Hi all,
Hope you have enjoyed this little exercise - here is the list so far:
Beethoven Violin concerto (tympani)
Rachmaninov Piano concerto #2 (solo piano)
Britten Serenade (horn, duh)
Rossini William Tell (cello)
Moussorksky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition (trumpet)
Sibelius Symphony #1 (tympani)
Beethoven Piano Concerto #4 (piano)
Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra (piano)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto #2 (violin)
John Adams; Short Ride in a Fast Machine (wood block solo)
Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto 2
R. Strauss: Burlesque
Weber - Oberon Overture
Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Rimski-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or
Shostakovich: Symphony #1
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije
Mahler: 5
Schmidt #4
Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel's Tzigane
Enesco First Romanian Rhapsody
"Le Chasseur Maudit" (Caesar Franck) - 4th horn solo [good one!]
Liszt's Orpheus
Hanson Fanfare for the Signal Corps
Bernstein: Facsimile
Margariteña by Inocente Carreño
Saint-Saens: 2nd Piano Concerto
I have not included movements later in pieces that begin with a solo
instrument - just entire pieces that do.
BUT! There is a piece that begins with a prominent horn solo
unaccompanied that has not been mentioned. The composer is well-known.
B
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Robert N. Ward
Principal Horn
San Francisco Symphony
rnw...@comcast.net
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