In 2022, internationally renowned Belgian soloist Tim de Maeseneer approached composer Thierry Deleruyelle to write a concerto for tenor horn. Part of a CD made up entirely of works commissioned from a selection of composers and arrangers of the moment, this piece pays tribute to the composers of the mid-twentieth century.

Written in three main parts, with a slow, languorous middle section, this work brings out the full richness of the instrument. Here, the tenor horn displays all the precisi...