Further Reading: Martin Lawrence 18 March 2019
For every concert in our Southbank Centre series, we ask one of our players to write a little note for audience members to read as they leave the concert hall.
Here’s what our Horn player, Martin Lawrence, wrote about performing Schumann’s Konzertstück for 4 horns, as part of our concert with Sir András Schiff on Monday 18 March 2019 at Royal Festival Hall.
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”The Schumann Konzertstück is one of the most demanding pieces in the horn repertoire.
As such, it has gained notoriety and in status above what it actually is – an exciting and beautiful piece of music. For horn players it has become something else – a measure of virtuosity or even machismo (my colleague Gavin refers to it as the Schumann Come-unstück!). It has been a pleasure rehearsing it with three of my oldest friends and colleagues, appreciating each other’s qualities and welcoming our differences rather than producing a standardised version of the piece.”