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This concerto is one of Mozart's two horn concerti to have ripieno horns (horns included in the orchestra besides the soloist), though, in contrast to the Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417, the solo horn in this one duplicates the first ripieno horn's part in the tutti passages. [5]
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs .
The songs were linked by contemporary social commentary, mostly by Flanders. Highlights included "Ill Wind", in which Flanders sings rapidly about a pilfered horn to the tune of the Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and "New Built Up Area", a soliloquy by Flanders in which a disgruntled resident of Salisbury Plain complains of the newly ...
Stock's 1789 miniature of Mozart. The four Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were written for his friend Joseph Leutgeb, whom he had known since childhood.Leutgeb was a skilled player, and the works are difficult to perform on the natural horn of the period, requiring lip trills, much hand-stopping, and rapid tonguing.
Flanders and Swann in the show. The show opened on 31 December 1956 at the New Lindsey. No West End shows were opening on that evening, and consequently, as Swann put it, "quite a number of critics turned up on spec." [7] In The Observer, Kenneth Tynan called the show "a witty and educated diversion …
Concerto for Horn, Strings, and Basso Continuo in E-flat major, QV 5: Anh. 13 [1] Concerto for Horn, Strings, and Basso Continuo in E-flat major, QV 5: Anh. 14 [1] Concerto ex D-sharp major for corno concertato, oboe, 2 violins, viola and basso [citation needed] III. Concerti a Corno concertato [citation needed] Johann Christian Reinhardt
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.. English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto ...
The phrase "I found my horn" seems likely to be taken from a version of Flanders and Swann's Ill Wind, a song about playing the French Horn (until it is stolen), set to the tune of the third movement of Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto. The following lines appear in the song: