Horn Concerto No.1, Op.12 (Van Hoorick, Geert)

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13 more: Oboes 1, 2/English Horn • Clarinets 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoons 1, 2 • Horns 1, 2 (F) • Trumpets 1, 2 (B♭) • Timpani • Snare Drum, Cymbals, Triangle • Horn solo (F) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

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Work Title Horn Concerto No.1
Alternative. Title Concerto No.1 in E-flat major for horn and orchestra
Composer Van Hoorick, Geert
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.12
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGV 10
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 2005-06
First Performance. Antwerp, 12nd June 2017, by Dries Laureyssens (soloist) in an arrangement for horn and piano (public exam)
First Publication. 2006
Dedication parents of the composer
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation horn, orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets
timpani, triangle, cymbals, snare drum, harp, strings

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This is a modern-classical horn concerto, in a late romantic style, but also with a lot of impressionist influences. For the soloist it is demanding and requires stamina. Therefore it has symphonic allure, mainly because of the heroic character and the Leitmotiv and main theme of the 1st movement, that both are recurrent in the whole piece. The 1st movement is moderately fast and in sonata form. The 2nd movement is slow and also in (a free) sonata form. The final movement is fast and in rondo form, with a very catching theme. There are cadenzas in the 1st and final movement. Reviews on the Composition Contest forum: "... Wonderful!"; "Another exceptional piece ... The themes are generally excellent. The mood is very cinematic, and I get caught up in the moment ... Excellent, excellent work. Bravo !"; "Excellent work ..." The parts are not yet updated to the latest version. Score moving videos and play along videos om my YouTube-channel. In this case I want to make a very personal comment about this concerto. I always loved the piece musically, but I struggled to come to a definitive version. In my childhood I played the horn only at a beginners level during three years. Therefore, based on some online comments from horn players, I have revised the piece several times to improve the playability of the horn part. However on June 12th, 2017 Dries Laureyssens (horn) and a pianist gave a public performance of all movements of this concerto, in an arrangement made by the soloist for horn and piano, in Antwerp, Royal Conservatoire, Belgium, at his public exam (in my attendance). Immediately after the concert, he told me that he preferred the original horn part above the later revisions and proved in his wonderful performance that he was perfectly capable to play even the most difficult passages ! Therefore in the (possibly) latest revision (of 2024) I try to keep close to my original solo part. But nevertheless there is a remarkable difference: I have added a 3rd horn in the orchestra, and assigned some passages in which the soloist was supposed to play just ‘with’ the orchestra, to the horns in the orchestra. This leaves the soloist some more longer rest periods, and that is a good thing because the concerto lasts nearly a half hour. And no problem for me if the soloist chooses to play some high passages an octave lower (e.g. the main theme of the Nocturne).