Fisher’s Hornpipe can be heard on Appalachian Journey featuring Mark O’Connor, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical
Catalogue Number MO141B
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SKU: HL.49019164
ISBN 9790220133312. 9.0x12.0x0.184 inches.
The idea to write a horn trio came to the composer (also an acclaimed pianist) after giving a concert with a horn player from the Nash Ensemble, which included the Ligeti and the Brahms horn trios. When the Nash commissioned Watkins to write a new piece, he knew he would write something for horn. The result is an inventive 12-minute work for horn, violin, and piano that alternates driving rhythmic passages with slower, contemplative music. The trio is both lyrical and impelling, typifying Watkins' clear sound. Cast in a single movement, the music maintains a subtle tension throughout, finally building to a climactic finish. A fantastic piece for ambitious players.
SKU: HL.14027987
ISBN 9788759809808. 8.25x11.75x0.32 inches. International (more than one language).
This piece has a broad, moderately paced first movement which leads to a sparkling scherzo, which in turn gives way to an extremely sparsely textured movement that features the horn and its less frequently used techniques. The whole piece turns on this movement, then a couple of crisp arpeggios act as a premature, cinematic transition into the big finale, the longest and the technically most demanding movement of the piece.
SKU: HL.49029661
ISBN 9790220124099. 9.0x12.0x0.17 inches.