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==History==
In the 2023–24 season, Widmann was [[Berlin Philharmonic]]'s Composer in Residence and made his debut conducting the orchestra.<ref name="Berliner Philharmoniker-2023">{{cite web | title=In Search of the Uncertain | website=Berliner Philharmoniker | date=9 May 2023 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | access-date=30 May 2023 | archive-date=30 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530192140/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Philharmoniker n105">{{cite web |first=Tobias |last=Möller | title=Surprise and freedom. An interview with Jörg Widmann | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/interview-joerg-widmann/ | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=4 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104100954/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/interview-joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Widmann composed a concerto during the residency for the orchestras principle horn and dedicatee [[Stefan Dohr]].<ref name="g464">{{cite web | last=Peter | first=Christopher | title=Berlin Philharmonic with new Horn Concerto by Joerg Widmann | website=Schott Music Shop | date=27 May 2024 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/joerg-widmann-hornkonzert/ | access-date=30 June 2024 | archive-date=30 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630104846/https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/joerg-widmann-hornkonzert/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="z323">{{cite web | last=Quellmalz | first=Wolfram | title=Ein bißchen Zirkus und große Sinfonik | website=Neue (musikalische) Blätter | date=3 June 2024 | url=https://neuemusikalischeblaetter.com/2024/06/03/ein-bischen-zirkus-und-grose-sinfonik/ | language=de | access-date=11 August 2024 | archive-date=11 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811012954/https://neuemusikalischeblaetter.com/2024/06/03/ein-bischen-zirkus-und-grose-sinfonik/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The composer and the soloist had met with sketch material about ten times.<ref name="g464" /> With the premiere of this work Widmann's residency with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra came to an end.<ref name="g464" />
The horn concerto has been commissioned by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]], [[Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra]], [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra]], [[Stavanger Symphony Orchestra]], [[Brussels Philharmonic]] and [[Lucerne Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="n265" />
==Structure==
The 7-movement horn concerto last 38 minutes.<ref name="n265">{{cite web | title=Horn Concerto | website=Schott Music | date=30 May 2024 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/hornkonzert-no557316.html | access-date=11 August 2024 | archive-date=11 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811024414/https://www.schott-music.com/en/hornkonzert-no557316.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The number seven has been already used by Widmann in the opera [[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]<ref name="n265" /><ref name="Schott Music-2012-2">{{cite web | title=Babylon | website=Schott Music | date=27 October 2012 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/babylon-no375385.html | access-date=31 July 2022 | archive-date=31 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731212249/https://www.schott-music.com/en/babylon-no375385.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and appears commonly in Mesopotamian tradition and theology.<ref name="c075">{{cite journal | last=Akiz | first=Metin | title=The number "seven" consecrated in the beliefs and rituals of Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Central Asia | journal=Journal of History and Future | volume=2 | issue=1 | date=17 April 2016 | issn=2458-7672 | doi=10.21551/jhf.v2i1.5000176602 | page=211}}</ref> The movement titles are evokative.<ref name="k667" />
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Widmann characterized the first movement ''Traumbild'' (Reverie) with "Let there be sound".<ref>{{cite web | title=Premiere of a horn concerto by Jörg Widmann | website=[[Berlin Philharmonic]] | date=31 May 2024 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/widmann-premiere-horn-concerto-video/ | ref={{sfnref | Berliner Philharmoniker | 2024}} | access-date=11 August 2024 | archive-date=1 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601204009/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/widmann-premiere-horn-concerto-video/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The second movement ''Andantino grazioso'' is based on a theme of Carl Maria von Weber's [[Concertino for Horn and Orchestra (Weber)|Horn Concertino]].<ref name="n265" /> Further citations in ''Scherzo à la surprise'' are [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]], [[Johann Strauss I]] and [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]. The centrepiece ''Adagietto'' is reminiscent to [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]].<ref name="k667">{{cite web | last=Luporini | first=Elena | title=A tongue-in-cheek Widmann premiere in Berlin | website=[[Bachtrack]] | date=1 June 2024 | url=https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rattle-dohr-widmann-bruckner-berliner-philharmoniker-may-2024 | language=de | access-date=11 August 2024 | archive-date=10 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810225239/https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rattle-dohr-widmann-bruckner-berliner-philharmoniker-may-2024 | url-status=live }}</ref> The enigmatic ''Vorahnung'' (Premonition) lays false trails<ref name="z323" /> and the ''Finale'' summarizes the thematic material of the preceding movements.<ref name="n265" /> The work with humorous elements uses [[extended techniques]].<ref name="z323" />
==Orchestration==
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* ''Percussion'' (3 players): I Glockenspiel, Crotales, Xylophone, Tubular bells, Triangle, Splash cymbal, Cymbal (medium), 3 Tam-tams (high/medium/low), 2 High brasilian tamborims, Snare drum, 3 Tom-toms (high/medium/low), Castanets, Flexaton, Vibraslap, Clay bird whistle. II Tubular bells, Triangle, Pair of cymbals, Splash cymbal, 3 Cymbals (high/medium/low), Sizzle cymbal, 3 Tam-tams (high/medium/low), Tamburin with jingles, Bass drum (with cymbals), Friction drum (small), Metal chimes, Maracas, Claves, 3 Wood blocks, Whistle, Whip, Flexatone, Car horns (tuned), Rainmaker (ossia: ocean drum). III Vibraphone, Triangle, Pair of cymbals, Splash cymbal, 3 Cymbals (high/medium/low), Chinese cymbal, Sizzle cymbal, 2 Tam-tams (medium/low), Thai gongs, Guiro, Ratchet, Castanets, 3 Wood blocks (on top of each other), 5 Temple blocks, Whip, Whistle, Flexatone, Vibraslap, Swanee whistle (high), Waterphone, Thunder sheet
* ''Strings'': 12 Violins I, 10 Violins II, 8 Violas, 6 Violoncellos, 6 Double basses (all 5 strings with B as the lowest string)
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==Premiere==
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