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Download W. A. Mozart, K. 407 Quintet, arranged for brass (II)

PUBLISHED: May 12, 2010, Bruce Hembd

UPDATE: 5/14/2010 – the score is embedded for easier viewing online. Open publication Download Part II Download Parts I and II in one large 7.5MB PDF file At the end of Part I, I mentioned a small caveat. At first I was hesitant to post this score, but later decided to go ahead. This second [...]

Seven Tips for Cadenzas

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2009, Bruce Hembd
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A long orchestral tutti builds and builds, leading towards an inevitable resolution and long fermata. The conductor signals a cut-off and after a few seconds, there is nothing but silence in the hall. All eyes are focused on you, the soloist. This is the moment — the cadenza. What are you going to do? Here [...]

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On Phrasing in Mozart

PUBLISHED: September 24, 2009, Bruce Hembd
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Clues to look for in plotting an interpretation. In planning out a performance of a Mozart horn concerto, some theoretical knowledge of musical forms is very helpful. All of the first movements in fact, adhere to the Sonata-Allegro form and all the finale movements are in rondo form. Beyond this, analyzing some of the themes [...]

Improvise your Cadenza

PUBLISHED: September 14, 2009, John Ericson

One thing that students hate to do is write their own cadenza. Once they get going they usually find it is not that hard to do. A cadenza should ideally sound as if it is improvised on several themes from the work. This is not often the case today. Recently music critic Alex Ross took [...]

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Want to Hear Some Mozart 3 Cadenzas?

PUBLISHED: January 28, 2009, John Ericson

I was recently sent a link to a Spanish horn website, www.soytrompista.com. My Spanish is minimal, but I was interested to check it out as it had some recordings on it. What I found was one section of the site is devoted to recordings of cadenzas. For example on this page there are there are [...]

Quantz on Cadenzas

PUBLISHED: December 3, 2007, John Ericson

Students often struggle a bit with their cadenzas. With juries (performance exams) coming for many horn students the next two weeks, the following quote from Johann Joachim Quantz is very appropriate to ponder. The object of the cadenza is simply to surprise the listener unexpectedly once more at the end of the piece, and to [...]

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