Warming Horn Sounds for the Dark Days
The horn has long been at home in the world of fairy tales and myths. That is exactly the starting point of this concert by the horn students of the Royal Conservatoire, performing in Amare. The programme stretches from Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel overture through Wagner and Tchaikovsky to John Powell's music from How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Of all instruments, the horn may have the strongest connection to the imaginary. Horn calls resonate through ancient sagas, operas and film scores that transport us to other worlds. This concert by the horn students of the Royal Conservatoire builds on exactly that tradition. The programme is a journey through compositions that fire the imagination: heroic tales, fairy-tale atmosphere and romantic love stories, performed on an instrument that has set the tone in those genres for centuries.
The Programme: from Humperdinck to John Powell
The evening opens with the overture from Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, arranged by Jeffrey Kirschen. This is followed by Kerry Turner's Farewell to the Red Castle, two short works by Nikolai Tcherepnine, an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and a Tristan Fantasie after Richard Wagner, arranged by Herman Jeurissen. Wagner returns once more with Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt. The closing work, Weihnachtsgefühl by Richard Strauss, also arranged by Jeurissen, rounds off the programme with a warm sound. In between comes Off to Valhalla from How to Train Your Dragon 2 by John Powell, in an arrangement by Chris Nicolai.
