Chamber Music English
Horn
SKU:
PR.114423130
Composed
by Adolphus Hailstork.
Performance Score.
Duration 4 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42313. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114423130).
ISBN
9781491137574. UPC:
680160691029.
Hails
tork’s beautifully
lilting SICILIANA for
solo English horn is
actually structured as a
recitative and aria: a
dramatic prelude serves
as a soliloquy with
question-like pauses,
teasing our ears forward.
This opening unfolds into
a gorgeous rendering of
the traditional 12/8
dance form, full of
soaring melodies and
elegant arabesques.
SICILIANA’s
technical demands are
within the reach of
students looking for
unaccompanied contest
repertoire, while the
expressive potential is
enticing for advanced
players in any setting.
This 6-minute work has
been recorded for Navona
Records by Elizabeth
Starr Masoudnia of the
Philadelphia
Orchestra.