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

Technique and musical expression. Par HOELTZEL MICHAEL. The well-known standard for all questions concerning the technique and playing of the horn - now in English translation. The work is relevant to professionals as well as students. Apart from issues of daily practice and playing, it also deals with topics that haven't been covered within horn literature until recently: playing the high F-horn or the Wagner-tuba, the arrangement of the cadenza in the solo concertos (including cadenzas of all established concertos), personal management as a performer, and other subjects. The German edition has received the German award 'Best Edition' 2000./ Etude / Cor

Volume 3 : 40 études moyenne force-In six books Maxime Alphonose provides 200 progressive studies for the Horn. The third volume of Deux Cents ?tudes Nouvelles M?lodiques Et Progressives is essential to intermediate level Horn players seeking to improve their technique on the instrument. Alphonose's studies focus on elements including tempo rhythm articulation rests dynamics syncopation breath control and neatness among other musical aspects. Compiled in 1924 Alphonse's Deux Cents ?tudes Nouvelles M?lodiques Et Progressives has enhanced the studies of many prolific Horn players. With notes in French English German and Japanese this Alphonse book is versatile and crucial to the progress of any Horn player.

Par THEVET. In three books, Lucien Thevet (1914-2007), a virtuoso Horn player of his day, provides 148 pages of detailed, progressive studies and exercises for the Horn. The first volume of Complete Method of Horn is essential to all Horn players seeking to improve their technique on the instrument. Thevet 's book focuses on elements including scales, chromaticism, intervals, arpeggios, diligence, articulation, tone, vibrato, dynamics, ornamentation and extended technques, among other musical aspects. Moreover, Complete Method of Horn also contains plenty of exercises. Significantly, Complete Methodof Horn firstly seeks to address tube-lengths, fingering combinations and tuning-slides so that when the student progresses to Horn notation, the sound is not lost. With notes in French, English, German and Spanish, this Thevet book is versatile and crucial to the progress of any Horn player. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Méthode / Méthode / Cor

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Langue: English(UK) / Date parution : 1905-05-31/ Répertoire / Cor

Due Pezzi Per Corno Inglese (1977). Par DONATONI FRANCO. Langue: English(US)/Deutsch/Français/Nederlands/ Répertoire / Cor