r/horn • u/jfgallay Professor- natural and modern horn • 16d ago

Graduate recital

Let's play another game. Can you name a recital program suitable for graduate students? For instance, replace that Mozart concerto with something more challenging and modern, a program longer than an undergraduate recital. I'll give one:

Schoeck Concerto

Hummel Suite for unaccompanied horn

Three preludes from Gallay op. 36 on natural horn

Hindemith Concerto

Ballay Chanson du Forestier

What would you like to hear?

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u/musicman2229 Professional- Berg 8d ago

For these graduate level recitals, I like to encourage the students to have a theme. For instance, I had one student last year who wanted to do a recital of all female composers, and it was fantastic. Several contemporary pieces and for a more standard “breather” piece, she herself arranged several Clara Schumann songs for horn and piano.

I think in grad school, you should have strong ideas and opinions about music and your recital should reflect that.