Klaus, it cannot be overheard that the Caesar solo aria horn solo is scored for F-horn, because it would not be possible for any other natural horn, to play this aria. There are two other 4 horn numbers there, scored for G-horns, with a cadenza up to our high d3 in p dynamics - very delicate. And the other number for 4 horns is scored in A, if I recall right - or also in G - with many, many trills, which must be delivered in true baroque manner. Have played the Giulio Caesar more than 25-times.
At age near 64, I stepped down from solo to deputy first, to perform a quieter life for the (nearly) two remaining years & making way free for a potential successor. Johannes Dengler, whom we hired at age 19 fresh from school, leads the section now since July 1st. I think, it was the right decision by myself & I like it. Greetings from NE Thailand Hans > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: Klaus Bjerre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> > Betreff: [Hornlist] Julius Caesar > Datum: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:23:07 +0200 > > Hans ought to be online now with his Munich experiences not being too old, > but then there are so many other knowledge pools available on this fine > board. > > DRTV1 just finished a direct transmission from our Royal Theatre of > Händels > Julius Caesar with Andreas Scholl singing the lead. > > The orchestra was Concerto Copenhagen, which plays replicas of original > instruments. I spotted a small schizzo in the bass section, where a double > bass appeared to have steel strings, and another section member played a > fretted violone. > > I seem to remember, that Hans at some point reported about a high horn > job, > actually a duet supporting the singers, towards the end, where he used a > single descant horn. As far as I remember an Alexander in F (mine ditto is > in G). > > I also seem to remember Hans telling the key of that section to be Bb. > When > the two natural horns of Concerto Copenhagen exploded their artistry in > the > most wonderful way in the said section, I bent over in pure awe. > > However being the cynic my genes tell me to be, I pulled one of my > recorders > out of the basket standing next to my chair and found that the key > actually > appeared to be Bb. I don't haul out a horn this late in the night, as I > live > in a condo. > > This made me think of a standing discussion on the recorder list (I taught > brasses as well as recorders for a living). I never accepted A=415 > instruments, as they narrowed down the real life applicability of my > students. If they could get church jobs, these all were in A=440. And even > if I don't have totally perfect pitch, instruments tuned to A=415 tend to > sound dull in my ears. > > All this typed noise just to ask: is the said horn passages of the said > opera actually written in Bb? > > If so, I will salute Concerto Copenhagen (CoCo among friends) for playing > in > modern pitch. > > And as I have worked with baroque music as well as statistics, I tend to > find B natural horns very unlikely to happen in the Händel repertory (even > if playing 2nd in Brahms 2.2 is a marvellous experience). > > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/gix3514%40gmx.at > -- SigfridFafner the under ground horn player from Vienna GMX DSL = Maximale Leistung zum minimalen Preis! 2000 MB nur 2,99, Flatrate ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
