The french horn is the mighty invisible ghost in orchestration, proven when it plays solo. Fantastic.

@JasielMartini

11 ай бұрын

There’s a horn solo in Brahms’s 3rd symphony, 3rd movement that never fails to give me chills. Love the way the instrument sounds.

@aaronwon6056

11 ай бұрын

I think most arrangers dont know what to do with the horns making horns like phantoms of the orchestra

@tau4320

11 ай бұрын

I always end up sitting behind them as a trumpet player with the way the orchestras are arranged here, it sure isn't a ghost to me tends to be so loud even on the quiet parts. Though when listening from the audience it feels so subtle yet once it's gone it's also super noticeable.

@fmphotooffice5513

10 ай бұрын

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@JasielMartini

10 ай бұрын

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The story goes, that Strauss, as a baby, would smile when he heard the horn, and cry when he heard the violin.

@metintoyata792

5 ай бұрын

That’s because his father was a horn player

Richard Strauss' father was one of the great horn players of his era and the love of that horn sound has always shined through in his writing.

Eric Terwilliger is fantastic in this but then again, he always was. While it's sad that he has retired, his work as a teacher will hopefully see a new generation of wonderful musicians develop under his guidance.

The second movement, this movement, is easy to make a beautiful sound and Eric does this wonderfully. But for a 1st horn, the Four Last Songs is all about getting through the 3rd mvmt - that is the hardest 7 minutes I have ever and will ever endure as a horn player. Stunningly beautiful, daunting, harrowing and technically so taxxing, the accuracy, the intonation while holding a long high note .... the heart beats a little quicker let me be honest!

@andrewberridge4630

10 ай бұрын

Oh, don't I know. I've only done it once. One of the most beautiful parts ever.

This is not just a wonderful piece of music. It is, I believe, at the same time as the foreboding of the approaching end, the composer's loving farewell to the memory of his father, the horn player, and thus perhaps to music itself, which he had learned to love through his father.

@JelMain

4 ай бұрын

Look at Ravi Shankar's last raga, knowing there was no more. The test of the man is to look ahead, not behind. I knew when I completed a major piece of work there was only one more to be asked of me, and then my work was done, I could retire, resting easy, although in fact another one yet lay ahead, and I'm told it may only end when I do. With leisure to consider the how, I know that my greatest test was at the start, pre-conditioning me to alignment with the Great Inspiration of humanity.

The finest brass instrument to ever grace the ear drums of humanity. ❤

Of all the great Strauss Horn solos (not to mention a couple of great Concertos), this has to be my favorite.

I love the horn, obviously, but Diana is heaven's choirmaster

@fartman7470

Жыл бұрын

Why say but? Just say you love both. Saying but makes it seem like you’re comparing them

@HighKingTurgon

Жыл бұрын

​@@fartman7470I think you've misread my disjunction here. English does not distinguish between 'but"-the following statement fundamentally contravenes the one I just made-and "but"-the following statement is of slight relation and certainly a different topic than the one I previously made. I came for the horn. I stayed for Frau Damrau, because she sends me.

Heaven has a bunch of horn solos, of which this is one. Beautiful.

The four last songs are absolutely gorgeous. There aren’t too many things that come close imo.

That horn sounds like heaven and Diana sounds like an actual angel

that was beautiful Will.

I want to thank you, Will, for showing me this beautiful piece. It has quickly become one of my favorite classical pieces ever.

RIP, maestro! I will miss your Berlioz Symphony performed in Moscow..... 🙏and many many of greatest Performances...

Funny, I always felt that this is one of the most beautiful moments in classical music. And now I see that others think the same way...

Whenever I hear this beautiful Strauss music, I must remember the beloved Jessye Norman's performance of his immortal lieder.

@plekkchand

Жыл бұрын

If you must.

@VernonStradling

10 ай бұрын

Personal choice, of course, but I find Norman's rendering blowsy and unfocussed, with terrible diction. Try Gundula Janowitz with Karajan and see the difference.

@pzwackelmann7681

4 ай бұрын

@@VernonStradling Yes, this recording is also my absolute favourite. Gundula Janowitz's voice is unearthly beautiful. Clear and pure.

the whole of vier lezte lieder is a glimpse of heaven.

Eric Terwilliger ❤ best horn player

Eric Terwilliger...such a legend.

I think the horn solo from Mondscheinmusik for his opera Capriccio is even more sublime.

“Heaven had a horn solo” straight away thought of 4 last songs 🌅💕😩 beautiful!

Beautiful all around. Strauss can be trusted to lean on the horn players.

I had to stop playing French horn twenty-two years ago, but still remember everything I learned in those thirty years... I have sometimes wondered what Mozart's thoughts might be if he could have heard (and seen) the opening passage of Strauss's second horn concerto, how the fully chromatic instrument takes a phrase which is made up of natural harmonics flowing through different keys.

@vincentlombardo9797

9 ай бұрын

and the Adagio to the strauss 2nd!!!

@tim2015

9 ай бұрын

@@vincentlombardo9797 Strauss's second horn concerto is, for me, one of the most perfect pieces of music. I think I read, many years ago, that the recording by Dennis Brain with the Philharmonia orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch was made in one take. If true, it says much for the whole orchestra... can anyone confirm this?

My favorite moment in the Four Last Songs. ❤

Last Songs indeed. Strauss must've been pretty damn chuffed with these last ones.What a glorious goodbye.

The horn solo is beautiful, but Diana Damrau’s singing is exquisite! Such amazing breath control, and _pianissimo,_ too! She’s extraordinary!

One of my favorite moments in the Four Last Songs.

That solo must feel so good to play.

Wonderful

Somehow I was intrigued by his breathing. He almost propelles the air inwards and relaxes just enough to let it trough. But his mouth is already preparing for the next note. Fascinating.

I was having a good time looking up and listening to fun trumpet solos, and in general just enjoying some brass music. Randomly I decided to look up a fun horn solo. I played horn through middle and high school. I’m about to finish freshman year of college, and I swear the pure wave of emotion and nostalgia from the tone of this horn has single handedly made me want to try and pick horn back up.

Such greatness and skill in playing this instrument, congratulations!

Thank you, Will Parker! Man of taste! Godspeed!

Beautiful.

Takes skill and musicianship,to play those few bars so eloquently. Thanks.

Professor Eric! beautiful playing!

Fantastic! Thank you.

Really love that warm and thick color

00:00 When heaven is set to music.

Nothing inthe classical repertoire can compare with Strauss’s horn solos for closing scenes: Alpinesymphony, Heldenleben💥💥

@hello-rq8kf

Жыл бұрын

which movement of alpine symphony?

@katherinepettus5132

11 ай бұрын

Heldenleben is one of the only works that has ever brought a sort of spiritual dawn feeling for me.

@vincentlombardo9797

9 ай бұрын

If I recall.. Strauss' father was Wagner's first horn .. and travelled with Wagner, too.

@josemanuellopezagarrado

7 ай бұрын

Aukslang ​@@hello-rq8kf

@Ann64

6 ай бұрын

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This really gives me a feel of a love story that is based during times of war and its either a love at first sight or the end of the war after the soldier comes home to his lover and they see eachother for the first time in like acouple years

@GalenWillettMusic

10 ай бұрын

It’s amazing how music can conjure in us so much emotion and imagination.

@dfdhgtrss212

7 ай бұрын

That seems fitting since its from 1948.

From the time my music teacher Lt. Col. Sam Rhodes retd. introduced me to the Mozart horn concertos back in the early 1960s, I was hooked. I dearly wanted to play the French horn, but my parents couldn't afford the instrument or the lessons - back then you couldn't hire an instrument, and the school had none. It never happened, but I still love the instrument.

Wow. Love the idea. Great stuff.

Beautiful The French horn brings a sound so heavenly it’s if Angel Gabriel is the player himself

There are some great horn players out there, but when I think of how a horn should sound, the 1st hornist I think of is Mr. Eric Terwilliger, followed by the late great Mr. Jerome Ashby. What a wonderful sound!

The best song writer in history.

4 last songs are so elegant in their beauty. Not much of that going around these days.

That cutoff at the end is quite satisfying.

Lovely!❤

wow, the last song of the 4last songs, beautiful

Good to see Will Riker has expanded his skills from jazz trombone to classical horn. I'm glad he "made it so".

Meraviglioso!!!! ❤❤❤

Almost like a warm echo returning to soothe you.

So romantic ❤

Oui ce solo est une splendeur !

The french horn has that intentional distant brooding sound that evokes so much emotion in the listener.

The first g sharp is really special.

how sweet

Straus French horn solos are sublime Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏

I thought William T. Riker played the trombone.

So powerful 😢

que hermoso

Diana!

Longas sublimes!

This hornist's tone is poetic. Whether rendered in solo, such as here, or in Ravel's "" Pavane..", this instrument's employment is always welcomed. When used to fill out the mid tonal range of the Orchestra, the Horn adds fullness and body, which is almost taken for granted. No other instrument sounds as noble, played fortissimo and in unison--(R. Strauss' "At the Summit" from his Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64). The segue the Horn provides between Winds and Brass is notable, (no pun intended), as most orchestral offerings showcase. The Horn's highest register is second--only to the English Horn--in conveying loneliness and and a melancholic quality. As an orchestral wind player, I hold the honor of being seated in front of this magical instrument. This Horn is simply invaluable.

I remember the first time I played it. The world stopped when the horn solo came.

Yep, l'd go along with that.

Imo nothing compares to Bruckner 2, slow movement. Best horn solo ever

❤

Indeed, Divine Richard Strauss ... the last breaths of longing for a world today even more distant. In death's parting, the beauty of what was sad in life. Respectful, ever-lasting gratitude to my French horn teachers of the past: Rudolph Puletz (first horn - Cleveland Orchestra / A. Rodziński) and Arthur Berv (first horn - NBC Symphony / A. Toscanini).

❤Faszinuerend🎉😊❤

I played the French horn from 6th through 12th grades. I was always envious of the girls who played flute since the flute is so much easier to carry and the case doesn't bang against your knee! I took up playing a flute for a while when I was in college, but never became proficient.

such a beautiful performance by steven spielberg

An that on Bavarian television. Bavaria is the best place,

Soprano, and a French horn: gotta be Richard Strauss.

This reminds me of Mahler a lot. It sounds akin to the symphony 3 finale, harmonies wise.

@Dan474834

Жыл бұрын

To what part? I can’t hear the resemblance.

@NicSchroeder

Жыл бұрын

@@Dan474834 It’s the voicing and stepwise motion of the strings, the chords and the suspension. Plus, it’s in the same key! Listen to only the strings in the first minute or so of Mahler 3’s finale (kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX6rktWlmLi9lc4.html ). The instrumentation, voicing and cadence of the strings is incredibly similar to that of this excerpt, with the only major difference being some slight dissonance at 0:39, but quickly resolves back into the same chord used in Mahler 3. Also, leading into the solo sounds a lot like 12:16 of the finale, even starting the solo on the same horn note.

French horns and mellos have such clean and majestic sounds

It is truly a mighty horn as are the other big horns I studied trombone for a number of years one the directors of one the orchestra I played with made this statement "when the big horns speak all ears hear" dr. Swoboda Portland State University.

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Fabulous - thank you - but what about that first movement theme in the Dvorak 'cello concerto - the performance of the Frankfurt Radio S.O.'s principal horn does bring me to tears... every time! (The Gautier Capucon recording).

well, that was short for the heaven horn.

Der Vorhalt....

The horn solo orchestration gives me a john williams feel for some reason.

Soprano and horn ya has to be strauss

R. Strauss's father was a horn player.

i liked the singer

And after all this time I thought Commander Riker only played the trombone….

Nobody: Not a single soul classical legends like Dvorak composing for French horn:

This reminds me so much of Lord of the Rings Soundtracks

I remember this really old joke I read when I was in high school band: Why is the French Horn a sacred instrument? Because humans blow into it, but only God knows what comes out the other side.

😩

I always thought Jonathan Frakes was playing the trombone?! ... 🤔😉

I was expecting Feel So Good by Chuck Mangione

I would argue the 2nd mvmnt of Cappricio Español is the heavenly horn solo....

Pardon my ignorance (or my bad eyesight...?) but what is the work being performed?

@newaccounter

Жыл бұрын

September from Strauss’s Four Last Songs

Placido domingo is a good horn player! 🤣

I was surprised and distracted that the last note did not have a coordinated entry. The rest of it was magnificent, but the last note was comparatively jarring

0:25

It's so incredibly simple but Ab to F# will just never not sound good on a horn.