It's a five movement piece that features all the horn has to offer. Each movement portrays the horn differently, as it was Williams' intention to show how versatile it is. Anyone looking for Star Wars/ET/Raiders/Schindler's List-type melodies will be disappointed. He writes the movie music for 8-year olds (quoth Clevenger). At some points, the solo horn is more of an obligatto part, accompanying the orchestra. If that's what you meant by making the Gliere concerto look like La Basque (showcase for solo hornist with a bunch of people playing along on stage), I can sort of see what you mean. I didn't leave the concert humming any melodies, but I did feel the moods portrayed, and the cadenza hadn't been written as of then.
John Baumgart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mansur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] John Williams Concerto > I'm a little curious, also. Does it have any spots in it that are low, > slow, melodic, and delicate that require awesome control and amazing > precision to gently pull a heart-string or two? Is there a melody in > it that you can't get out of your head? > > CORdially, Paul Mansur > > On Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at 07:40 PM, Nicholas Hartman Hartman wrote: > > > I was at the BSO concert with James > > Sommerville playing the concerto. From the sound, it's > > high, fast, and hard. It's a fantastic piece, though > > it makes the Gliere concerto look like La Basque. The > > cool thing is that it features the other horns a lot > > as well, not just the soloist, though I think it is > > supposed to have a piano reduction as well. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
