Chant Lointain is a piece for F Horn and Piano by Eugène Bozza. Written for intermediate players this melodious work is divided into three distinct parts: Slow (6/8) Allegro moderato (4/4) and Slow (6/8). Really energetic  Chant Lointain sees the Piano and the Horn answering to each other. The piece lasts a total of four minutes during which the Horn appears as a really majestic instrument. Eugène Bozza won different prizes at the Conservatoire de Paris such as the First Prizes for the Violin conducting and composition as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He composedseveral operas chamber works and ballets among others.

As if looking back on his youth toward the end of his life Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto for horn and orchestra again in Eb major around sixty years after his first concerto for horn. This sublimely beautiful late work which gives no indication of the oppressive circumstances of Strauss? poor health and the Second World War was premiered in 1943 by Gottfried von Freiberg under the direction of Karl Böhm. It was not until after Strauss? death that the concerto appeared in print in London making a critical new edition on the basis of the autograph sources and performance material more than overdue. The editor Hans Pizka former principal horn of the BavarianState Opera in Munich learned first-hand about the performance tradition and genesis of the concerto as a pupil of Gottfried von Freiberg. For use in lessons and for performances the especially playable piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit is a great help. As if looking back on his youth toward the end of his life Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto for horn and orchestra again in Eb major around sixty years after his first concerto for horn. This sublimely beautiful late work which gives no indication of the oppressive circumstances of Strauss? poor health and the Second World War was premiered in 1943 by Gottfried von Freiberg under the direction of Karl Böhm. It was not until after Strauss? death that the concerto appeared in print in London making a critical new edition on the basis of the autograph sources and performance material more than overdue. The editor Hans Pizka former principal horn of the BavarianState Opera in Munich learned first-hand about the performance tradition and genesis of the concerto as a pupil of Gottfried von Freiberg. For use in lessons and for performances the especially playable piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit is a great help.

Jindrich Feld est un des plus célèbres compositeurs tchèques. Il étudie la composition au Conservatoire et l'Académie de musique de Prague et termine ses études en 1952, où il obtient un doctorat. Dans un premier temps, il a travaillé comme un compositeur free-lance, de 1972-86, il fut professeur de composition au Conservatoire de Prague, à partir de 1990, directeur du département de musique à la Radio tchèque. Feld a composé des oeuvres pour tous les genres et les instrumentations. Mais son intérêt particulier a toujours lain dans les instruments à vent. La Sonate de corne, créée en 1989 est une pièce enrichissante pour les concerts et les compétitions. Ecrit dans un langage tonal modérément modern, cette pièce complète de brio consiste en un mouvement rapide première, un second mouvement lyrique et un mouvement final jovial, qui reprend le thème rythmiquement modifié du premier mouvement. Adapté comme pièce de pointe Adobe audition pour ' Jugend musiziert '. / Cor Et Piano

Par NIERENBERGER MICHEL. 1'55'' / Niveau : Préparatoire / Répertoire / Cor en Mib et Piano