Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Vorspiel (Hansel and Gretel: Prelude) - horn quartet

Hänsel und Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck.

It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes. 

The opening prelude to the overture features a horn quartet solo for the first eight bars.

I have arranged the remainder of the opening for horn quartet. 

It suits the mellow horn sound. 

It is performed later in the opera as "Evening Hymn.