Chamber music, including Beethoven’s Horn Sonata and Vaughan Williams’s romantic Quintet. But there’s also room on the programme for lesser-known names: discover the music of hornist–composers Frédéric Duvernoy and Franz Strauss (Richard’s father), as well as a subdued nocturne by Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt and an inventive trio by Carl Reinecke.

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Close-up: the horn takes centre stage

The Concertgebouw

The classic trio line-up actually consists of violin, cello, and piano. When Robert August Kahn presented his publisher with a Trio Serenade for oboe, horn, and piano, the publisher insisted on a version for a standard piano trio. The composer subsequently created no fewer than nine different versions of the serenade, each with its own distinctive sound. In the Profile concerto, it is the sometimes warm and full, sometimes clear and metallic sound of the horn that joins the piano and violin. We also hear this sound in the trio by Frédéric Duvernoy, one of the most famous French horn players around 1800, and in the "Premier Grand Trio" by Carl Czerny. All three offer the opportunity to encounter rarely performed but highly charming works.

Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 26, 2026

Trio with horn · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Past events

Dec 10, 2024

Close-up: the horn takes centre stage · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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