VIDEO: Robert Rearden, NSO French Horn Performs Concerto No. 2 by R. Strauss

By: Stephi Wild Jul. 08, 2020

The Kennedy Center has released a new NSO @ Home video!

Robert Rearden of the National Symphony Orchestra performs the first movement exposition of the Second Horn Concerto by Richard Strauss, shares his favorite moment in the NSO, and talks about how he got his start as a musician.

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There is a version of this story that would have gone very differently. A talented violinist from Belarus finishes conservatory, wins some competitions, sends out recordings, and waits. Maybe a label picks him up. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe he spends the next decade playing regional venues, genuinely skilled, but known only to a small professional circle. That version was completely possible. It just isn't what happened.

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VIDEO: Robert Rearden, NSO French Horn Performs Concerto No. 2 by R. Strauss

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