Close-up: the horn takes centre stage

Nineteenth-century chamber music featuring the horn

José Luís Sogorb Jover (image: Renske Vrolijk/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

The horn is one of the most beautiful instruments in the orchestra. It’s high time to get to know it better! José Sogorb Jover demonstrates the versatility of his instrument in a wide range of nineteenth-century chamber music,

The horn is one of the most beautiful instruments in the orchestra.

Concert programme

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hoornsonate in F

  • Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy

    Trio No. 1 in C Major

  • Franz Strauss

    Nocturno op. 7

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt

    Nocturne op. 75

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Quintet in D Major

  • Carl Reinecke

    Trio for oboe, horn and piano op. 188

Performers

About this concert

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. 

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the individual qualities of the orchestral musicians! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 

Dates and tickets

About this concert

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. 

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the individual qualities of the orchestral musicians! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.