Qcso program notes 201819, masterworks v 3 richard strauss 18641949 concerto in d major for oboe and small orchestra instrumentation. Program notes jennifer rebecca healy, horn senior honors. Decades later, the same hall would host the premiere of his eighth symphony. Marine band french horn player makes solo debut with. The first movement opens like a traditional concerto, with the orchestra establishing the key and thematic material for the work. In 18823 richard strauss wrote his horn concerto no. A traditional device one favored by mozart opens the concerto. Solo horn, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. Richard strauss began his musical life with conservative tastes, taking after his father the great horn player franz strauss in a preference for the classical style of mozart, haydn and beethoven. Join in person on the lawn next to the paver bar or live stream audio on your phone at the link below.
Todays soloists, ironically, find it much easier than the horn concerto strauss wrote at the opposite end of his life. Metamorphoses for twentythree solo strings and three concerted works. Marcel saillet, oboe, tonhalle orchestra, volkmar andreae, conductor. These are all lushly beautiful pieces that suggest a lateinlife purification of. Since a rondo is a work with a recurring theme, strauss united the various pranks of the work by associating the character of till with the recurring theme, which is a magnificent, almost maniacally difficult horn solo. 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. Mozart clearly did not feel in any way hidebound by the horns limited range of easily attainable notes with lucid input from the hanover band and from the eroica quartet in the quintet, these performances have a musical integrity over and above. Music from vienna program notes schenectady symphony. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is. When that message is opened in an htmlcapable email program, the recipients computer will access our email providers server to retrieve the pixel tag file, allowing us to record and store, along with your email address, the date and time the recipient viewed the. The other concertos have quite mysterious backgrounds. This lyrical work, in aba form, is of easytomedium difficulty.
His tone is often uneven with some notes sounding fatter or thinner than others. Also sprach zarathustra indianapolis symphony orchestra. The score was published by boosey and hawkes of london in 1950. Strauss scored it for solo piano, plus an orchestra of 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings.
Contrary to the traditional numbered order of the concertos, concerto no. Allegro michael kennedy hit a nail on its head when he described richard strauss s first horn concerto as. It was only once strauss left home that his ears opened up to the music of the future, to quote a phrase associated with his new musical idol. The music in mozarts concertos often has the quality of transposed opera and, like most of mozarts operatic roles and concert arias, these works are, to borrow from dance parlance, made on particular performers. It was a fine success, and did much to further his dual reputation as performer and composer. Montgomery caught by the wind 2016 10 richard strauss horn concerto no. Jan 01, 2006 jolleys reflective, mature voice is apparent in his renditions of the strauss concerti, and his virtuosic mastery of the most difficult aspects of horn playing shines in his transcription of the cello sonata. He wrote it for his father, a professional horn player, but the elder strauss found the work too difficult. It was taken up and popularised by the british horn.
Allegro michael kennedy hit a nail on its head when he described richard strausss first horn concerto as. Oct 08, 2016 concerto in d major for oboe and small orchestra, trv 292 1945 richard strauss 18641949 francois leleux oboe swedish radio symphony orchestra daniel harding conductor 2010 00. The philadelphia orchestra christoph eschenbach conductor jennifer montone horn strauss till eulenspiegels merry pranks, op. 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. Horn concerto no 2 in e flat major, k417 mozart from. The thematic material is not shared as much in this concerto as other concerto. Richard strauss was the first great composer since mozart to be born into the family of a distinguished musician, famous in his own right. Gordon jacob, concerto for horn and strings 1951 3. It is a conservative piece and, except for the opening horn fanfare, reflects little of his later development. The dedication on the autograph piano version is to his father, while the orchestral version is dedicated to oskar franz, another horn player.
However, upon seeing the score, strauss senior pragmatically decided to cede the glory to another player. Experts are not sure if movements in certain concertos belong together. Into such a home environment was richard georg strauss born. It is a rather stern military march, but in a surprising turn of events, the entrance of the solo horn also brings a lyrical new theme. At the age of eighteen, he finished his first horn concerto. Professor jennifer presar the purpose of this research paper is to accompany the condensed program notes for the authors masters recital on horn given march 23, 20.
Allegro molto vivace this program runs approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes. Whether mozart actually wrote the other concertos is questionable also. 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. Rondo allegro molto in 1945 an old man walked down the stairs of his country retreat with his hands up and surrendered to the american soldiers who had entered with the words, i am richard strauss, the composer of rosenkavalier and salome. French horn, orchestra, piano sheet music book by richard strauss 18641949. Mozart clearly did not feel in any way hidebound by the horn s limited range of easily attainable notes with lucid input from the hanover band and from the eroica quartet in the quintet, these performances have a musical integrity over and above. Franz strauss 18221905, the father of the notable composer richard strauss, was an equally capable composer in his own right.
The family lived at 2 altheimer eck which was behind the pschorr brewhouse in munich. Strauss was only 18 and had yet to develop his own distinctive style when he completed his first horn concerto in 1883. You can read our critically acclaimed program notes online one week prior to select concerts. The summer of 1888 found the 24yearold strauss at something of an impasse. It is well known that strauss loved sopranos, but sometimes he appeared to love concertmasters almost as much. In strauss 2 he makes leaps with ease and delicacy, applying a degree of finesse to even the most technical passages. Richard strauss became a talented young composer at an early age.
After musical study with his uncles johann georg walter and franz michael walter, in which he learned to play the clarinet, guitar, and all brass instruments, franz strauss at the age of 15 entered the service of duke maximilian of bavaria as a guitarist. An evening with richard strauss join associate conductor, sameer patel, 45 minutes before the concert for a 30minute, enlightening chat about strauss s first horn concerto, suite from le bourgeois gentilhomme, and learn what to look for during the performance. Also sprach zarathustra, opus 30 abstruse used to be the favorite adjective of critics trying to characterize also sprach zarathustra. The first program notes, published before the premier in frankfurt on november 27, 1896, stated.
Solo horn, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings stravinsky, prokofiev, and ravel, featured on tuesdays festival chamber orchestra program, are all well known for their neoclassical streaks, but richard straussknown best for his lush tone poemsalso had his moments of neoclassicism. Pip eastop plays a natural horn akin to the type available to the virtuoso for whom mozart wrote the four concertos, joseph leutgeb. Next, strauss evokes nietzsches dance song, a kind of rivalry of life and wisdom, which strauss expresses as a waltz. His final years gave rise to several apparently abstract instrumental works, including his metamorphosen metamorphoses for twentythree solo strings and three concerted works. Certainly the opening cadenza, the dreamy slow movement, and the vigorous finale all evoke the romantic world of the natural horn. A brief biography of richard strauss 1 chapter two the first concerto. He plunges into passion and finds no peace, so he turns toward science, and tries in vain to solve lifes problem in a fugue. Strauss wrote it for his father, who was germanys leading horn virtuoso. Strauss concerto is said to be nearly impossible to play on a valveless horn, so perhaps the waldhorn designation is a suggestion that the playing should remind us of a hunting horn.
I was anxious to hear dave jolleys recordings, but this is disappointing. Richard strauss oboe concerto, trv 292 1945 youtube. Born in parkenstein, bavaria, franz strauss had begun his musical career by the age of 7, playing the violin at a wedding dance. Ericson 2003 noted that in the 1860s, strauss married his second wife, josephine pschorr 18371910.
The horn concerto has become the most frequently performed horn concerto written in the 19th century. He composed operas, lieder, concertos, chamber music, tone poems, sonatas, etc at the age of twelve he wrote his first work festmarch 1876. Jolleys reflective, mature voice is apparent in his renditions of the strauss concerti, and his virtuosic mastery of the most difficult aspects of horn playing shines in his transcription of the cello sonata. If youve ever listened to the orchestral works of richard strauss youve probably noticed that there are lots of great french horn moments, buettgen explained.
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