:50
• 34 Horne: The Manxman: 34. He Speaks The Truth 02:43
• 35 Horne: The Manxman: 35. We Too Have Suffered 02:14
• Total Runtime 01:26:51

Info for Stephen Horne: The Manxman

Ulysses Arts releases Stephen Horne's soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 silent film The Manxman, orchestrated and conducted by Ben Palmer wth the Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone and soloists Louise Hayter, oboe, and Jeff Moore, violin, on 10 January 2025.

One of the world's leading silent film performers, Stephen Horne is a house musician at London’s British Film Institute Southbank. Although principally a pianist, he often incorporates other instruments into his performances, sometimes simultaneously. He regularly plays internationally and his accompaniments have met with acclaim at numerous film festivals across Europe, North America and Asia.

Stephen has recorded music for many restorations of classic and rediscovered silent films. In 2011 and 2012, he was commissioned to compose scores for the London Film Festival galas of The First Born and The Manxman. In 2012 his accompaniment for Rotaie won first prize at the Bonn Sommerkino Festival and he was subsequently invited to repeat the performance at that year’s Beethovenfest. For ten consecutive years, from 2014 to 2024, he has won in one or more categories in Silent London’s end-of-year poll.

In 2021 he recorded Silent Sirens, an album of solo piano pieces based on several of his silent film scores. It was released by Ulysses Arts and has performed well across digital platforms. In 2022, his orchestral score for Stella Dallas, commissioned by MoMA, was premiered at the pre-opening night of the Venice Film Festival.

In 2022, with the help of conductor-orchestrator Ben Palmer, Stephen completed two fully orchestrated scores for films that he had previous scored for small ensemble. Stella Dallas, commissioned by MoMA, was premièred at the Venice Film Festival and The Manxman formed the closing gala of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone in Italy.

Jeff Moore, violin
Louise Hayter, oboe
Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone
Ben Palmer, conductor

Ben Palmer
is Artistic Director of Covent Garden Sinfonia and Chief Conductor of the Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone and Babylon Orchester Berlin. From 2017-24 he was Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck, ending his tenure with three performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.

He is a regular visitor to the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé, London Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and to the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (including at the BBC Proms), and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Debuts this season include the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Odense Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony; he will also conduct the BBC SSO in Seoul at BBC Proms Korea. As a guest conductor he has worked with Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, City of Prague Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra (Dublin), NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Philharmonia, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga, and Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

Personally authorised by John Williams to conduct his film scores in concert, and acclaimed as “a masterclass in conducting" by Hans Zimmer, Ben Palmer is one of the world’s most sought-after specialists in conducting live to picture. With a repertoire of more than 50 films, ranging from fiendishly difficult silent movies such as Metropolis and Modern Times, to Star Wars and Top Gun: Maverick, he appears regularly at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, KKL Luzern and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He is regularly invited to conduct recording sessions for leading film and television productions, with clients including Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music, 20th Century Fox, Studiocanal, and the LSO. Recent projects include the BBC’s Asia and Planet Earth III, and Korean film Harbin.

A composer and trumpeter by training, he studied at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Academy of Music, which elected him an Associate in 2017. He twice worked as rehearsal conductor for Bernard Haitink, and from 2011-16 was assistant conductor to Sir Roger Norrington. He continues to be in great demand as a composer, arranger and orchestrator, most notably for Sony Classical, for whom he also regularly conducts.

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