My horn teacher excitedly shared about this piece at my lesson last week which led to me listening to it over the weekend. The piece is based on a portrait by Arnold Bocklin, both are dark in nature and appropriate for laying the mood as we head towards Halloween.
Here are some horn highlights:
Horn solo at 1:06 has wild leaps, I like the facial expressions this soloist uses. The smallest change in embouchure can drastically effect the pitch.
Tutti horn just before 3:00 into english horn
Brass sounds including horn around 4:20
[so much building]
about 4:50 a nice horn 'yawn'
at 6:05 or so the horn responds to the woodwind calls, so mellow the perfect echo
around 9:10 more brass, including horn as things are building with tympani accenting the phrases
by 9:44 horns are ascending into a climax that lands on the flute and pizzacato strings and other high woodwinds
10:20 more horn yawns
at 10:55 the brass play a dark reverent chorale with string responding
the orchestra is working things out together
I spot on the video the horns and then I notice an arpeggio-ic line about 13:25
13:50ish we see trombones on the video and also hear horns with a bit of a fanfare featurette
just before 15:00 the horns help with the ascending of the orchestra offering some counter tension
17:40 horns enter after a quieter section (that was after a climatic moment) with a lovely horn filled chord, church organ like, continue-ing to build with entrances/exits somewhat like their Wolf persona in Peter and the Wolf
21:40 the horns lay down long foundational sounds
the final horn chord begin the final quiet sounds of the orchestra
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