Kabeláč: Horn Sonata, Op. 2

Composer: Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979) Instrumentation: Piano, Horn Work: Horn Sonata, Op. 2 Binding: Saddle-Stitch ISMN: 9790260110113 Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches Pages: 41 Description The one-movement, approximately twelve-minute Horn Sonata, Op. 2 by Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979) is characterised by a high concentration of musical ideas and great expressiveness. The composer explores the dramatic and virtuosic potential of the horn, but also places considerable demands on the pianist. The sonata was composed in 1935 and 1936. Three months after a live radio broadcast, the work was given its world premiere by the same performers – hornist Josef Schwarz and pianist Berta Kabeláčová-Rixová – at a concert at the Smetana Museum in Prague on 28 January 1938. The rediscovery of the forgotten and never-before-published horn sonata is thanks to pianist Robert Kolinsky and principal horn of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Stefan Dohr, who recorded the work on the CD "Miloslav Kabeláč: Complete Chamber Music" (Capriccio 2024). Based on the autograph score and solo part, which are held at the National Museum – Czech Music Museum in Prague, the sonata appears here in print for the first time – as part of the "Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Miloslav Kabeláč".