A very beautiful, soaring and moderately easy piece that seems like it might fit your needs would be the middle movement, "The Signal Tree", from Nikola Resanovic's Horn Sonata. I've enjoyed using it that way in the past.
http://www.nikolaresanovic.com/The_Signal_Tree.mp3. If not, at least it might give you some ideas. Warren. At 10:00 AM 1/13/2011, [email protected] wrote: >Message: 11 >Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:35:42 -0600 >From: Molly White <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Graduation. >To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >And yet Kopprasch is in NO WAY entertaining for your audience! Oh dear >sorry. Did I shout? My suggestion is movie music! Field of Dreams, Robin >Hood (Kostner), the most recent Star Trek. Avatar. Batman (any of them). ET. >Wow I could go on for days. Soaring (not necessarily "high") melodic themes >and heroic fanfares. That is our instrument at its best. Guildhall soloists >Time and Space for 2 Horns and piano FANTASTIC! I will mail you my CD if you >can't otherwise put your hands on a copy. > >On Jan 12, 2011 1:11 AM, "Richard V. West" <[email protected]> wrote: > >John: > >My only suggestions are these: > >Write a piece that suits the horn, not a guitar, not a saxophone, not a >trumpet. > >Write something you would want to hear yourself. > >Vary the mood. For example, write a slow, lyrical song-like section and then >contrast it with a >jazzy section that closes the piece. > >Since you want to compose the piece yourself, write to your strengths. If >you have a great high >register or a super low register, show it off. If not, concentrate on the >middle register. Can >you double tongue or have a great legato style? If so, include some passages >for that. > >Above all, listen to as much music for horn and piano as possible, not to >copy, but to learn >what works and figure out why it does. > >Good luck, > >Richard in Seattle > > >On 1/11/2011 8:34 PM, John Stacy wrote: > > In just over 4 months, I'm going to be graduating high sc... > > unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hornfella%40comcast.net > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3374 - Release Date: 01/11/11 _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
