Bagatelle für tiefes Horn und Klavier Hermann Neuling

Hermann Neuling's Bagatelle is designed to showcase the horn's low register and the flexibility of the performer. It is based on the range and technique used by the second horn players of earlier centuries, and it has been frequently requested in second and fourth horn auditions of the European orchestras. The main technical difficulties include: flexibility, ability to navigate large ascending and descending leaps, rapid articulations, strong articulation in the low register, and duplet and triplet rhythms. This piece also requires that the horn player be able to read the frequent shifts between treble and old-notation bass clef. Beyond its technical demands, the greatest artistic challenge in this work lies in creating the atmosphere of a solo instead of an etude with piano accompaniment.