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3rd Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 18 ("Hommage d`Amitié et de Reconnaissance") 4th Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 19 ("Hommage à la Mémoire de Punto") 5th Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 21; Concertino for Horn; Sonate in F-major for horn and harp; Air Ecossais varié pour Cor et Harpe, Op.22; Horn Sonate, Op. 3; Sébastien ...
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.. English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto ...
The four Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were written for his friend Joseph Leutgeb, whom he had known since childhood. Leutgeb was a skilled player, and the works are difficult to perform on the natural horn of the period, requiring lip trills , much hand-stopping , and rapid tonguing .
Most of his outstanding horn concertos were composed between 1782 and 1789 for the Bohemian duo Franz Zwierzina and Joseph Nage while at the Bavarian court of Oettingen-Wallerstein. One of his best-known works in this genre is his Horn Concerto in E flat major C49/K III:36. It consists of three movements: 1. Allegro moderato 2. Romance 3. Rondo.
The work is scored for solo horn and an orchestra consisting of three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo 1 and alto flute; 2nd doubling piccolo 2), two oboes, Cor anglais, two clarinets (2nd doubling E-flat clarinet), two bassoons, two additional horns, two trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, timpani (doubling bass drum), three percussionists, harp, celesta, and strings.
The Concerto for Horn and Strings is a concerto for horn and string orchestra in three movements by the English composer Gordon Jacob. The work was composed in 1951 for soloist Dennis Brain and premiered on 8 May 1951, with Jacob conducting the Riddick String Orchestra in Wigmore Hall, London. The piece has been regarded as one of the most ...
(The horn part is the same.) The horn concerto has become the most frequently performed horn concerto written in the 19th century. [citation needed] The premiere with piano accompaniment was given in 1883 at Munich, and that with orchestral accompaniment in 1885 at Meiningen. Towards the end of his life in 1942, Strauss wrote a second horn ...
In 1849, Robert Schumann explored the horn as a solo instrument, dedicating to it an "Adagio and Allegro," Op. 70, before embarking on the composition of an orchestral work featuring four solo horns (having also composed the "Five Songs based on Heinrich Laube's Hunting Compendium" for men's choir and four horns, Op. 137 that same year).