Strauss — Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
Randy Gardner discusses Ein Heldenleben (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Lebhaft bewegt
(beginning – 6)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Festes Zeitmas (sehr lebhaft)
(74 – 80)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
74 — 77
77 — 80
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
74 — 77
77 — 80
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
74 — 77
77 — 80
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
74 — 77
77 — 80
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – Langsam
(107 – end)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (David Wetherill, principal horn)
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Strauss — Don Quixote, op. 35
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Introduction/Theme: Ruhig
(7 – 12)
Horn 1 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Variation VII: ein wenig ruhiger als vorher
(57 – 5 after 58)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Strauss — Don Juan, op. 20
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – Tranquillo
(20 after D – 1 after F)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2 in E
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in E
Horn 4 in E
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – Allegro molto con brio
half = 84
(11 after N – P)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – Allegro molto con brio
half = 84
(10 before W – AA)
Horn 1
Horn 1 in E
Horn 2
Horn 2 in E
Horn 3
Horn 3 in E
Horn 4
Horn 4 in E
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Philharmonic, André Previn
Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5, op. 47
Dale Clevenger discusses Shostakovitch 5 (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Moderato
quarter = 92
(17 – 21)
Horn 1 and 2 in F
Horn 3 and 4 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Moderato
(32 – 41)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
32 — 39
39 — 41
Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
32 — 39
39 — 41
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
32 — 39
39 — 41
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
32 — 39
39 — 41
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
32 — 39
39 — 41
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – II. Allegretto
quarter = 138
(54 – 57)
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – IV. Allegro non troppo
half = 80
(5 before 112 – 113)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Schumann — Symphony No. 3, op. 97 "Rhenish"
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Lebhaft
ms. 51-47 (6 before A – 17 after A)
Horn 1 in E-flat
Horn 2 in E-flat
Horn 3 in E-flat
Horn 4 in E-flat
Audio Files
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elliot Gardiner (period instruments)
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Lebhaft
ms. 357-394 (9 before L – 8 before M)
Horn 1 in E-flat
Horn 2 in E-flat
Audio Files
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elliot Gardiner (period instruments)
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – II. Scherzo: Sehr mässig
ms. 25-48
Horn 1 in F
Horn 2 in F
Horn 3 in C
Horn 4 in C
Audio Files
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elliot Gardiner (period instruments)
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 4 – IV. Feierlich
ms. 1-8
Horn 1 in E-flat
Horn 2 in E-flat
Horn 3 in E-flat
Horn 4 in E-flat
Audio Files
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elliot Gardiner (period instruments)
Schubert – Symphony No. 9, D. 944, "Great"
Dale Clevenger discusses his experience with this excerpt (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1 – I. Andante
ms. 1-16
Horn 1 and 2 in C
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Guilini
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (period instruments)
Saint Saëns — Symphony No. 3, op. 78, "Organ"
Randy Gardner discusses these excerpts (VIDEO FOR IHS MEMBERS ONLY)
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Allegro moderato
dotted quarter = 72
(4 before N – 16 after N)
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – I. Poco adagio
quarter = 60
(Q – S)
Horn 3 in F
Audio files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 3 – II. Allegro
half = 92
(13 after BB – CC)
Horn 3 in F
Horn 4 in F
Audio files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
