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Horn Concertos

Hector McDonald, then Solo Principal Horn of the Vienna Symphony, joins the Academy of Melbourne under Brett Kelly in a programme of horn concertos by Haydn, Förster, Telemann and Teyber.

Jennifer Stokes cello
Simon Collins viola
Rolf Kuhlmann bassoon
Sarah Morse cello
Vicki Philipson oboe
Brett Kelly conductor
Angela Sargeant cello
Russell Davis horn
Lorraine Hook violin
Graeme Evans horn
Richard Wright viola
Steve Reeves double bass
Lucinda Moon violin
David Shafir violin
Rudolf Osadnik violin
Hector McDonald horn, soloist
Amanda Lee bassoon
Michael Kisin violin, leader
Deborah Goodall violin
Roger Heagney harpsichord
Kirsty Bremner violin
Academy of Melbourne orchestra
John Pokorny violin
Eve Wellman oboe
Robert Macindoe violin
Katharine Brockman viola
Sophie Cole violin
Kirstin Kenny violin
Joseph Haydn composer
Christoph Förster composer
Georg Philipp Telemann composer
Anton Teyber composer

The four works span Baroque and Classical repertoire: Haydn’s Horn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3; Christoph Förster’s Horn Concerto in E flat major; Telemann’s Horn Concerto in D major; and Anton Teyber’s Horn Concerto in E flat major.

Brett Kelly conducts the Academy of Melbourne. The sessions were recorded at Hawthorn Town Hall, Melbourne, on 5–8 September 1993.

Reviews

A great sound. I just love listening to this music over and over again.

— A music fan, Amazon

Artists

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Brett Kelly

Brett Kelly conducts the Academy of Melbourne in classical horn concertos and living Australian scores, shaping orchestral colour that lets the solo line sing and the new work speak with clarity and warmth.

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Hector McDonald

Hector McDonald's horn has a golden, unforced bloom, whether threading Classical concertos or locking into chamber dialogue. From Haydn and Telemann to Brahms, Banks and Berkeley, the line stays poised, radiant and soloistic.

Photograph of Academy of Melbourne

Academy of Melbourne

The Academy of Melbourne is a small chamber orchestra formed in 1989 by its artistic director, Brett Kelly, MSO principal trombone.

Tracks

    Horn Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIId:3 Joseph Haydn

  1. i. Allegro 6:34
  2. ii. Adagio 7:31
  3. iii. Allegro 3:58

    4. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major Christoph Förster

  4. i. Con discretione 4:52
  5. ii. Adagio 3:41
  6. iii. Allegro 4:45

    7. Horn Concerto in D Major Georg Philipp Telemann

  7. i. Vivace 2:13
  8. ii. Largo 3:13
  9. iii. Allegro 3:45

    10. Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major Anton Teyber

  10. i. Allegro Maestoso 7:19
  11. ii. Andante Amoroso 4:08
  12. iii. Rondo: Allegretto 4:04

Performers

Composers

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught, he became a composer against his family's wishes and ranked among the leading German musicians of his age.

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Christoph Förster

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Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn's keyboard sonatas, concertos and sacred scores still sound freshly made: Classical forms packed with wit, sudden passion and conversational charm that leap off the page when played with period fire.

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Anton Teyber

Contributors

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Liner notes

Graeme Skinner

Graeme Skinner writes the annotations that turn Tall Poppies recordings into fully armed listening: texts, contexts and sharp musical argument for everything from Mozart’s rude canons to Sculthorpe’s complete string quartets.

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Cover photography

Ken Martin

Ken Martin is a photographer whose cover and artist photographs appear on Tall Poppies recordings from the 1990s.

Where to listen

Horn Concertos is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.

Horn Concertos is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.

Product details

Catalogue number
TP042
Total playing time
56 minutes 3 seconds
Producer
Maria Vandamme
Recording Engineer
Jim Atkins
Venue
Hawthorn Town Hall, Melbourne
Credit
Graeme Skinner
Ken Martin
Release date
Label
Tall Poppies
Musical work
copyright
© 1995 Tall Poppies Records
Sound recording
copyright
℗ 1995 Tall Poppies Records
Category
Great Classics
Genres
Orchestral & Concerto, Baroque, Classical Era
Barcode
EAN 9399000004226

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