[Hornlist] Frigyes Hidas

2007-11-22 Thread Eldon Matlick
It is nice to see comments about Hidas and his music. He has written a very fine horn concerto which had been very popular in Europe about 10-15 years ago. The concerto reminds me alot of Lalo Schifren's music around his 'Mission Impossible' years. Very interesting and jazzy. I had known he

[Hornlist] Modern Horn Concertos (plug)

2007-11-22 Thread David Keeffe
Hi there If we're plugging new works for horn that aren't screechfests, then have a listen to mine! Horn with classical orchestra: eminently playable, with a modern feel. Go to http://music.systemsolve.net and browse the mp3 player on the left for excerpts! There are full versions too.

Re: [Hornlist] Modern Horn Concertos

2007-11-22 Thread David Lamb
Many of us in Seattle are eagerly awaiting the premiere of the new horn concerto by Samuel Jones, the composer-in-residence with the Seattle Symphony. John Cerminaro will perform the work on the SSO concerts of February 14 and 16, 2008. Sam's music always shows a graceful lyricism and a

[Hornlist] Anyone Here Do Gold Plating?

2007-11-22 Thread Jerry Houston
Please forgive the double post ... I'm never sure who's on which list. One of my flugelhorns is a 4-valve Getzen Eterna, and although it's pretty, I'm getting damned sick and tired of polishing the silver. Is anyone here set up to gold plate something the size of a fluglehorn? Please let me

Re: [Hornlist] Descant horn Concerto

2007-11-22 Thread Michiel van der Linden
Have a look here: http://www.corno.de/english/barock_horn_concertos.htm They provide a preview of part of the score, and in some cases an audio sample as well (Most concertos from Barry Tuckwell's baroque concertos recording can be found here) Almost all baroque music will be easy on the ears of