José Vicente Castelló: Strauss – Horn concerto no. 1 op 11 – I. Allegro

STRAUSS, Richard

Concerto for horn and orchestra no. 1 in E flat major TrV 117 op. 11 (reduction for horn and piano)

I. Allegro

José Vicente Castelló, guest professor

Marta Isabella Montes Sanz, student

Jesús Gómez Madrigal, accompanying pianist

In general, the student has a very good sound but needs more homogeneity. In the professor’s opinion, she loses a bit of color in the pianos: to improve this, heproposes as an exercise to play a passage without phrasing but maintaining the controlled color.
They also work on the initial entry (not getting into the timpani tremolo), the breathing, and the Allegro characterof the introduction. Throughout the class, Castelló also makes indications of phrasing, dynamics, articulation, or about tempos and rhythms.  
It is important to pay attention to the harmony when playing each passage, and they discuss the character and changes and ways to enrich the interpretation to express them. At a certain point, the professor suggests making a longer accent, and later they comment onconsiderations regarding acoustics. The professor and student also address, among other things, agogic issues.

Language: Spanish