"Nocturne" from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Felix Mendelssohn, Arr. Geoffrey Brand)

I performed this during the Northdale Concert Band performance at Hope United Church in Toronto (Sunday March 8, 2009). The concert band version is a half step down from the orchestral, due to the pure nature of a concert band. Sorry this recording isn't the best in the world...and I had a couple of hicc-ups due to variations in temperature in the sanctuary of the church so I mistakenly had a couple of tuning issues and hiccups...ah the horn! (please don't hold it against me! :S).
Anyways, it is a very nice band arrangement and there aren't that many solos out there for French horn and band (that aren't transcriptions of concertos). I'll post a solo I performed last summer with the North York Concert Band, it's an Eddy Graf arrangement (something completely different!).
Conductor: Stephen Chennette (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, International Trumpet Guild Past President, CBA Ontario Board)

[@FILIGREE1]

On You Tube, we are bombarded with virtuosity from classical superstars, but the best postings are ones like this. I had no idea what to expect when I first played it, but the horn playing is absolutely beautiful. Very moving and wonderful.

[@KevinOfford013]

Should have more tuba :) But seriously well done, keep up the great work.

[@hornalicious]

Wow...this was 5 years ago now....time flies!

[@toobahjon]

Sound great! Beautiful horn playing. The hall sounds nice as well.

[@dbarreda]

It's good, congratulations!!!

[@hornalicious]

It is, and it is a nice concert band arrangement. It's not overscored like so many transcriptions. It took a bit to wrap my ears around it as I've done the original orchestral one (don't have a recording of it unfortunately). I guess the reason would be because the original and this are only a semi-tone apart.

[@hornalicious]

@akrukowski1964 Thank-you for your kind words. Yes, we did play Lincolnshire as well. :)

[@SpencerThePerson]

i played this in 8th grade for a solo, such a great song

[@hornalicious]

Yes, it starts on an F.

[@jenaosa1224]

love the french horns :)

[@davids1sympaticoca]

Hey C - good good job! Very nice indeed. We will have to get the pencil out and write you something!
CU Saturday
DS

[@akrukowski1964]

You have know reason to put down your performance. This is my all time favorite piece to perform and you did an EXCEPTIONAL job, as well as your second horn. This is one of the most beautiful works to feature the horn. It is a must for all horn players to perform at some point in their career. Well done and I thank you for the performance.
Just heard Prof. Chennette say Lincolnshire at the end of the recording. Did you play Lincolnshire Posey as well? Great horn lines in that one!!

[@rcmallory]

Really nice, and I like your last name, heh heh

[@hornalicious]

Thanks! :-) Haha, who knows....perhaps we are related? Any relation to Mallory's in New Brunswick, and Ontario Canada?