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Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11

188317 min

This guide follows Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11 (1883) in three parts: Allegro, Andante and Allegro (Rondo) (rondo).

Recording: Radovan Vlatković (horn), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Stéphane Denève

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Follow all 20 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III () · Rondo
I0:46–6:15

After a single orchestral chord the horn enters with an energetic (A), the idea that in all three movements. B brings a more lyrical contrast, and the comes back (A′). After a , a new idea, C, begins. A second leads to the , where the opening gesture , then the music calms and flows straight into the slow .

  1. A
  2. B
II6:24–10:48
III ()Rondo11:29–17:50

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

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Richard StraussConcertosLate Romantic periodE-flat majorRondo

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