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
Rossini — Overture to Semiramide
Excerpt 1 – Andantino
ms. 43-62 (B – C)
Horn 1 — 2
Horn 1 in D
Horn 2 in D
Horn 3 — 4
Horn 3 in D
Horn 4 in D
Audio files
London Symphony Orchestra, Ian Marin
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (period instruments)
Ravel — Pavan for a Dead Princess
Excerpt 1 – Lent
quarter = 54
ms. 1-11 (beginning – 4 after A)
Horn 1 in G
Audio Files
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Denver Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Entremont (Mark Denekas, horn)
Orchestre de Paris, Charles Munch
Royal Philharmonic, André Previn
Ravel — Concerto for Piano in G major
Excerpt 1 – I. Allegramente
(24 – 26)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Alois Springer
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Etture Gracis
Ravel — Bolero
Excerpt 1 – Tempo di Bolero, moderato assai
quarter = 72
(8 – 9)
Horn 1 and 2 in F
Audio Files
Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
French National Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Orchestre de Paris, Charles Munch
Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 1 – I. Moderato commodo e con delicatezza
(7 after 18 – 19)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 2 – VII. Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando
(71 – 72)
Horn 1 in F
Audio Files
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Mozart Symphony No. 40, K. 550
Excerpt 1 – III. Trio: Allegretto
ms. 61-84
Horn 1 in G
Horn 2 in G
Audio Files
Academy of St. Martin's in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Colleguim Aureum, no conductor (period instruments)
