Baumann- Weber Concertino 

He started at 17

Bazinga! Anyway, I agree with Rawhide. This man deserves a special place in the history of the horn

I started at 3

MAUREEN E Donov

By "singing" you mean literally singing while playing? I hear what sounds like his vocalizing a harmony with his playing around 7:40 plus and minus. Sure sounds like it. Kind of funny to hear in a recording like he's sort of fooling around.

it's a part of the piece! weber wrote vocal harmony for the player to sing while playing in the horn part.

Oh... First time I ever heard of such a thing. As a teen, I used to play around with vocalizing harmony (badly) 50+ years ago with my cornet... didn't know such tricks were ever performed in a serious piece till now.

I spent six months as a Baumann student in 1976. I also started late (19) but never achieved a decent embouchure and setup. In six months Hermann could not really do much for me but it was great to have the experience. He and Hella were great company over a few glasses of vino.

Idk about gliere but in the case of Weber absolutely

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Yes Charles, l can't imagine what Denis Brain would have made of this work. However l DO know that he never played the Konzertstuck for 4 horns. Apparently, he said that he would not base his reputation on high notes. So it is possible that he simply didn't like 'show pieces' for horn, of which the Weber is one. Denis is my favourite hornist of all time. He never overplayed or over-interpretted , yet his playing was virtually perfect and ethereal. Oh yes, and he tounged everything - never slurred! Having said all that, Bauman's playing is unbelievably good, and he's 'up there' with the best of them. Personally l prefer Halstead's hand-horn performance, mainly because he makes an 'English' sound'. I never attempted this work. Richard Duckett of Team Brass

Don’t forget the d sharp at the end he nails

TheDodo3333 And Barry Tuckwell!

Rugilockk

Exetremely difficult

One of the hardes

first no second yes

​@@somebody9033Thanks. The second one (two) are really impressive if he really lipped them

Of course, you sing into the horn. But most important is the TAMBRE of your voice,,, not all of us can pull it off. Compare Baumann and Barborak... even the harmonics come out differently...LOL ! When I was playing professionally in Europe, I practiced this piece incessantly for about 6 months, but would never try to perform it...Hah ! Bravo !

@@apfelsnutz Haha, this was from seven years ago, I had completely forgotten about it. I actually figured out how to do harmony on the horn since then, but the middle b part at the end of the cadenza is quite challenging - though I haven't yet practiced it truly. How did the piece feel after 6 months? Any better? Also, for all those that wonder how to do polyphonic - play a note (low usually) and while the air is sustaining the note, hum (the other 'harmonies' are there by nature of like-vibrations when the right note is hummed on top of the pedal note - it's a phenomenon one can hear on a piano if one plays a low open 5th chord, listen for the major 3rd softly vibrating in a higher octave.)

@@webusch3 Oh, I was looking for something to play with the orchestra. Decided instead, to play the Stich Concerto #5... came off really well. Thanks for the reply... Ron

Veramente è un tempo normalissimo per una polacca... seconda cosa, la cadenza coi "multiphonics" come li chiami tu è presente già nel manoscritto olografo di Weber.

+Joseph Longstaff Well, Weber is the first exponent of demoniac romanticism. His fast articulations and his tone expression aren't made to be eroic, they have to be scary. For me, this interpretation is maybe the best we can find on youtube!

+A.F. Galopp Scary is not exactly the word that comes to mind when I hear this jaunty E major concertino.

+Joseph Longstaff thank god nobody pays you for that opinion

+Joseph Longstaff I can hear what you're talking about, but honestly, the expression is what I care about, and he has that in spades. There are other ways to appreciate music than strict classical formalism...

Honestly it's that kind of thinking that ruins the art form. I think his use of the edgy tone on the horn is literally perfect for an intense trotting melody.

Pedro Luis Giménez Actually, it would be pretty amazing if Baborak was his teacher.

Peter Kiss doesn't that make his teacher a teenager? :|

C K.M. Of course not, he's probably hitting forty around this time. There's just a lot of videos of him playing as a teenager, because he is incredible.

haha, no.. I was talking about his Reily's mentor! If baborak is his teacher, then Reily's mentor must've been a teenager

OK. Thanks for clearing that up!