Classical Project 52
I was thinking earlier in the year about starting a 365 sort of project for the year of 2012 and thought that listening to one new classical piece each day and writing about it would be a lot of fun. Thankfully D talked me out of it, but I've decided that I'd like to listen to one new classical piece each week. This will keep me listening actively in the classical world and to finally give myself some time to listen to music.
5:34 PM
Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto #1 in D
Cologne Radio Orchestra / Johannes Goritzki
Andrew Joy, horn
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=KUSC&composer=Joseph%20Haydn&work=Horn%20Concerto%20%231&label=Capriccio&catalog=10837
1/3/2012
I was scolded by D for having never heard this piece before. I'm a bad horn player... but hey at least I heard it now! Thanks KUSC! I almost have moments of wanting to think that this piece is Mozartian but it's not. It's Haydn. I really love the resonance that you can hear in this piece where Joy is playing. All the horn entrances are so beautiful and well done -- it's as if it's a seamless entrance emerging nonchalantly through the orchestra. Even the lower register playing is amazing.
Imagine being part of a noble court and having to write music today, writing music for rich people. That never happens any more.
I love the beginning of the allegro with the strings opening up and introduce the theme and how the horn opens just as amazingly. I really love the minor shift that occurs very briefly to add some contrast. the end is nice, short and sweet.
There are 3 movements
Joseph Haydn's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId:3 was completed in 1762, "when Haydn was new to the Esterhazy court."[1] The work is in three movements:
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
According to Wiki:
Because of the low range writing in the Adagio, some musicologists believe the concerto was written for Thaddaus Steinmuller. Other musicologists believe it was a present for the baptism ceremony of one of the children of Joseph Leutgeb (for whom Mozart wrote his horn concertos).
5:34 PM
Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto #1 in D
Cologne Radio Orchestra / Johannes Goritzki
Andrew Joy, horn
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=KUSC&composer=Joseph%20Haydn&work=Horn%20Concerto%20%231&label=Capriccio&catalog=10837
1/3/2012
I was scolded by D for having never heard this piece before. I'm a bad horn player... but hey at least I heard it now! Thanks KUSC! I almost have moments of wanting to think that this piece is Mozartian but it's not. It's Haydn. I really love the resonance that you can hear in this piece where Joy is playing. All the horn entrances are so beautiful and well done -- it's as if it's a seamless entrance emerging nonchalantly through the orchestra. Even the lower register playing is amazing.
Imagine being part of a noble court and having to write music today, writing music for rich people. That never happens any more.
I love the beginning of the allegro with the strings opening up and introduce the theme and how the horn opens just as amazingly. I really love the minor shift that occurs very briefly to add some contrast. the end is nice, short and sweet.
There are 3 movements
Joseph Haydn's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId:3 was completed in 1762, "when Haydn was new to the Esterhazy court."[1] The work is in three movements:
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
According to Wiki:
Because of the low range writing in the Adagio, some musicologists believe the concerto was written for Thaddaus Steinmuller. Other musicologists believe it was a present for the baptism ceremony of one of the children of Joseph Leutgeb (for whom Mozart wrote his horn concertos).