Beyond Beethoven: Works for Natural Horn and Fortepiano Anneke Scott & Steven Devine

• Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838): Grande Sonate in F Major, Op. 34:
• 1 Grande Sonate in F Major, Op. 34: I. Larghetto - Allegro moderato 13:20
• 2 Grande Sonate in F Major, Op. 34: II. Andante 02:57
• 3 Grande Sonate in F Major, Op. 34: III. Rondo 07:44
• Friedrich Eugen Thurner (1785 - 1827): Grande Sonate in E Major, Op. 29:
• 4 Grande Sonate in E Major, Op. 29: I. Allegro 12:14
• 5 Grande Sonate in E Major, Op. 29: II. Largo molto 03:20
• 6 Grande Sonate in E Major, Op. 29: III. Rondo 07:03
• Friedrich Starke (1774 - 1835): Adagio und Rondo, Op. 105:
• 7 Adagio und Rondo, Op. 105: I. Poco adagio 03:35
• 8 Adagio und Rondo, Op. 105: II. Rondo poco allegro 09:04
• Hendrik Coenraad Steup (1778 - 1827): Sonate in E-Flat Major, Op. 11:
• 9 Sonate in E-Flat Major, Op. 11: I. Allegro brillante 08:21
• 10 Sonate in E-Flat Major, Op. 11: II. Les Adieux 05:17
• 11 Sonate in E-Flat Major, Op. 11: III. Rondo allegro 04:48
• Total Runtime 01:17:43

Info for Beyond Beethoven: Works for Natural Horn and Fortepiano

Premiered in 1800, Beethoven’s Sonata in F major, Op. 17 for piano and horn signalled the beginning of an explosion in works for piano and horn duo in the early part of the nineteenth century. Many composers were to follow in the footsteps of the great master in exploiting the versatility and variety of the natural horn in the years that followed. Beyond Beethoven explores four works by close contemporaries, chosen partly due to the connections between the composers, Beethoven and his Op. 17 Sonata, and partly to dispel enduring modern myths about the instrument’s limited options.

Performing on original period instruments (an 1810 cor solo by Lucien Joseph Raoux, and an 1815 fortepiano by Johann Peter Fritz), Anneke Scott and Steven Devine, take us on a compelling journey through this enlightening corner of the piano and horn repertoire, with works by Ferdinand Ries, Friedrich Eugen Thürner, Friedrich Starke & Hendrik Coenraad Steup.

Anneke Scott, natural horn
Steven Devine, fortepiano

In Anneke Scott we have a ”natural“ horn player in more ways than one. On an instrument which is perilous at the best of times her technique is such that one is aware only of intellect, musicianship and a glorious pallet of sound. It is a joy to work with her.’ (Pavlo Beznosiuk)

Anneke Scott began her studies at The Royal Academy of Music, London with Pip Eastop and Andrew Clark. She was subsequently awarded prestigious scholarships to further her studies in France (with Claude Maury) and Holland (with Teunis van der Zwart), where she concentrated on aspects of period horn playing.

Since her graduation from The Royal Academy of Music in 2000 she has been in demand with ensembles in the UK and continental Europe. She is principal horn of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and The English Baroque Soloists, Harry Christopher’s The Orchestra of the Sixteen, Fabio Biondi's Europa Galante, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and Players, The Kings Consort and Avison Ensemble.

For many years she has had a keen interest in chamber music which led her to become a founder member of The Etesian Ensemble. Through this ensemble she met the fortepianist Kathryn Cok with whom she formed a duo specialising in Classical and Romantic repertoire for horn and fortepiano. Kathryn and Anneke were selected as two of Making Music’s Concert Promoters Network Artists for 2008–2009 and toured Holland in 2009 as part of the Organisatie Oudemuziek Netwerk. Their debut disc of virtuosic music for natural horn and fortepiano from early nineteenth-century Vienna was released in June 2011 by Challenge Classics. She is also a founder member of ensembleF2 with whom she performed the Mozart Horn Quintet at London's Wigmore Hall in April 2009.

In 2005–2006 she undertook research at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Early Music Performance, where she currently teaches period horns. In 2005 she was invited by The Bate Collection, Oxford to perform in concert on one of their magnificent original Hofmaster horns dating from the mid 18th-century and since then has had an active working relationship with the collection. In 2006 she was interviewed by BBC TV for the BBC2 seriesThe People’s Museum discussing the Hofmaster horns housed at Edinburgh University. In 2010 Anneke was awarded a Gerard Finzi Travel Scholarship to undertake research in Paris in preparation for her recording of the Jacques-François Gallay Douze Grands Caprices on natural horn release by Resonus Classics in October 2012.

Anneke's activities are not confined to period performance. She has performed the music of Ligeti with The London Sinfonietta, and can be heard on two albums with The Nigel Waddington Big Band. She will soon record John Croft's new work ...une autre voix qui chante... for solo hand-horn.

In 2007 Anneke was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour awarded to past students of the Academy who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution to their field.

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