{"id":860,"date":"2020-05-22T13:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=860"},"modified":"2024-04-12T20:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:48:30","slug":"a-gorgeous-slow-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/a-gorgeous-slow-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gorgeous Slow Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my aims in making these posts is to hopefully introduce at least some people to some new music &#8211; and I know that I have managed to do that a little already even though I haven&#8217;t strayed too far from the &#8220;well-known&#8221; in the repertoire.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Today&#8217;s little moment of calm does (I think) stray from that. I first heard this when I attended the International Horn Symposium in Wien in 1983 when they were celebrating the centenary of the Wiener Waldhornverein. It was a week which was, to be honest, full of highlights and I have many memories. There were a series of lectures, workshops, concerts and &#8216;events&#8217; all focused on the horn and just about every one was memorable for one reason or another.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m3LGqyRfVFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frigyes Hidas : Horn Concerto No.1 &#8211; 2nd Movt.<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m3LGqyRfVFs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Comments<\/em>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p><strong>George R McConnell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should have said that this piece was originally written for the Hungarian Horn player Ferencz Tarjani &#8211; and it was him playing it when I heard it in Wien. Sadly, can&#8217;t find a recording of it with him playing &#8211; but as a bonus (and to showcase his lovely lyrical playing) here is an extra &#8220;quiet moment&#8221; for this Friday.<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be0smW_6Xg37I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Horn Concerto No.4 &#8211; 2nd Movt.<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0smW_6Xg37I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my aims in making these posts is to hopefully introduce at least some people to some new music &#8211; and I know that I have managed to do that a little already even though I haven&#8217;t strayed too far from the &#8220;well-known&#8221; in the repertoire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[92,100],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-horns","tag-orchestral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}