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Thomas Bacon - Horn

Repertoire with Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble or Jazz Band

Classical Repertoire with Orchestra

• Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Two Horns in E flat -- 18:30
  (with your principal, or with James Graber and The Golden Horn)
• W.A. Mozart: Concerto #1 in D -- 8:30
• W.A. Mozart: Concerto #2 in E flat -- 13:00
• W.A. Mozart: Concerto #3 in E flat -- 15:00
• W.A. Mozart: Concerto #4 in E flat -- 15:30

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Romantic Repertoire with Orchestra

• Paul Dukas: Villanelle -- 7:00
  (for natural horn and valve horn)
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals -- 28:00
  (Mr. Bacon as narrator)
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de Concert -- 9:00
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance, op. 36 -- 3:00

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20th Century Repertoire with Orchestra

• Anthony Plog: Aesop's Fables -- 12:00
  (Mr. Bacon as narrator)
• Peter Schickele: Pentangle, Five Songs for Horn and Orchestra -- 24:00
  (commissioned by Thomas Bacon)
• Mark Schultz: Pillars of Fire -- 17:00
  (commissioned by the Sarasota Music Festival for Thomas Bacon)
• Mark Schultz: Dragons in the Sky -- 12:30
  (written for Thomas Bacon)

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Encores with Orchestra

• Marin Marais: Le Basque -- 1:00
• Leopold Mozart: Rondo from Alphorn Concerto -- 3:00
  (performed on hosepipe)
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance, op. 36 -- 3:00 

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Thomas Bacon as Narrator with Orchestra

• Anthony Plog: Aesop's Fables -- 12:00
  (Mr. Bacon as narrator)

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Repertoire with Wind Ensemble

• Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de Concert -- 9:00
• Marin Marais: Le Basque -- 1:00 (encore selection)
• David Maslanka: Sea Dreams (Concerto for 2 horns and Wind Orchestra) -- 28:00
  (written for Thomas Bacon and James Graber)
• Mark Schultz: Dragons in the Sky -- 12:30
  (written for Thomas Bacon)

With Brass Ensemble

• Hoagy Charmichael /arr. Iveson: Stardust -- 3:45
• Traditional /arr. Don Elam: Doina Fantasy -- 8:00
• Anthony Plog: Animal Ditties -- 9:00
  (Mr. Bacon as narrator)

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Repertoire with Jazz Band

• arr. Don Elam: Bach Aria (salsa version of Air on the G String) -- 5:00
• Arthur Gottschalk: Hornful of Blues -- 5:30
• Peter Green: Bacon Bits -- 5:00
• Billy Strayhorn: Blood Count -- 4:30