Horn Music

Beautiful and very playable settings of three well-known English folk songs.

Grade: 5-6

Mvt 1 Henry Martin, Andrew Pelletier, horn

II. The Water is Wide

III. Gently, Johnny, Andrew Pelletier, horn

Recorded by Andrew Pelletier on
MSR Classics 1168: Celebration: Horn Music of Randall Faust

Andrew Pelletier, horn and Minjung Seo, piano May 2018. The performance of this piece begins at 46:05

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These songs of Cui are part of a series of arrangements for a wide group of hornists-from developing players looking for a work for a festival performance-to the professional hornist searching for a lyrical character piece for a recital. This set includes works by Beach, Cui, and Humperdinck. These arrangements are of moderate technical difficulty, and the songs by Cui are meant to be the second in progressive difficulty of this series. For the novice horn player, these Songs provide the opportunity to expand both the pitch and expressive range, as well as to develop the hornist’s ability to coordinate with the pianist. Learn More