I wish I knew what inspired Robert Schuman to write this piece, I like to think it was the seige of Vienna and the last movement perhaps as the Polish knights thundering to the rescue. To me it is a noble piece.
Such a marvelous piece, so wonderfully played. My late father loved the horn. Shortly before he died of cancer, I showed him a high quality video of a top horn section playing this thing. He got the biggest grin you ever saw lying in his bed. Demanded a audio recording of the piece. He listened to it every day until he died a couple of weeks later.
Incredible. Monsters, all of them. But one is also a maniac for doing it on an Alex 103. Seriously who does principal on this on a double? A goddamn maniac monster. kudos to everyone
I am, as the Brits like to say, gobsmacked! Somehow, in a life of 82 years, conducting bands and playing trumpet and French horn, I had never heard this before stumbling on this performance on RU-vid. I’ll never forget the upward arpeggios and the magnificent sound and precision of the four marvelous players!!!😄😮
Woow, what a performance! The best I've ever heard! The big dude is insane, what a horn player! This is an extremely hard peace of music, but for him just like me having a breakfast! Congratulations for you all! Very well done
I have played all four of these parts and I can say this is one of the most beautifully played and musical performances out there. I have heard some of the world's best play this, and these four are amongst the greatest! Bravo!
Just astounding. As a horn player I know intimately the difficulty of this piece, and this quartet nailed it. That beautiful Alexander 103 sound! Actually, now I think of it, I'm not sure I've ever seen the first horn part NOT performed on a descant or triple. He clearly didn't need it; those high E's rang out with no visible effort. Brilliant performance from beginning to end, soloists and orchestra.
In May I watched the horn players from the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra playing the Konzerstück on their Vienna Horns (Single F) in a live concert. It was a great performance with unmatched sound!
Even though I was living in Vienna and had a Wienerhorn, I played the first part on a Kruspe double. It was all we had back then. I didn't own a descant until the late 1970's. The "newer" horns do add a level of security for sure, but it's still the same piece no matter how you deal with it. :)
@@hornerinf Amen to that! I learned long ago, despite "Das Knaben Wunderhorn", for a player, there's no such thing as a magic horn. Ya gotta know how to play.
Outstanding performance! Matias makes it look so easy, and it's anything but. Maria, Mia and Christina, you all play so beautifully and make a fantastic section - go the girls!
Great ensemble and what a solo horn player!! He's a fantastic player! One of the best versions of this piece I heard on RU-vid. Thanks for putting it on RU-vid!
Beautiful playing from the soloists..... despite the terrible conducting. Such a fabulous piece. Has been one of my desert island disc's since i was about 17 when i heard it live played by Brain and Sewell and two others....
Fantastic! A brilliant rendition of the piece, which is a huge achievement for any aspiring horn player. Great to see three ladies too - on an instrument that was considered a male preserve for the longest time. They are so accurate and together, perfectly balanced. WELL DONE! It's a pity the cameraman didn't concentrate more on the soloists.
Just wow. This performance is is simply superb in both technique and musicianship and playing as an ensemble so well together. First class job by the orchestra and on the video editing, too.
A truly outstanding performance! And one of the reasons it's so good, is the entire Horn section are playing the same brand of Horn: Alexander. There's been a lot of discussion about this (same, vs. different Horn manufacturers within a section), but I attended an International Horn Workshop in the 1980s where a clinic demonstration clearly showed that sections using the same equipment blended better. Your opinion may vary, of course. But this is pretty good proof of the theory.
Die Berliner Philharmoniker kann ich noch empfehlen, aber die gibts nur in der Digital Concert Hall. Hier aber eindeutig die beste Performance für dieses Stück!
interesting and curious phrasing/tempo. Magnificently played by all members of the orchestra who seemed to all understand the phrasing. LOVE the horns!!! Very well Done!!!
What a beautiful and interesting sound this group brings to this difficult piece! Matias is, of course, an outstanding musician and soloist, and this shows his remarkable musicianship and command of the instrument. The supporting cast is wonderful throughout but particularly so in the beginning of the slow movement. I especially like the subtlety and nuance in the 4th horn playing. It's easy to overdo the low part, or not give it enough, or become crass. Bravo, and brava!
....por desconocer y alejarme tanto de esta clase de musica...Sucede que he llegado a la colina de estas notas musicales. Y con horns!!! Gracias por compartir!!!. Saludos desde la parcela mas cercana a la proxima galaxia: Ecuador.
@@john-horn There are no missing notes versus the original and not necessarily easier. In the original the yeoman's share of the heavy listing is handled by the 1st and 2nd part. The Turner version just distributes it throughout all 4 parts so that more rest is given to the 1st horn.
Bravi! Wonderful performance by all! The overall quality of horn playing world-wide has taken such a huge leap in the past couple of decades. I credit this, in part to the great teaching and performing of the late great Dale Clevenger. Whether any of the artists in this performance studied directly with Dale I do not know. But his influence was worldwide.
Die Hörner sind phantastisch, überirdisch gut, der Dirigent dafür unterirdisch schlecht. Die Besetzung des Hornquartettes zeigt, dass jede Frage nach einer "Quote" (Männer- oder Frauen-Quote) obsolet ist. Beim Musizieren zählt nur das erlernte, ehrlich erworbene Können und sonst gar nichts.
Astonishing how different the first three sound compared to the fourth in that sequence (the Horn 1 part) -- almost sounds like they were mic'ed differently? Like perhaps Horn 1 had a dedicated microphone but the other three horns were using room mics? Seems like they have more "echo" in their tone.
Outstanding performance! Bravo! The conductor's constant finger waggling is very distracting though! I've played under a lot of conductors, but never one who did that.
