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In Reply to: RE: Local Competitions posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 07, 2015 at 01:13:12
Yes, kudos to Chris for learning that! Now I am wondering if I had known you when I lived out there, if I could have convinced you to learn the reduction of the Hindemith Horn Concerto, which is perhaps the most difficult of all piano reductions, according to many pianists. My own girlfriend at the time refused to learn it, though she could have, being a concert pianist. She really was too busy. I did convince the late Kristin Pankonin to learn it (did you know her, Chris?); however she got carpal tunnel and we had to cancel it from that recital, and I never did get to do it. Since then I have never asked anyone to learn it, despite it's being a really great concerto for my particular abilities. I get very few and far between opportunities to recital nowadays, anyway.
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I have to admit that I've never heard the Hindemith Horn Concerto. (I just played the Hindemith Horn Sonata about a month and a half ago however.) From what you say, I'm kind of hoping I never run into it! ;-)
(BTW, I did not know Kristin - so sorry to hear about her carpal tunnel condition.)
The Hindemith Horn Concerto was written for Dennis Brain, and really is a fine piece of music. As I said, though, it happens to be perhaps the most difficult piano reduction of them all. Brain recorded the concerto, which was performed by the Philharmonia with Hindemith himself conducting. It was paired with Hindemith's Symphonia Serena on the original LP, Angel 35491.
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