English horn
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Repertoire examples for English horn, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 104), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for English horn. Playlist available here on Spotify.
“Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony, beginning of 3rd movt. (“Scène aux champs”).
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, beginning of Act III.
Franck, Symphony in D minor, 2nd movt., near beginning.
Dvorak, Ninth Symphony (New World), 2nd movt., near beginning.
Debussy, Nocturnes: I. “Nuages,” meas. 5; La Mer, figure 16.
Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela.
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, section entitled “Ritual of the Ancestors,” figure 129;
Petrouchka, 9 bars after figure 72.
Respighi, Pines ofRome, 4 bars before figure 19.
Rorem, Air Music, IX.”
