Horn Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss / Tim Laughlin
Richard Strauss's First Horn Concerto, Op. 11, perhaps the most well-known in the horn repertoire, was first penned when the composer was just a teenager. But with a horn virtuoso for a father, the then-young Richard Strauss displays in … Read More
Richard Strauss's First Horn Concerto, Op. 11, perhaps the most well-known in the horn repertoire, was first penned when the composer was just a teenager. But with a horn virtuoso for a father, the then-young Richard Strauss displays in his concerto a remarkable mastery of the instrument's possibilities, with one foot in classic structure and the other in romantic lyricism. Here the work is arranged for solo horn and wind ensemble. Approx. 16 min. Instrumentation: 2fl+pic/2ob/3cl+bcl+cbcl/4sax/2bn+cbn; 2hn/3tp/3tb/eu/tba; bass; timp