Anthony Randall – Serenade (Horn in F or Tenor Horn in E Flat & Piano)

Trinity College London Foundation Certificate (Grade 3 Equivalent) Exam Piece for Horn in F until further notice

London College of Music Grade 3 Exam Piece for Horn in F until further notice

Supplied with both Horn in F and Tenor Horn in E Flat parts. Written for the composers daughter Serenade has a very attractive melody shared between the horn and piano that is characterized with eighth and sixteenth note rhythms. The accompaniment provides a rich sonority with harp like broken chords, requiring sensitive playing from the horn melody floating above. A fine concert piece for the young horn player. This work was a Guildhall School of Music and Drama grade 3 exam piece for Horn in F between 1996 and 2003, and was an Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) grade 3 exam piece for Horn in F between 1998 and 2012.  It has also been a London College of Music grade 3 exam piece for Horn in F since 1994 and has been a Trinity College London Foundation Certificate (Grade 3 Equivalent) Exam Piece for Horn in F since 2004.

Review: "Serenade is a very simple and pleasant sounding solo designed for use by the intermediate hornist. This brief piece (90 seconds), idiomatically written in the key of A flat major, remains in a very playable range for the horn. While the horn part moves about in conjunct motion with eighth and sixteenth note rhythms, the accompaniment produces a rich, supportive sonority through the use of broken chords and constantly flowing accompaniment figures. Both the horn and piano parts are characterized by a lyric application of sixteenth notes in a gently 4/8 meter." – David Pinkow in American Music Teacher June/July 1997

Biography

Randall, Anthony

Born in Neath, South Wales, Anthony Randall graduated from the University of Wales, Cardiff with an Honours Music Degree. He was awarded a scholarship to study horn, conducting and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. There followed a distinguished career as a horn player with the major London orchestras and solo performances in London, Aldeburgh, Edinburgh and Lucerne. He has conducted the Royal Philharmonic, the National Philharmonic and the English Chamber Orchestras, the London Mozart Players and more than two hundred broadcasts for the BBC, some of which included his own compositions and arrangements. Recordings include Mozart's 21st piano concerto with pianist Earl Wild and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and, for the film 'Duet for One' Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with Nigel Kennedy and the Sinfonia of London. From 1983 to 1996 he was Professor of Horn and Head of Brass at the London College of Music, and in 2001 retired from the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall where he was Professor of Horn for eleven years.