Evening Reveries by Usamah Mustafa is a contemporary work for French horn and piano. Mustafa is also a horn player, and University of British Columbia program notes connect his musical style with the film scores of John Williams and Howard Shore. Those notes describe a particularly personal origin for the piece: he wrote it for his mother shortly before she died.
The work has appeared on both student and faculty recital programs, including a Washington State University performance that dates the composition to 2012. Its personal background invites a reflective approach to interpretation, while the horn-and-piano scoring suits recital programming without a larger ensemble. The performance below offers a reference when considering the piece for study.
Evening Reveries by Usamah Mustafa is a contemporary work for French horn and piano. Mustafa is also a horn player, and University of British Columbia program notes connect his musical style with the film scores of John Williams and Howard Shore. Those notes describe a particularly personal origin for the piece: he wrote it for his mother shortly before she died.
The work has appeared on both student and faculty recital programs, including a Washington State University performance that dates the composition to 2012. Its personal background invites a reflective approach to interpretation, while the horn-and-piano scoring suits recital programming without a larger ensemble. The performance below offers a reference when considering the piece for study.