Wolfgang Rihm
Hornkonzert
Short instrumentation: 1 2 3 2 - 0 1 2 1 - timp, hp, str
Duration: 20'
Dedication: für Stefan Dohr
Solos:
horn in F
Instrumentation details:
piccolo
oboe
cor anglais
1st clarinet in A
2nd clarinet in A
bass clarinet in Bb
bassoon
contrabassoon
trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
bass tuba
timpani
harp
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Rihm - Hornkonzert for horn and orchestra
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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: HornkonzertOrchestration: für Horn und Orchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Rihm had long toyed with the notion of writing a horn concerto for Stefan Dohr, the principal horn player with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. While György Ligeti’s Horn Concerto makes use of further horns in the orchestra, Rihm chooses to do without, instead giving the soloist lines of exceptional cantabile appeal and rooted in an astonishing colour palette, without allowing the underlying virtuosity to become strikingly visible. A new repertoire piece in the making!