The French horn, a little-known star
Conference
- Saturday, June 28, 5:00 p.m.
- La Varrière, Brasserie du Manège, Reims
Christian Merlin, music critic & musicologist
With the power of the trombone and the smoothness of the cello, the French horn occupies a key position in the orchestra. Not only is it one of the most difficult instruments, requiring nerves of steel from the horn player, but composers have dedicated their most beautiful pages to it, evoking the romantic German forest in Bruckner, the voice of the beyond in Mahler or the most nostalgic sweetness in Tchaikovsky and Ravel. Spotlight on a little-known star.