Horn Solo's Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony Stefan Dohr

Horn Solo of Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony, Second movement
Horn: Stefan Dohr
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker

[@OriandIndy]

oh man....Tchaikovsky simply loved the horn. what an awesome composer!

[@cpthornman]

Such a gorgeous solo. And such a brilliant player playing it. What a joy to watch and listen to.

[@sargisshirinyan207]

The beginning of the second movement is the best part of the entire symphony

[@anthonysmith2816]

I played this work a long time ago, I cried then, and still do so. bravo Stefan

[@_ah.em_]

French Horn kicks brass

[@jarvis6253]

I saw a poster that said that but it was a different instrument

[@parkeypark2394]

I agree

[@user-ho3gi9nz8g]

Что за

[@gennadygefter4011]

It takes two GENIUS to make this episode: Abbado and Dohr!!!!

[@ForYou-ub6uc]

Genius 😂😂😂😂??

[@dominiquemartin9237]

le dieu vivant du cor!!! merci Stéfan pour ce génie qui est le votre et qui apporte tant de bonheur!

[@batjargalenkhbaatar170]

A great solo from audience ! 1:33

[@onoakposehaefekodha3974]

Tchaikovsky is a genius ❤❤❤❤ My soul is melted 😻

[@bbcorno]

I really enjoyed the faster tempo. Abbado knows the difference between Andante and Adagio.

[@dweinrick1]

I just worked on a Alex 103. I was tempted to run off with it.

[@DAVID-et1lj]

The best performance of this solo that I,ve ever seen !

[@user-wd1nd3bw6o]

Первому валторнисту Браво !!! Блестящее исполнение !!!

[@IanTranSend]

Perhaps the only thing more heartwrenching than the horn solo and orchestra's performance of the 5th is the realization that this clip abruptly stops at 3:39, and that I don't know where to find the rest of the recording at this time.

[@freund_hein]

Digital Concert Hall

[@PJinBston]

is this it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPPn4Gga92lha8

[@jacobflaschen]

I love Claudio Abbado so much

[@Schaef198]

Beautiful.

[@martinkanthi3464]

OH YES STEFAN YOUR THE BEST

[@gracieschoen7922]

I played this forever ago in hs as a French horn player , it makes me very happy to hear it again , brings back memories

[@marinarassvetaeva3633]

Abbado is brilliant!!!

[@philiprostek]

rapturously beautiful!...

[@dbarreda]

That kind of horn uses a F tube and a B flat tube, in F using the trigger; this means that the harmonics we get are the F or the B flat ones. But we always think in F intonation!

[@Bacon1108]

very nice

[@rcmallory]

My new horn hero

[@johncooper5772]

The most beautiful 2 minutes in music

[@chiucc1685]

I love his playing.

[@massimobernuzzi2594]

Unquestionably a masterpiece, capable of awakening souls of even inanimate object.

[@ICLAS0000]

Interpretacion sublime. Portamentos y legatto perfectos. Permiteme que te diga "STEFAN DOHR", que es la mejor version con diferencia que he oido de la V Sinfonia de Tchaikovsky. Gracias por ofrecernos esas clases magistrales a todos los Trompistas.

[@jeffleemk]

Wow, this is really good!

[@andrewhitz]

Dohr looks about as stressed as someone sitting on a train.

[@adrianadiaz6359]

When you listen to the strings before the solo starts, you can feel the adrenaline and nerves. It’s a long solo🥵

[@ICLAS0000]

Sigues siendo el mejor ¡¡¡¡¡bravo¡¡¡¡¡, enhorabuena

[@Jin33436]

Fantastisch!

[@Skidoo22]

This is the best Tchaikovsky 5 Ive ever heard. Its the one in Japan.

[@marcelcotte3040]

Félicitations pour cette belle réussite de ce très difficile solo de cor

[@WilfriedBerk]

Chapeau !

[@vaduls7184]

Amo esta Sinfonía

[@alberto7694]

regala tranquillità, una sorta di regalità maestosità

[@fantasynreality]

gosh, i wonder when i will be able to play this well. he pulled it off perfectly with ease..

[@Georgeminhinnick]

I have to play this piece in a class tomorrow, and if my version sounds 10% off how this fine gentlemen plays it, i will be a very happy student!

[@lelafritzer2955]

I'm really late but how did it go?

[@shadmium3471]

@@lelafritzer2955 11 years ago man

[@lelafritzer2955]

@@shadmium3471 I thought it said months, it would be even more interesting this way though

[@shadmium3471]

@@lelafritzer2955 i still would like to hear from this guy though so

[@asumaran]

So, how it went?

[@markmcsw]

You fill up my senses like a night in a forest...

[@violinscratcher]

I think the syncronisation is quite good. The bow and finger movements fit well with the sound.

[@jordi16peiro]

The BEST Horn Player EVER!

[@joshgandy2921]

Radek is better.

[@brians4656]

Radek is better.

[@tommasorighi8063]

Radovan coff coff

[@DAVID-et1lj]

@@joshgandy2921 hahaha really? Radeck just can play in Mezzo Forte volume all notes, zero expressive and short powerfull sound

[@fujiapple9675]

Michael Thompson is my favorite horn player.

[@baguette_boi1409]

Superb. Stephan Dohr’s horn floats just above the rest of the orchestra and soars

[@ForYou-ub6uc]

You also play horn?

[@fabiopereira991]

Stefan Dhor.... perfect

[@az111za]

may you upload the whole concert if you please?

[@magalidahiana2014]

Wou❤

[@user-bm2zh1cn3t]

Horn is the flower's part in Brass Section.

[@casillamo]

de todos modos el mejor que he oído. The best i´ve heard

[@akruegs629]

I just watched it again, and at 2:31 you can clearly see him use the thumb valve and second valve to play the F#, which is the F side fingering, so the horn in this video definitely sits in Bb.

[@eddytauber]

yep, thats standard overhere, to relax hand.

[@elenechiew9903]

11 years ago... when timestamps didnt even exist. Just gonna put this here for self reference 2:31

[@freund_hein]

@@eddytauber I think also because the F# (and G) are more in tune on the f Horn

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@elenechiew9903 lmao

[@SquidKing]

best performance and interpretation i have ever heard of this, even by Dohr's standards

[@giorgosz2450]

I am a sax player and I love horn

[@pbj4toast]

I love his sound but can't shake the feeling that he rushes the tempo lust a tad in the more passionate moments of it, just when I want to linger a bit more with it.

[@rafalkowalczyk26]

he is a genius...

[@massimolioy]

bravo

[@marieantionette]

wheres the freakin rest?!!! im crying i wanna hear the rest...

[@theamericanyoutuber]

This is just the horn solo. The rest would be in a video of the fuuull movemeeeeennntt--oh, this comment is 11 years old, eeeehh....

[@elenechiew9903]

@@theamericanyoutuber lmao

[@hanslollo91]

my idol

[@mJbb23]

'..,in Germany they prefere (sic) the Bb side' Not necessarily. All horns shipped from Europe (Alexander, Schmid, Paxman etc.) are shipped to stand in F unless the dealer requests the instrument to be standing in Bb. It is very easy to change the F/Bb trigger valve with many instruments bar the Conn 8D (a bad design on the Bb valve needs a whole new lever available from your local repairer). There is no right or wrong with standing in either F or Bb.

[@rafalkowalczyk26]

he is a genius

[@pbj4toast]

@jordi16peiro I would love to see the Berlin Philharmonic horn section put together an arrangement of this and give Sarah a shot at the solo, but yeah, Stefan is probably the best.

[@Stankinator911]

@Blueboyo1 Thank you! I was wondering why I'm not. That solved the mystery.

[@uuu1641]

When the oboe speds up at his solo, all the strings were like panicking, trying to keep up with the speed 😂

[@pbj4toast]

@mongoosedog927 I'm with you on this one. I was ok with the tempo most of the way, but at critical times of passion I wanted it slower, especially to bring out those duplets against the orchestra's triplets.

[@flipflop9971]

Wooooow

[@brians4656]

Right!?!

[@Betofrota.]

impressionante, a orquestra nao consegue acompanhar tanto som e tanta performace, o dohr esta acima

[@MrLuffyoo]

Thank you satisfying video with sand

[@potosi2]

is there a big learning curve on the french horn i used to play trombone in middle school and was thinking about trying it out

[@pbj4toast]

@yoshichap Probably so. I used to have an old vinyl LP recording of it and I forget if it was Eugene Ormandy or Lenny Bernstein conducting but that was the tempo I liked.

[@XM5]

@archersinner I think maybe that was holding back the music, pulling back the pickup up in the horn 'til the next measure. Best I can come up with. Good to know I wasn't the only one intrigued by his conducting so much.

[@AhrkFinTey]

1:27 Unfff I love that he plays the diminuendo as notated

[@jin12345678]

@archersinner it's a sort of laboured preparation, to make the next beat more dramatic and laden with emotion.

[@Maha1J]

🎼💗

[@TrissGachmuret]

when you buy an Alexander-Horn it´s your own choice whether it sits in Bb or not. I also have an Alex 103 and they asked me whether it should sit on Bb side. But it´s right, that we Germans prefer the Bb side. The higher notes are much easier to play:)

[@GhtPTR]

Dohr and Schellenberger, how better can it be? Dohr looks pretty young in this recording, quite surprizing it's from 2008.

[@rachapeitos]

el oboe está loco?? fantástico trompa!

[@pbj4toast]

there would definitely be an adjustment from the trombone mouthpiece to the French horn.

[@slapbangwoosh]

:D nice.

[@user-qv6lb5vy4b]

One of tchaikovsky,s musics can be heard as the intercession in1930s movie hells angels

[@bordaz1]

well, if time is any indication of how well one plays french horn, then i'd say about 250 years

[@wdkaatfan]

they always move funny!

[@sunmethods]

He's playing on an Alexander 103, not a Conn.

[@vicovic7740]

i

[@brians4656]

i

[@yummors633]

i

[@Therealrealbenji]

Pfft... it's no holton 378.

[@MikeLiebestod]

We started rehearsing this symphony at my orchestra... I'm playing this horn solo... Gets me so nervous...

[@davidcottrell1308]

good response.....we all get nervous over this one.....

[@user-qv6lb5vy4b]

Tchaikovsky remembered

[@StocksIn60Seconds]

Stefan Dohr is so young! He turned out to be a decent player. XD

[@waffle1012]

A decent?

[@tjs9]

starwarsjunkie7777 😂😂😂 yeah he’s doing aight

[@brians4656]

😂

[@P0dDels]

Actually the sound is softer on the F side, however, in Germany they prefere the Bb side ;)

[@DavidvonSztankovHorn]

Do you know when this was recorded?

[@koching2001]

👍🤗

[@brians4656]

👍🤗

[@readerjoy]

If we get too concerned over triggers and F vs. Bb, or what kind of horn, we can just close our eyes. : )

[@cpthornman]

On the Alex 103 (his horn) you can swtich the trigger so that it either stands in F of B flat. Most Alex players prefer the B flat side because the horn was actually designed as a B flat horn initially and the F was added for mass. The F side is superb don't get me wrong but the B flat side is even better.

[@connorbrackin722]

Glad i diddnt do sax

[@KevinBacon-ic1gw]

Same

[@violinscratcher]

This is the "Philharmonische Schrecksekunde". It is the tradition of most of the european orchestras (especialy opera orchestras) to play behind the beat, in contrast to the american orchestras which play mostly on the beat.

[@47xforlif3]

im drunk, and this still still sounds epic!!!!

[@Xx.bygracethrufaith]

Everything sounds better when ur drunk.

[@brians4656]

Alcohol bad

[@rugilockk2708]

Um yeah

[@sleepygordie]

Hah, puns. You're DOHRing me to death with bad puns.

[@kynelson13]

I aDOHR that pun!

[@rodderz57]

@steamroller60 I don't know why but I found that comment really hilarious I think it's just the blunt way you put it lol

[@akruegs629]

The American school has you switch to the Bb side on an Ab in the staff. I personally prefer using the Bb side for everything (I've switched to using an Alex 107, and don't want to play anything but an Alex ever again). It has a much purer tone, very rich. The low F side does not project as well, and i think it sounds too dark, in general. The only reason I'd want to use the low F side is on a G and F# below middle C, and pedal notes. Bb is superior. :-)

[@brians4656]

No

[@akruegs629]

huh. which video? it's just been my experience with Alex horns that they sit in Bb, if they are going to European owners. In this video, though, it appears that it's sitting in Bb. I could be wrong, for sure, but from what I can tell...

[@croasunhan]

찢었다

[@hakankarahacoglu2587]

Huzurlu bir olüm icin idam öncesi dinlemelik...

[@marieantionette]

AAAAAAAA WHERES THE REST!?!?!?!?!?!

[@user-si3bo5jw1y]

1:10

[@lemingtan]

from what i know, a number of orchestral conductors conduct 'ahead' of the beat. the orchestra usually enters, not exactly on the down beat of the stroke, but slightly after, when the baton starts to rise midway. apparently the rationale behind this is to compensate for the strings, as the string sound supposedly takes a little longer time to travel out into the audience as compared to the wind instruments. took me a while to get used to it.

[@brians4656]

horny

[@OriandIndy]

this is actually a conducting technique that many famous conductors do on purpose. Yeah it seems silly to me too, but it works for some groups.

[@1SquidBoy]

@Blueboyo1 ...that IS why I'm not the soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic....

[@DEZZA6Z]

@steamroller60 He is just accenting his phrasing.