ELTON JOHN MEETS DRESSAGE

Sir Elton John is to provide musical accompaniment for British dressage rider Richard Davison.

Davison, who has ridden at the Olympics three times, will ride his new freestyle to the music of Elton John played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dressage freestyle expert Joost Peters, from Holland, was commissioned to arrange the programme, which is timed and choreographed to match every footfall of Davison’s horse ‘Artemis’. The 9 year old gelding is exceptionally talented and is being aimed at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The project was the brainchild of Artemis’s joint owner The Countess of Derby, whose husband is the President of The RLPO. The Foundation for Sport and the Arts provided valuable financial support.

It is planned that Richard and Artemis will debut the finished freestyle at the forth coming London Olympia Horse Show held on 17th December in the Grand Hall Olympia.

Recording of the bespoke programme, entitled ‘Artemis in Motion’ took place last month in the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool.