Chamber Music Horn octet SKU: PR.114409150
A Celebration for 8 Horns in F. Composed by Samuel Adler. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1996. 19+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2 pages. Duration 1:30. Theodore Presser Company #114-40915. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114409150). UPC: 680160013876. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Composed for the Eastman Horn Choir, which commissioned the work as a fanfare to premiere at the 25th Annual Convention of the International Horn Society. A slow, stately opening leads to a joyous second section based on the famous tune of Brahms’ horn trio.
“Brahmsiana” is dedicated to the Eastman Horn Choir and its director Peter Kurau, who commissioned it as a fanfare for the start of the 25th annual convention of the International Horn Society. It was written in February 1997 and premiered at the convention that June. A slow, stately opening reminiscent of a French Overture (because of its dotted rhythms) leads to a joyous second section based on the famous tune of the Brahms Horn Trio. This tune is exploited until it has played itself out, and giving way to a shortened version of the opening, which is combined with one of the contrapuntal themes stemming from the main body of the work. —Samuel Adler.
