On 28Dec 2010, at 19:11 , Andrew Joy wrote: > ... > I waited twelve years, after hearing a brilliant performance of Horn > Lokk from Eric Terwilliger at a horn symposium in Germany in 1980, > before tackling the piece > myself. Once difficult, now easy. It took me twenty years and a > stunning performance in Cologne by Marie Louise Neunecker to > discover the special, captivating > beauty of the Ligeti Horn Trio and get to work on it. It remains > difficult to play and I appreciate the challenges it presents for > most audiences. And I've been able to > introduce non-musician music lovers to the piece such that they have > acquired a taste for not only for the Trio, but Ligeti's music in > general.
I listened to a live performance of this trio only once; the hornist was Stefan Dohr. To me it seemed immensely difficult, but while I admired Stefan's skills I can't say that I was so moved by the music itself. I suppose that such things must be studied and digested. However I did play some Ligeti once, it was the Six Bagatelles. Though these are not as difficult and unpalatable as other contemporary music, still it holds true that one advantage of performing such pieces is that the general audience will hardly notice any wrong notes. Daniel Canarutto mathematical physicist & dedicated amateur hornist http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/ http://www.corno.it/ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
