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Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447

178716 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 (1787) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Romance. Larghetto and Allegro.

Recording: Radek Baborák (horn), Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Jean-Jacques Kantorow

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Follow all 26 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II.
  3. III
ISonata form0:30–8:01

The orchestra's presents the , a and a , and then the horn enters with its own of the opening . In the the horn moves through a to the in a new , and a short rounds the section off. The is brief and moves away from E-flat. In the both in the home , and a pause marked gives the room to improvise before the final . In some passages the horn plays along with the orchestra, perhaps a joke or a warm-up for Leutgeb.

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  2. :
II. 8:10–12:27
III12:52–16:18

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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