HORN CONCERTO
(2023)
CHESTER MUSIC
Commissioned by Britten Pears Arts. The first performance was given on 22 June 2025 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall by Ben Goldscheider (horn), the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo.
Transposed score.
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SCORING
Piccolo
2 flutes
2 oboes (II/cor anglais)
2 clarinets in Bb (II/clarinet in Eb)
Bass clarinet in Bb
2 bassoons
2 horns in F
2 trumpets in C
2 trombones
Timpani
Percussion (3 players):
1. Vibraphone
2. Glockenspiel, xylophone, crotales, 3 triangles, 3 cowbells, 2 tuned gongs
3. 3 suspended cymbals, 3 triangles, 3 gongs (high/medium/low), side drum, bass drum, tam-tam
Harp
Solo horn in F
Strings
Piccolo and Xylophone sound one octave higher than written. Glockenspiel sounds two octaves higher than written. Harp harmonics sound one octave higher than written.
Duration c. 22 minutes
Conductor’s score and orchestral parts on hire
COMPOSER’S NOTE
This concerto lasts approximately 22 minutes and is in three continuous movements with a short Coda. It was completed in January 2023.
The outer sections are of similar length (ca. 5’) while the central section is somewhat longer (8.5’). Each movement has the same shape, starting with fast music followed by a slower and more lyrical episode. The structure attempts to create a feeling of time stretching and contracting repeatedly and thematic material is also repeated and modified to try and reinforce this impression.
Brian Elias January 2023
HornConcerto
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Subitomenomosso
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Bsn.1.2
Hn.1.2
Tpt.1.2
Tbn.1.2