Comments on: Carter’s Recent Horn Concerto with What Inspired Him, 85 Years Ago http://classical-scene.com/2008/12/09/carters-recent-horn-concerto-with-what-inspired-him-85-years-ago/ a virtual journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark DeVoto http://classical-scene.com/2008/12/09/carters-recent-horn-concerto-with-what-inspired-him-85-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Mark DeVoto Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:10:40 +0000 http://classical-scene.com/?p=505#comment-185 Verrry interesting! And I believe it. It's not in Stravinsky's own 1960 recording, nor is it indicated in the 1967 score, so it would have to be classified as one of those innumerable changes that Stravinsky was regularly making even late in life; Bob Craft has been compiling as many of these as he can. The "Eroica" passage is FF but it is immediately preceded by F, and the two bars before that are marked PPP, so no wonder it sounds so shattering. Verrry interesting! And I believe it. It’s not in Stravinsky’s own 1960 recording, nor is it indicated in the 1967 score, so it would have to be classified as one of those innumerable changes that Stravinsky was regularly making even late in life; Bob Craft has been compiling as many of these as he can. The “Eroica” passage is FF but it is immediately preceded by F, and the two bars before that are marked PPP, so no wonder it sounds so shattering.

]]> By: Ken http://classical-scene.com/2008/12/09/carters-recent-horn-concerto-with-what-inspired-him-85-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Ken Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:14:00 +0000 http://classical-scene.com/?p=505#comment-182 Actually, the sforzando at that magical moment comes from Stravinsky rehearsing the piece with the Cleveland Orchestra while Levine was assistant conductor there in the 60s - as are quite a number of other niceties in his score... That surely wasn't the only one you noticed? I always thought the first fff in Beethoven was just before the recapitulation in the first movement of the "Eroica"? Is that really only a ff? Actually, the sforzando at that magical moment comes from Stravinsky rehearsing the piece with the Cleveland Orchestra while Levine was assistant conductor there in the 60s – as are quite a number of other niceties in his score… That surely wasn’t the only one you noticed?

I always thought the first fff in Beethoven was just before the recapitulation in the first movement of the “Eroica”? Is that really only a ff?

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