Hayes School of Music to present “Cornocopia” May 4

Posted April 25, 2016 at 5:56 p.m.

BOONE—The Hayes School of Music will present a recital titled “Cornocopia: An Evening of Music for the Horn” Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall on the Appalachian State University campus. Admission is free.

The concert features students in the horn studio of Professor Karen L. Robertson. The recital will begin with “The War Within” by Lindsay Hemingway, performed by students on the horn, bass and piano. Then, students will perform “Sonata for Horn and Piano” by Trygve Madsen.

A soloist will perform “Fantasy for Horn” by Malcolm Arnold. Piano and horn students will then perform “Sonata for Horn and Piano” by Bernhard Heiden, “Concerto for Horn in E-flat Major, K. 412” by Mozart and “Nocturne” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Felix Mendelssohn.

A horn soloist will perform “España” by Bujanovsky.

Horn and piano students will then perform “Concerto for Horn in B-flat Major, Op. 91,” “Nocturne” by Reinhold Gliere and “Concerto for Horn in E-flat Major, K. 417” by Mozart.

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