On this page I would like to introduce some rarely performed compositions:
The source is a project at the University of Music Lübeck under the direction of Prof. Kohler in 1999.
Recording engineer: Dirk Alexander, currently a horn player in Bremen
Horn: Hasko Kröger
Piano: Heike Ziecke
Relevant to the topic of auditions:
Hermann Neuling's Bagatelle
Thilo Jaques' Horn Sonata
is a challenging work: the composer, himself a horn player, explored the possibilities of the horn as a virtuosic instrument. The primary style elements include the use of various (untunable) valve combinations and of "natural" horn-playing, meaning longer phrases in one valve combination with use of the stopping technique technique.Piano: Thilo Jaques
The Three Characters for Horn and Piano by Andreas Simon
is a remarkable work. Andreas Simon, accompanist by training, wrote this work during his studies on the occasion of a horn player's graduate recital. Sadly, this is his only composition for horn!Piano: Andreas Simon
...and last but not least, the Quintet for Horn and String Quartet by Anton Hoffmeister with the Barrault-Quartet, Lübeck