Eugène Bozza: En Forêt: French Horn: Instrumental Work

Having won many prizes at the Paris Conservatoire during the 1920s and 1930s Eugène Bozza went on to conduct the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique and to become Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes. As a major figure on the classical music frontline Bozza's compositions were well-received by audiences En Foret being no exception. This Bozza piece for French Horn and Piano masterfully combines a virtuosic Horn solo with impressionistic Piano accompaniment. The composer includes reminders of the Horn's hunting roots with frequent uses of call and response throughout. As a music educator PaulGriffiths has written of Bozza's compositions saying how 'his works reveal melodic fluency elegance of structure and a consistently sensitive concern of instrumental capabilities.'