Berliner Philharmoniker Master Class - Oboe

Christoph Hartman, oboist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, gives a master class for the KZbin Symphony Orchestra 2011 presenting Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314. Learn more at / symphony
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[@physphilmusic]

Oboe is the most beautiful woodwind instrument - really, even the best flute players can't beat a great oboe player like him when they play the concerto transcribed to D major.

[@somyod2u]

I had the great pleasure of hearing Christoph Hartmann playing Mozart's Oboe Concerto last week at a concert given by the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra in the Prince Mahodol Hall in Bangkok - to describe the music as bliss would be an understatement.

[@michaelswanson1105]

Christoph -- what an amazing performer -- and teacher. I like his style! Thank you for sharing this video.

[@homeofcreation]

I can watch this all day, over and over again. This oboe has such clarity. Needless to say that mr Hartman is one of the best in the world.

[@audreymarie2010]

Wow! I love his relaxed and calm way of playing! My soul feels refreshed!

[@andreamoboe]

From one oboist to another, thanks for the masterclass :)

[@Elisabettina88]

Oh my God, what a lovely, heavenly, expressive sound *-* He's also a brilliant teacher!!! =D Thanks for the video!!! Very useful!!! :)

[@iansimz]

Most amazing oboe tone i've ever heard.

[@like7oranges]

YTSO was so exciting as a band nerd in highschool haha, I kind of love watching all this videos again

[@RebeccaAMoore]

Beautiful soul, beautiful music

[@wdashwor]

I don't play oboe, either, but love the instrument and enjoyed watching this. Obviously Christoph is a master. Wonderful tone! His explanations and insights are quite interesting. I liked what he said about how the movement should be relaxed instead of hectic.

[@ninaflute]

Fabulous playing. All flutists should watch this video, too! Be sure to read the official contest rules which say in the creative requirements section that all entry videos must be submitted solo, with no accompaniment - so do NOT play your entry video with piano or orchestral accompaniment.

[@gianbattistaruggeri4234]

Eccezionale il maestro Hartman in questa master class sul concerto K314 noto anche come concerto Ferlendis in quanto dedicato da Mozart al suo primo oboista Giuseppe Ferlendis nella sua orchestra a Salisburgo.

[@berlinphil]

@ledelato It is a Dupin Imperial.

[@LoneWolfOnTheHeights]

I don't play oboe but Christoph was very informative and interesting to watch. I'll bet he's a great teacher.

[@debbie94510]

Wowowwowow, what a fine player, and what a gorgeous sound!!!!

[@Elisabettina88]

Absolutely perfect *-* I esteem him sooo much!!!

[@mariodanioboe]

Grande Hartmann!!!

[@insite5188]

his sound is great

[@diegomtz5751]

Thank you very much for your advices and your sound, it's pretty awesome, coungratulations!! I'm trying the concert this semester, where is the version you're playing? I can't find it. Thank you very much!!

[@oboe1975]

Molto bravo!

[@Xingqiwu387]

His personality is so nicer, friendlier than Albrecht Meyer's, and he has an equally beautiful tone.

[@retrogamerdave362]

+Weihan Xingqi I think Mayer is friendly enough, but this guy is certainly more humble. I guess that comes with playing second chair, haha. If I sat in second chair next to Albrecht Mayer I would be really humble, too!

[@harley258]

i think it has something to do with his accent.

[@blumenfeldmusik]

Wunderbar ! Alles, daß auch Deutschland kommt, wunderbar ist ☺

[@whatadamnusername]

@ElisabettaVS Of course it is, and of course he does. But, even though I pointed these things out, I said that his playing more than makes up for his speaking.

[@physphilmusic]

what he was doing when he penned in his markings in all his compositions" (and by the way, I do not think that), how does that relate to the assessment of the oboe's tone quality vis-a-vis the flute's? I know this is a video of an oboe masterclass, but I was commenting on the use of the oboe in general (It's more often used for melancholic passages).

[@ElisabettaVS]

@ThaSchwab I think it is very polite of him to try to make it more international so far by using his English, he is not struggeling too much, although he has a very 'German' pronunciation.

[@FarburnFred1]

I think his English is excellent (I'm a native speaker), he is perfectly understandable and although there are a couple of grammatical mistakes he speaks it very fluently.

[@physphilmusic]

@dasteufelhund What does the older history of the flute have to do with its potential for 20-21st century experimentation? Your rhetorical question baffles me. And did I say, or even imply, that the first movement of the D major concerto is an archetypal melancholic passage for the oboe? But Mozart's performance directions are irrelevant anyway: I do genuinely feel a strong emotion of melancholy even in the first bars of the oboe's entry in the concerto.

[@XEA6L]

Hartmann has a gorgeous singing tone; he makes me proud to be an oboist (flute is better lol).....@physphilmusic i agree with what u said about the oboe sounding melancholy......oboes can have a splendid tone, but it's characteristically sad and brooding.

[@physphilmusic]

@dasteufelhund 1. My claim that the flute is better suited for 20-21st century experimentation is based on an objective observation that more extended techniques are available for the flute, as compared to the oboe, which in my knowledge has only recently broken through by the efforts of Holliger. I know of much more modern works which include parts written for the flute compared with oboe, and I think one important explanation is that the flute's tone, clearer and rather cold,

[@physphilmusic]

he flute more, irregardless of whether they decided listeners liked it or not. 2. You take my statements out of context. Mozart's performance directions are indeed irrelevant, but ONLY in my perception of the oboe's tone quality. That emotion is indeed invoked by the instrument, as you said. But you cannot separate the score from the instrument, so when I listen to the Oboe D major concerto, I still get this melancholic quality. I believe that it is very difficult for any oboist

[@physphilmusic]

@ThaSchwab Why are we talking about his English? Of course it'll have a different accent, imagine yourself speaking German (if you're a native English speaker)! I'm quite impressed by how good his English is compared to thousands of people from different non-English speaking countries.

[@ElisabettaVS]

@ThaSchwab hihi, same here!

[@ElisabettaVS]

@ThaSchwab You didn't really say it like that :P But I agree, he plays wonderful! These masterclasses really give you a good inside-look at the different instruments, right? :)

[@physphilmusic]

This is from my own experience working with flautists as a composer. Oboe is much more restricted: hence, harder to experiment with it. If you reject all of these explanations, you still have to explain why there are more works for flute in the 20th century repertoire as compared with the oboe. I don't see the relevance of "views or feel of the individual listener." I'm NOT talking about whether the listeners enjoy the modern music written for the flute. The fact is, composers have chosen

[@nomorebushz]

Lance Heuberger I think the oboe has always been a more rare Instrument than the flute , because it is inherently more difficult to play, then and now, so naturally I think there would be more repertoire for the flutist. I have been playing the oboe since 1965. Now think about 20th century operatic or ballet music… Who is given more beautiful solos... the oboe, or the flute?

[@physphilmusic]

is better suited for the less emotive styles of dodecaphonism, serialism, even possibly minimalism. I'm not sure that this is the exact reason, but for me, I also tend to favor the flute more to experiment with: the oboe's tone is too characteristic (and I think that this is a less subjective judgment). Plus, by the nature of its tone production itself, flute invites more opportunities: it doesn't use reeds. You can ask a flautist to do tongue-clicks, key clicks, note bending, even singing.

[@physphilmusic]

@dasteufelhund I won't disagree. I do like the oboe much better than the flute. But I think it is objective to say that the oboe has a more expressive and melancholic tone, compared with the flute, which many people have commented that it is cold. Hence since I like melancholic and sentimental tone colors, I like the oboe better and say it's the most beautiful. I think that the flute is much better suited for 20th century experimentation though.

[@angelav_v250]

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[@jacquesboes7042]

On what instrument are you playing please

[@physphilmusic]

to truly evoke joyful emotions, as compared to, for example, the trumpet. Now you can disagree with my perception, which you said is subjective, and I don't disagree fully with that. But the fact is that a lot of people have described the flute to me as "cold and inexpressive", and I think that that coldness is why 20th century composers like it: it makes it more versatile. 3. Why do you think that my statement "rendered all of [my] points irrelevant?" Even if I think that "Mozart doesn't know

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[@whatadamnusername]

@ElisabettaVS Okay, so I didn't, but I meant it. :P I don't even play the oboe, I just love seeing professionals perform alone like this.

[@calvinnguyen3759]

What brand of reed is he using?

[@rayzhang5551]

Usually pro oboe players make their own reeds. I know his Albrecht Mayer makes his own reeds for sure. Recently, Hartmann has been playing on Legere synthetic oboe reeds though, but in this video, it is definitely a wooden cane reed.

[@ledelato]

He claims to be playing the KZbin version but his articulation differs from it in many spots and he looks like he's playing from memory. I'm not sure what the rules are here but I learned it close to how he plays it. Also, it looks like his oboe has a Viennese oboe bulb. Anyone know what he plays on?

[@whatadamnusername]

@ElisabettaVS That's why I'm watching it. I don't even play the oboe. :P

[@jkvhcjshcsjacbjsabjhasihfz9037]

how tf is he breathing like that

[@whatadamnusername]

Ridiculously good playing but I can tell he is struggling a bit with his English. I think it would've better in German with subtitles. I know, I keep on mentioning subtitles. I'll stop now. :)

[@Mackiebesser]

well played of course, but what he is telling.. , sorry it´s boring