[Leica] OT: Peter's article on Schwarz Horn Trio

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks, everyone! 

Gene, the photograph is not mine. It looks like a stock Seattle Symphony 
photo from a few years ago, as one of the players shown has since retired.

John, you can listen to the concert online if you or a friend have a 
broadband Internet connection.  Yes, I love the Brahms Horn Trio. My 
first experience with it was turning pages for a performance by several 
of Boston's best musicians when I was a student. Sitting inside the 
ensemble and reading the music was an experience I've never forgotten.  
Then I learned the work better, and the more I learned, the more I 
realized what a masterpiece it was. As you probably know, Brahms played 
the horn in his younger days, and had a great deal of affection for the 
instrument. He wrote it so it could be played on the natural (valveless) 
horn.  That, I think, made the music tap into something essential about 
the horn.

Schwarz's piece is very different from the Brahms, and I love it.  I 
think it will enter the repertory.

--Peter

> Thanks very much for posting this, Peter.  As a broken down old horn 
> player,
> I'm naturally fascinated.  Wish that I could be there, but I'll have to
> count on you to write up the concert.
>
> Also nice to hear someone other than a hornist say this about the Brahms
> trio:  "It is one of the greatest pieces of chamber music ever 
> written, and
> quite an act to follow."
>
> Indeed.  A deeply moving work.  And by no means a walk in the park for
> anyone involved in the performance.
>
> --John
>
> ________________
> >From Peter:
>
> I'm published. My preview of the world premiere of Gerard Schwarz' Trio
> for Violin, Horn and Piano is now in print in Seattle's JTNews, and on the
> Web at:
>
> http://www.gatheringnote.org/?p=7558#more-7558