Anneke Scott - The Baroque horn and J.S. Bach's Quoniam tu solus sanctus (B Minor Mass, BWV 232)

[@stickom]

Dance Polonaise, 9:58-11:00, lovely! (horn amateur here, not that I am ever going to play this polonaise, but it is highly rewarding listening to these educational serial, and Anneke has it in nice simple understandable presentation, thank you..)

[@dancostello4280]

Thanks for your insight!

[@herrickinman9303]

Yes. The polonaise rhythm is there, and in the 1730s Bach composed and dedicated the Kyrie and Gloria of the B-minor Mass to the "king of Poland" and Saxon Elector. But let's not get carried away with the notion that this king was Polish. The so-called king of Poland was the elected king of the Polish Commonwealth. He was born and raised in Germany, not Poland. He was German, not Polish. His principal residence was in Germany, not Poland. In Germany, he reigned as a Saxon duke and one of the 7-9 prince electors of the German Confederation. The prince electors were the most powerful nobles in Germany. Since the Middle Ages, they elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, which was a confederation of German states. A few years after the dedication, Bach was granted the title Royal Polish and Saxon Electoral Court Composer, which raised his social standing, placed him under the protection of the Saxon court, and gave him some clout in his dealings with the Leipzig authorities.

[@hedyaronm]

Joining the strings in the Laudamus? How cool :D

[@tomastrompa]

Thank you for the insight really, about to play this and your experience really helped. Best wishes

[@tomswiftyphilo2504]

Thank you for this! Would love to find examples of Anneke Scott playing some of the other repetoire--Mozart Horn concertos, for example.

[@vitalibuj076]

Useful information presented in an informal but informative manner. My only regret is I was too far along in my career to have the opportunity to explore/perform on natural horn and try some of your tips.

[@Apfelstrudl]

She really knows what she is saying. These hand stopping recordings are in fact very unauthentic and sound stange. You would be better off even when using a normal valved horn. But the best still is a baroque horn without anything else.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It might work on a Trumpet too in D.

[@Apfelstrudl]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 yeah in these days borders between trumpet and horn weren't clear (of course talking about low D Trumpets).

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Apfelstrudl But today you can now play it on a Natural D Trumpet. Some company made a D Alto Horn, and hornists should have horns in various keys cause they can play in every key more in tune.

[@aidanchristensen1581]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 I'm getting a crooked valve horn soon. they were very common in Prague and Vienna in the late 19th century. modern Vienna horns are similar, though they almost exclusively only have/use the F crook.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@aidanchristensen1581 Yes but more players should experiment w/ using every type of Crook in every key so that they could get a bigger tonal color pallet.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

This can be played on a D Trumpet too

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

4:25 Tone Holes, pretty easy