Wolfgang Vladar, horn player in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, talks to Sarah Willis about life in the orchestra and the secrets of taming the Viennese Horn on Feb.20th, 2013. See more great Horn Hangouts at www.sarah-willi...
Same here, except my first love is the Vienna Horn - the sound is so much richer harmonic spectrum - never sounds like a trombone! ru-vid.com?search_query=vienna+horns+urlicht
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Thank you! I learned a lot from this. There's one slightly garbled passage in which he mentions the Chicago horns. To say that this is the kind of horn playing he isn't so keen on? -the"aggressive" type?
He meant he likes the Chicago horns, that in many ways try to produce a Vienna Horn type sound. Dale Clevenger sat behind them during a Rosenkavalier (or Salome) and was completely "blown away" by the sound, style and how fearlessly they play. Not easy to play high Strauss and Mahler parts on a straight F Horn. This will give you a better idea: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jnFl1q0IYTA.html
I'm just watching a concert with Stefan Vladar beautifully playing Mozart piano concerto 20. He really looks like Wolfgang. I guess they must be brothers.
From what I understand, the difference in timbre is due primarily to the smaller bore of the Viennese instrument. Could one not simply decrease the diameter of the “normal” horn to achieve better tone while retaining the agility afforded by rotary valves?
Hello, Sarah. What is meant by "low-horn player"? I understand that, at one time, composers wrote the higher parts for 1st and 3rd horns, and lower for 2nd and 4th. Is this still the case?
Not true. In fact Wolfgang Tomboeck, former first horn, was probably the most note perfect horn player of his generation. They do tend to go for it and here and there things happen, but it's worth it for the sound they create within the orchestra.
+Jack Housman You are welcome. Actually there are a lot of femela players now. Most of them are the violin players, like Isabelle Ballot and Alina Pinchas etc. Yes, you are right. Both harp players of the orchestra are female: Charlotte Balzereit and Anneleen Lenaerts. What's special about the new principal bassoon, Sophie Dartigalongue, is that she probably is the first female principal ever in this orchestra.
+Zheng Li Sophie Dartigalongue is the first female principal in the winds. The first female principal ever is, I believe, Albena Danailova, one of the three Concertmasters (Wiener Staatsoper since 2008/ Wiener Philharmoniker since 2011).
