Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano, Steve Park, Horn

To download an mp3 file of the accompaniment, go to www.steveparkhornmusic.net. This piece is great for working on middle and low register playing. You need a great accompanist. If you want an mp3 of my accompaniment, let me know. Subscribe! I will be adding more solos on a regular basis. I teach horn at a University and my goal is to create a video library of some of the best horn solos for my students and others. Also let me know if there is something you would like me to record.

[@madelinepoopoo]

Absolutely stunning! I'm in high school and am playing this at Solo and Ensemble in just 2 months! It seemed impossible... but you've inspired me to reach for excellence. :) Take care

[@ThePumpkinBoatMC]

Same!

[@STEELH3ART]

This is not a solo piece

[@julaibeeb]

Well, this was the piece that helped Beethoven's career as a composer... And none other than the famous Giovanni Punto a.k.a. Jaclav Wenzel Stich was the horn player for which this sonata was written for....... Horn players are ALL sent from God !!!!!!!!!! Steve, you are an awesome player !!!!! And you use the Conn 8D VERY well (I am a Rauch man personally now)

[@joannewiggins8028]

Great food for the soul. So enlightening. Love this mellow sound. Thanks.

[@tconsta22]

I'm loving the facial expressions during the rests.

[@pabloalvarez8115]

Great playing! Thanks so much, you don't know how helpful this was in preparing my Allstate solo this year

[@dorothyburt2475]

This is simply amazing. Your tone is so warm and beautiful!

[@jrwhorn2626]

Bravo. Love to hear it with a real accompanist.

[@tulipenoire2012]

Very Good, Steve. BRAVO

[@tajanaehunter]

beautiful

[@iamMEECH]

Fantastic!!

[@aztec11]

Great job! I wish I could do endings like that (seeming effortlessly, but perfectly clear!)

[@MikeLiebestod]

Amazing sound... I wanna play like that someday... I hope I make it...

[@marcelotrompa]

Congratulatios!!! Very good!!

[@jjhhhggfify]

BRAVISSIMO

[@thewowleader]

Playing this atm on trombone! and yes the piano sheet is really intense! very nice performence

[@MultiProful]

how do you play the low G's so nicely? i need to know! please?

[@joshleeteehee]

I really enjoy your videos! It makes me very happy that you don't use the Bb side for runs just because they are easier on Bb, and you dont disregard the F side! Are you playing a 300,000 series 8D? or a pre-letter?

[@webusch3]

I get to do this solo. Sounds fun :)

[@ADFPATTON]

man you killed that! im auditioning for the greater hartford youth ensemble with this peice and i wish i could get the ending up to tempo as well as u have it

[@majoraquino8413]

Ya! That would be cool! It would certainly help...

[@user-mp1km7pf9v]

Wow

[@manutrom]

Congratulations on your interpretation. What the horn is that?

[@buckleymcdaniel]

Beethoven actually scored it as a Sonata for Piano and Horn...

[@MasatakaTakayanag1]

Hooray for Conn 8D's!

[@shayleemurray7318]

0:27

[@videowizdude]

Have you ever considered possibly posting a horn lesson?

[@ChivalrousBreeze]

@TheMusicmanMB No. The end of the second movement says "attacca subito il Rondo" meaning play on to the 3rd movement. So those two have to be in that order...lmao Although I do not agree that the order means nothing, because the Rondo (3rd movement) is a variation of the original theme, and this movement is guiding into them. Anyway! I was asking for recordings of them, and your reply pretty much had no relevancy with the context of my question. Also which do you think is harder? 1 or 2+3?

[@eliasjr8247]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MrFrenchhorn97]

Would you recommend this for a GSA audition?

[@gen15mello]

Good luck!!

[@frankiehenderson9315]

doing this for my grade 8 in february :)

[@buckleymcdaniel]

@TheMusicmanMB Sorry, didn't mean to sound snarky! I don't even remember writing this comment! And you're right, it doesn't really make a difference, but for the sake of the argument I think it's similar to some of Mozart's sonatas for piano and violin, where he placed the piano in a more prominent position over the violin. I'm probably wrong, but it's still an interesting conversation! You sound great regardless!

[@myhornisbetter]

Anybody have any tips for a young player learning this??

[@ChivalrousBreeze]

@TheMusicmanMB Furthermore, the 2nd movement is like...30-40 measures at the most...it's not very long lmao xD It's basically a segue into the 3rd movement...Although I guess it's very possible that you could play the 2nd, 3rd than 1st.

[@ChivalrousBreeze]

Do you have recordings of the last two movements?

[@gilonkravatsky458]

Is that a clebsch strap i see?

[@Shigrow1337]

What type of horn is that? It looks like a conn at the angle.

[@alexandrajohnson172]

Hello, first your playing is amazing. I watch your videos a lot and I just wanted to ask you a question or two. 1)What type of horn do you have? 2)I am doing this for my NYSSMA solo, i am going All State and i am a freshman in highschool. Last year i did area all state. Anyway i was wondering what you would recommend for the last part of part 1 with all of the 16th notes. do you think i should just practice slowly and work my way up?

[@FrankLeonardStar]

What, no natural horn?

[@chanshunhang3039]

VERY MOZART!!!

[@alexandrajohnson172]

Beethoven....

[@ChivalrousBreeze]

@buckleymcdaniel Doesn't make a difference what order it's in really. >_<

[@beatlesmack9]

I am a trumpet player. Because my insrumtent is a Bb Instrument, C sounds like Bb. So Does F sound like Bb on Horn?

[@caustic5276]

Austin Stolz yes

[@caustic5276]

But a better way to think of it is that trumpet is in Bb, so when you play a C on a trumpet (or the fundamental note of the instrument) you’re playing a Bb. But when you play a C on a horn, you’re playing an F.

[@allisonbishop9365]

The piano sounds like a midi file

[@ohsteacher]

That's because it is a midi file.

[@marsvltor2]

Lovely horn playing, but I have a couple of comments (nothing to do with the playing itself): a) a sonata is for two equal partners - why not a single view of the pianist?, and b) it sounds as if the piano is an early one - so why a valve horn? Surely a natural one should have been used...

[@ohsteacher]

The piano is actually a midi accompaniment, which is why I don't show the pianist. All of the accompaniments on my channel are midi. If you want to download an accompaniment just go to steveparkhornmusic.net Thanks for watching!

[@marsvltor2]

Steve - thanks for clarifying. Maybe I don't want to see you and a microchip!!! As I said earlier, many thanks for the download, and your playing is superb.

[@KanrryKang]

I wish I was at your level of horn playing already. Great playing.

[@majoraquino8413]

You can blur out the students face if u needed to...

[@majoraquino8413]

Look at recents lol

[@sunny2802]

3:22 0:28

[@EmIsAGirl94]