Corrections for Low Horn Concerto

There has been some considerable interest lately in my "Concerto for Low Horn and Orchestra". Interestingly enough, we have just recorded this work on CD; it along with the "Introduction and Main Event" for horn quartet and orchestra, the "Concerto for Tuba" and the orchestral tone poem "Karankawa". This project was recently completed and I am hoping to have the CD released by Christmas 2009.

Mostly the questions have been about various performances of the piece with the piano reduction. As a matter of fact, over the past year, I have coached many students on the "Concerto for Low Horn". And every time I have to alert them to the two major misprints in the horn part. I also have a few tips for the pianist. So I have therefore decided to list the misprints and suggestions on this blog as follows:

FIRST MOVEMENT
Bars 20- 29: all of the F-sharps should be F-naturals.

Bars 32- 54: this part works better at a slightly slower tempo, about 108.

SECOND MOVEMENT
The bass-clef starts in bar 28.

A NOTE ABOUT THE PIANO PART:

FIRST MOVEMENT:
bars 21-29: is it possible to have another person, like the page turner, play those chords in the left hand thereby allowing the pianist two play both treble lines?

bars 29-31: the ad lib notes can be, for example, all the back keys or another pentatonic scale. The same thing for bars 127-134.

SECOND MOVEMENT:

It would be really great if the pianist could play harpsichord on this movement since that is what the orchestration asks for.