This french horn solo with piano accompaniment is based on a tenor aria from the oratorio “Elijah” by Felix Mendelssohn. The flowing style will be good for the younger player. The arrangement is from the teaching files of Monty Budahl and is useful for vesper, and special.

A solo with piano accompaniment. After a solid introduction the arrangement presents the melody with a simple statement. After several melodic statements the soloist then presents itself with a delightful counterline. It is finalized with declamation.

solo with piano. This classic hymn is arranged at the intermediate performer’s level yet is crafted with expressivity and symmetry. Both the soloist and piano accompanist are featured.

The traditions of this tune and its words run long and deep. The beginning is a simple statement of the tune and is so ever carefully embellished as the piece progresses. It sets the mood for careful reflection as well.

Traditional setting; acc.

Traditional setting

A Rich Heffler Music arrangement. This solo is presented in a reverent setting in a minor key. The middle section shifts momentarily to a major mode and then quickly back to a minor mode. The soloist is provided the opportunity to express with a fluid cadenza which gives way to a final statement of harmonic shifts coming to a solemn close.

Traditional setting, slightly contemporary- begins with piano in a motif of the theme. The first section is a stylized rendition of the theme. Then, it continues in the chorus much the same. A transition becomes freer in rhythm and harmony. It then repeats back to the opening sections and then moves to the coda where the piece ends in a solemn fashion.

A Rich Heffler Music arrangement. The introduction establishes a dirge-like atmosphere joined in by the solo line carrying on the mood. The second section puts the melody in the piano part while solo soars above with a flowing obbligato and then shifts to the melody and concludes with a brief cadenza. The piece concludes with a melodic fragment in the piano and a smooth overflowing obbligato in the solo line

A collection for French horn and piano including arrangements on “Away in a Manger,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” and “Angels We Have Heard On High.” These solos range in style from the richness of the horn tone to sheer exuberance that requires established technic.

A collection for French horn and piano including arrangements on “The Birthday of a King,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and “What Child Is This?” These solos range from sounds of bold proclamation to gentle serenity. A wide range of emotions for the performer and listener alike.

A collection for French horn and piano including arrangements on “O Come, O Come Immanuel,” “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly,” and “Once In Royal David’s City.” These solos take advantage of the broad sound of the horn as well as the explosiveness that the instrument is capable. They explore the wide range of emotions that makes for good instrumental arranging.