Full Score-The Horn Concerto was written in 1971 and was the first of the ten co...(+)
Full Score-The Horn Concerto was written in 1971 and was the first of the ten concertos Gregson has composed to date. It is dedicated to the English horn player Ifor James who died in 2004 and was originally written for brass band. However in 2013 Gregson was asked by Paul Klein Principal Horn of the Ulster Orchestra and BBC Northern Ireland to undertake an orchestral version for him. Gregson decided to score the concerto for a late Haydn sized orchestra with the addition of a percussionist to add some colour to the texture. The concerto takes as its starting point the Mozartian model namely a sonata form opening movement a song-like slow movement and a jaunty rondo finale. The opening movement opens with a strident motif built on rising fourths announced by the soloist and answered by the orchestra. This pattern of ‘question/answer’ continues until a climactic moment breaks the tension and is followed by a lyrical second subject announced by the soloist over undulating rhythmic patterns on strings. The music is developed and recapitulated from these ideas with the lyrical idea returning via solo clarinet with horn answering in canon. The movement ends with the strident fourths this time in inversion. The slow movement is in tertiary form and opens with an expansive melody from the soloist over a repetitive harmonic and melodic pattern. This is expanded and developed building all the while in intensity until it is interrupted by cadenza-like passages on the horn and muted brass. After a brief climax the music subsides into a moment of emotional serenity before the opening melody returns this time on solo oboe with the horn interweaving its own answering melodic lines. The rondo finale is more light-hearted in mood with a catchy 6/8 tune at its heart. It is twice interrupted first by an idea built on long held chromatic notes from the soloist against a highly rhythmic backdrop (wind brass and snare drum) then by a slower more thoughtful melodic idea. However
About Concerto Movement for Horn and OrchestraBy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited...(+)
About Concerto Movement for Horn and OrchestraBy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Dominic Nunns. For Horn Solo Oboe (2) Horn (2) Strings. Piano Reduction/Vocal Score. KV 494a. Duration 4'30''. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA5349 90)
Par VAN DOREN THEO. Theo Van Doren was an Antwerp musician, violinist and compos...(+)
Par VAN DOREN THEO. Theo Van Doren was an Antwerp musician, violinist and composer who, despite many foreign offers, preferred to stay in his own Antwerp. He started his career as a musician in silent movies, then as a soloist, with his own string trio. Later he became solo violinist in the Flanders' Opera Orchestra and conductor. He worked with a.o. Strawinksy, Rubinstein, Stern, etc. He also taught violin for 35 years at the Borgerhout music academy, where he trained many professional musicians. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Concert Band et Cor
Two Sonatas for French Horn and String Orchestra by Luigi Cherubini here arrang...(+)
Two Sonatas for French Horn and String Orchestra by Luigi Cherubini here arranged for French Horn and Piano and edited by Barry Tuckwell. These Sonatas are also called 'Concert Etudes' implying that they are studies in technique which are also sufficiently musically interesting to form part of the performance repertoire.
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Mozart and his Contemporaries-This volume the first in the 'Horn Masterclass Se...(+)
Mozart and his Contemporaries-This volume the first in the 'Horn Masterclass Series' contains a collection of four horn quintets by Mozart and his contemporaries Wilhelm Gottlieb Antonin Reicha and Jan Václav Stich. The CD contains a performance of these works by Jacob Slagter solo horn player with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam accompanied by a string quartet.