Strauss composed his violin concerto in 1882, closely followed by the horn concerto that same year. In 18823 richard strauss wrote his horn concerto no. Pdf library horn matters a french horn and brass site. Richard strauss sheet music and music books at sheet music. The concerto is one of the mostdemanding solo works for the. This resource is intended as a basic outline to guide advanced orchestral horn study at the college level. Strauss was only 18 and had yet to develop his own distinctive style when he completed his first horn concerto in 1883. The disc is generously filled out with two other pieces from strausss youth which, like the first concerto, were tributes to his hornplaying father. Franzs musical aesthetics held up mozart and beethoven as the ultimate models, and his dislike for wagner was no secret. The horn concerto has become the most frequently performed horn concerto written in the 19th century. He wrote it for his father, a professional horn player, but the elder strauss found the work too difficult.
Conductor tadaaki otaka horn stefan dohr bayleys great classics sound the horn auckland town hall thursday 18 may 2017 audio courtesy of radio new zealand r. Franz was well respected in his time, and it is to him that richard strauss 18641949 dedicated the orchestral score of his horn concerto no. R strauss horn concerto no 1 1 barry tuckwell 1987 youtube. Kalmus scores with links to amazon scores strauss, richard romantic style.
Its composition follows his violin concerto, another work listeners might recognize as being quite early. Richard strausss first horn concerto was completed in 1883 and premiered that year in munich, when the composer was only 18, and studying at munich university. Book just four tickets to our concerts and become a subscriber. The concerto is one of the mostdemanding solo works for the horn, using the highest and lowest notes in the instruments register, often in quick succession. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Franz strauss 18221905, the father of the notable composer richard strauss, was an. Richard strauss sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic.
A guide to solo horn music by arthur diaz charles snead. Youll find a wide selection of richard strauss sheet music, songbooks, and music books at sheet music plus. The full range of the horn is in use in this beautiful solo. The story is told that the composer had the horn solos in the beckmesser. Richard strausss first horn concerto arranged for solo horn and a horn quartet. Tickets to individual concerts can be booked through ticketmaster. The music, especially in the first movement, is reminiscent of beethoven and schumann, with a touch of late romantic style. Composed in 188283 and first performed with full orchestra in meiningen, 4 march 1885, with gustav leinhos, soloist.
The score was published by boosey and hawkes of london in 1950. Tate ideally matches his vitality and lyrical repose, and the eco, doing. Beogradski simfonicari belgrade symphony horna horn. Todays soloists, ironically, find it much easier than the horn concerto strauss wrote at the opposite end of his life. Scores with links to sheet music plus om parts works reprinted by edwin f. French horn solo sheet music sheet music at jw pepper. Philharmonia orchestra 1957 to hear dennis brain play it, you would think this concerto posed no difficulties at all. Now that ive heard his two horn concertos, wind serenade, and duet concertino, my admiration has grown. The indian summer works of the 1940s are the thing here, suffused with a radiant blend of classical and romantic. Strauss horn concertos 1 and 2 2 cds download buy now. The horn tone is not only secure, but full out in the extroverted sections and.
It was taken up and popularised by the british horn. It is simply a concerto that is so well written and idiomatic that it works. When i first played the srauss 1st horn concerto, i was playing on a cc tuba. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many others. Richard strauss, franz strauss, the london symphony orchestra, barry tuckwell, istvan kertesz horn concerto no.
The odd minor blemish notwithstanding, the rpo sounds to be full of virtuosi, led of course by the mellowest of hornplayes, alan civil,who also contributes a lovely. Print and download in pdf or midi strauss horn concerto no. An annotated guide and interactive database for solo horn. Brass french horn solo sheet music 51 french horn solo sheet music. Horn concerto opus 11 soloist, radek baborak conductor, charles olivierimunroe national philharmonic of russia live concert from moscow, tchaikovsky hall 2014. G horn concerto joy by hansgeorg pfluger, othmar schoeck, richard. Horn master barry tuckwells performances of the horn concertos epitomize the difference between strauss young and old. The odd minor blemish notwithstanding, the rpo sounds to be full of virtuosi, led of course by the mellowest of horn playes, alan civil,who also contributes a lovely performance of the first horn concerto an oddly oldfashionedsounding piece by strauss s progressive standards. Greene butler university follow this and additional works at. Though now more famous as the father of richard strauss, franz strauss was a very wellknown horn player with a welldocumented reputation for being both musically conservative and difficult to work with.
The song alphorn is to a typically romantic text by kerner and the 14yearold composer let no chance slip to illustrate it. Part of the music commons recommended citation greene, gary a. Gordon jacob, concerto for horn and strings 1951 3. The original piano reduction, prepared by richard strauss, is however dedicated to his father, franz strauss. Stylish and fulltoned, a wonderful mixture of simplicity with sophistication, seriousness and wit, vlatkovics mozart cycle is a modern classic, to place beside brain, tuckwell and civil. Horn in f, piano sheet music book by richard strauss 18641949. No commercial recordings available for your location. I have performed it since on both bbb and f tuba, and it seems to lay well on both.