A BUNCH OF CROOKS (score & parts)

Review:
"How can anyone resist a piece written for four hand horns with a title like that? In scoring for hand horns pitched in different key, John Frith is in fact following the distinguished line of horn player/composers like Gallay and Dauprat whose pieces, dating from the first half of the 19th Century are a tour de force of composition, and when played properly on hand horns, a really exciting experience for player and listener alike.
Frith's pieces can, of course, be played on modern horns: there is no law against it as far as I know, but they surely have an extra frisson when played as the composer intended. He writes excellently for hand horns, though some of the writing needs experienced players to bring it off. Having said that, though, they rarely go beyond the limits set by Reicha in his famous trios, except just once or twice, when Frith can't quite resist incorporating some of the jazzy slides that (maybe surprisingly) hand horns are so good at.
The four pieces are al

• Pastoral
• Chorale
• Ostinato

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