Althea Talbot-Howard: Reicha ~ Scene for Cor Anglais (English Horn) and Piano

Visit www.altheatalbot-howard.com for more music: sound clips and CD, From Leipzig to London. CD also available at www.oboeclassics.com. Features J.S. Bach oboe, oboe d'amore & cor anglais sonatas and works by British composers Stephen Dodgson, Michael Head, Gordon Jacob & Elizabeth Maconchy. With Katharine May, harpsichord.

This video: with Dominic Saunders, piano. Composed by Reicha-Holliger-Meier.

Anton Reicha (1770 -1836): Scene (1811) for Cor Anglais (English Horn) and Piano. Dress rehearsal for the recital "Paris 1811 - 2006" at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK, 22nd May 2009. Manuscript discovered in Bibliotecheque Nationale de Paris by Heinz Holliger. One page of manuscript (about 30 bars) was missing, so Holliger completed it. This is the section at the end of the recitative going into the rondo. Originally composed for cor anglais with orchestra, the piano score was put together by Kurt Meier.

Sheet music available at June Emerson Wind Music, UK. There is also an easier version of the piece available at June Emerson's called Anton Reicha - Recitative and Rondo, edited by McGinnis & Marx.

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[altheatalbothoward]

Hello, cor anglais enthusiasts! Thank you for your very appreciative comments on this video. It's a wonderful piece, isn't it?

Althea

[altheatalbothoward]

You won't be able to get the music for free, unless your high school is happy to pay, but you can purchase it online from June Emerson Wind Music in the UK. Also, T.W. Howarth may have it in stock. Both shops can send the music to you in the States. You can search online to find their websites. The oboe d'amore is in the key of A, by the way. All the best!

[altheatalbothoward]

I'm not quite sure what Handel has to do with this piece by Reicha...! Anyway, thanks for the kind remarks about my playing, but we work out our interpretations together. It's necessary to have a good strong start to an accompaniment which was originally written for orchestra in a dramatic, operatic style.

[rossman181]

beatiful tone!

[SouthpawdShredder]

wow my band director said that an engish horn is like a big french horn but its more like a big oboe! lol

[bagpiper4weddings]

i love the sound of this instrument when it is played in the good the bad and the ugly

on "the soldiers theme"

[moose6241]

I'm a trombone player, but I've always wanted to play English Horn...

[pegasus2503]

I want to play one, they make such a nicer sound than an oboe, like in between an oboe and a clarinet

[vlnvlaclogbaerhpno]

Wonderful job, Althea! I've always loved the English horn (maybe because I was a violist for almost two decades) and you really make it sound good! Everyone I've ever known who's played English horn to any extent always complains about how hard it is to play well and to play in tune, but your playing makes it sound like an easy instrument! Keep up the good work!

[pineapplepeanuts]

Very nice. Always thought this instrument could make some sad sounding melodies. Also romantic.

[TheStevenOoi]

lovely timbre

[hetmehet]

Wow! Thanks for posting this video. You have a fantastic sound -- smooth& nuanced. I obtained a cor anglais just amonth ago, and now I know the sound I should start working toward (no guarantee that I will ever get there)!

[MaestroTJS]

The oboe is overrated. The English horn is where it's at. :)

(The heckelphone is awesome too.)

Anyway, this was very, very well-performed.