In the 2023–24 season, Widmann was Berlin Philharmonic's Composer in Residence and made his debut conducting the orchestra.

[9] The second movement Andantino grazioso is based on a theme of Carl Maria von Weber's Horn Concertino.

[8] The enigmatic Vorahnung (Premonition) lays false trails[4] and the Finale summarizes the thematic material of the preceding movements.

[5] Wolfram Quellmalz from Neue (musikalische) Blätter wrote: "A little bit of circus" and "the audience had fun and applauded enthusiastically".

[4] Elena Luporini from Bachtrack wrote: "The score brims with different materials, tracing not just a history of horn-playing, but a present and possibly a future.