This by far is the best English Horn player I've heard. Gorgeous intonation,tone and musicality. Bravo. Jesus, that was excellent.
@takahirowatanabe3270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your compliment!
@Ocelot20005 жыл бұрын
Has the haunting feel of Vaughan Williams in it's quieter moments. Beautiful piece.
@laleberke-jenkins290 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work and played wonderfully....
@takahirowatanabe3270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!!
@didierdrouet15462 жыл бұрын
Vasks..., incontestablement un génie méconnu. Quel concerto !! Il magnifie le cor anglais. Bravo pour l'interprétation. L'apaisement la douceur nous transporte, puis l'inquiétude la surprise, la joie, l'angoisse. On passe vraiment par toutes les couleurs de l'arc en ciel. Merciii
@phild8342 жыл бұрын
Mr. Watanabe is one with his instrument. How wonderful to have found the best instrument to vocalise your deepest feelings.
@tomkelley9626 жыл бұрын
Not only is it a total delight to the ears to hear you play, but it's a pleasure to watch the joy in your face and body language during your brilliant performance. Thank you!
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU for your very friendly responce! I did my best!!!
@nu2059 Жыл бұрын
こんなに美しく演奏できて羨ましいです。イングリッシュホルン、買ってしまおうかしら…
@takahirowatanabe3270 Жыл бұрын
コメントをどうもありがとうございます。イングリッシュホルン、どうぞ買ってくださいませ!
@cosmicsans32753 жыл бұрын
Wowww the folk music section is amazing!! It’s very melodic and charming.
@sojarvoglarcrt46025 жыл бұрын
This composition is gentle, primarly melodic and rewarding for soloist. BTW, this wonderful orchestra performed my Concerto for two saxophones in 2008. :)
@stuartwright46703 жыл бұрын
Wow. I'm an amateur oboe/cor player in London and always up for new pieces, especially for the cor. This piece is indeed Vaughan Williams in style but all also very reminiscent of the Swan of Tounela with the sweeping legato passages and fluidity which I love too. The performance is outstanding and not drowned out by the orchestra which is a testament to the soloist as well as the orchestral direction. Such a shame tracking down the score is almost impossible and nothing on social media that I can find.
@expilectakunai4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! My favorite concerto for a woodwind ever. My biggest congratulations and thank you to Mr. Watanabe for making such a wonderful performance. Bravo!
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
What a lovely compliment! Thank you sooo much!
@stephanerigault51062 жыл бұрын
@@takahirowatanabe3270 Congratulations! it’s absolutely fantastic. I would like to work on it but impossible to find music sheet??
@takahirowatanabe32702 жыл бұрын
@@stephanerigault5106 Thanks so lot for your compliment! Unfortunately this music sheet is only as rental available. Still there ist not music sheet with piano accompaniment..
@oboist32 жыл бұрын
You Sir, are a true master. Lovely sound with the right amount of vibrancy to carry - and your instrument really sings and it never feels overdone. I think you have really owned this piece. Thank you for posting.
@takahirowatanabe32702 жыл бұрын
What a warm compliment! Thank you for your listening and message.
@glum_hippo6 жыл бұрын
The English horn is a lovely instrument, and Mr Vasks clearly knows how to write for it.
@banjalien6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful playing, I didn't want it to end.
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thank you sooo much!
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance, bravo!!
@takahirowatanabe32703 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!!
@towardthesea_4 жыл бұрын
Lovely playing and music! I had heard a commercial recording of the Vasks before which felt rather lifeless, but this is wonderful. I'm a composer and currently writing an English horn concerto myself for a friend.
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. I also think the piece is one of the most beautiful music by Vasks. I wish you lots of fun and success in composing!
@FMChannelpage8 жыл бұрын
Vasks + Watanabe = BOOM!! Thank you, astonishing!
@takahirowatanabe32708 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your compliment!
@richardjchandler2 жыл бұрын
Pēteris Vasks's Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra, admirably played by Takahiro Watanabe on English Horn and the Frankfurt Orchestra is a real treasure!
@takahirowatanabe32702 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your compliment!!
@raymondtogtman10474 жыл бұрын
1:04 Elegy I 8:35 Folk Music 16:35 Elegy II 21:54 Postlude
@RustyInSeattle4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely enchanting. As an oboe and English Horn player, I''m just blown away.
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your Compliment!!
@ivandasty2773 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful. To be a solist in one large orchestra and performing music in front of a large group of people , requires nervous as strong as steell and senses as gentle as spring breeze.
@takahirowatanabe32703 жыл бұрын
Exactly, I need it!
@RixonThomas8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance! Beautiful playing.
@takahirowatanabe32708 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@TheOBOE716 ай бұрын
Wonderful piece played by a wonderful and incredible musician !!🎶👌 I will share your brilliant recording with all my musician friends in my orchestra near Paris.
@takahirowatanabe32705 ай бұрын
Thank you sooo much!!
@niktour3526 жыл бұрын
This sounds like it was in one of those 90's movies with a great soundtrack.
@bertrandjacques67447 жыл бұрын
For quite a while, I had been intrigued by Vasks' Concerto for English Horn but had not found the time to listen to it - which I did tonight. The work is very typical of Vasks and you can identify the composer after a few bars. But I am impressed by the quality of this rendition - both soloist and orchestra. Watanabe-San, thank you for the expression and the sentiment of your interpretation. Hat off to you ! Regards from France
@takahirowatanabe32707 жыл бұрын
Oh, what a compliment! Thank you sooo much! I worked with the composer shortly before the concert. When I think of the melody, I can see the landscape of the Riga and the Baltic Sea before my eyes!
@bertrandjacques67447 жыл бұрын
My respect to you and to your commitment to rendering not only the composer's intention but also your sensory and emotional affinities with this concerto.....
@jerryj1411 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful piece of music, beautifully played. Vasks is my favourite contemporary composer Many thanks for making this available I do wonder if Peteris Vasks has heard and been influenced by the music of Vaughan Williams!
@FilipSandecomposer3 жыл бұрын
A very nice concerto....very well performed. My compliments!
@takahirowatanabe32703 жыл бұрын
Thank your very much!!
@FilipSandecomposer3 жыл бұрын
@@takahirowatanabe3270 I have composed a concerto for oboe and string orchestra. Would you like to try it out? This is a sample of it... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJnPoqqgr5eBq9E
@КонстантинБелоногов-к5б6 жыл бұрын
Какой же замечательный композитор!
@marcosstuardo98706 жыл бұрын
Dear Takahiro, I love your playing! Congratulations!
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thank you soo much!!!
@eobo658 жыл бұрын
wunderbar Takahiro, Gratulation! Dein grandioses Spiel wird dem fantastischen Stück sehr gerecht.... Ein Hörgenuss vom ersten bis zum letzten Takt.... Tolles Orchester, toller Dirigent!
@takahirowatanabe32708 жыл бұрын
Lieber Dirk-Michael, wie nett von Dir, vielen lieben Dank!! Vor dem Konzert habe ich direkt in Riga vom Komponist Vasks seinen Rat geholt. Besonders hat mir die Landschaft Lettlands viele Inspirationen für die Musik gegeben!
@carmenthierry5 жыл бұрын
Takahiro! We played Beethoven's trio in PMF... remember? Beautiful playing...!
@takahirowatanabe32705 жыл бұрын
Of course, I remember you! You played English Horn! How nice to meet you here.
@bobofthekerbals97974 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@lilianalupotto84384 жыл бұрын
Wonderful sound💜
@cherryeddy89224 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Good to hear the cor anglais, as not common. I love the oboe anyway so this is a treat.
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@jimmorgan56126 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he once heard The Swan Of Tuonela. Couldn't have done it without you, Jean. But perhaps this is a set of variations on The Swan.
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment. Year, I want to play Swan again!
@nillortaylor72947 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL!!! Very nice... I want to be playing soon, I'm in love with this sound!!!
@takahirowatanabe32707 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!! Then I wish you a lot of fun and good luck, if you play this concerto!!! Also you play Buffet, isn't it ?!? :o))
@TurbFlo2 жыл бұрын
Your fingerings are so clean and graceful and your sound so smooth and clear. As an oboist who has just picked up the english horn, the keys seem so far apart and hard to press at the same time without getting blips. I hope to one day achieve as beautiful a sound as you!
@takahirowatanabe32702 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your compliment! I hope you enjoy with your play with cor anglais.
The instrument is of course a Cor Anglais. Wonderfully played here in this outstanding work.
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DavidA-ps1qr6 жыл бұрын
And thank you for your reply. Here's a work you might be interested in, it's called The Flower Clock by Jean Francaix. (It is scored for oboe, but I expect you are as equally talented on that instrument too!!)
@smariekable7 жыл бұрын
wow....beautiful
@takahirowatanabe32707 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@shanequa55511 ай бұрын
He certainly has tamed that unwieldy instrument, bending it to his aesthetic desires.
@JMaxwell10004 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance! Gorgeous tone and phrasing. It's too bad there isn't more beautiful music written for the cor anglais because it's a uniquely beautiful instrument.
@takahirowatanabe32704 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your compliment. I also wish that composers write more Pieces for the Instrument!
@jamesoboe78266 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful, Takahiro! You have a haunting, singing tone, which draws your listeners in. Bravo! The Vasks is a great addition to the repertoire. I read in the comments, below, that you play a buffet cor anglais. I'm considering visiting the buffet factory in the near future. I'd be interested to know which make of crook/bocal works best for you with your buffet cor anglais? Best wishes. James
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Dear James, Thank you for your compliment! Yes, I play buffet cor anglais and with original bocal from buffet. I think, it will be fit well with wide staples..
@jamesoboe78266 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply and advice. I play a fairly old loree cor at the moment. I think it's high time I moved on to a new instrument. I actually play a buffet greenline oboe, so perhaps it's time to double up and play a buffet cor anglais, too. Best wishes and kindest regards. James
@Chachboon13 жыл бұрын
Never heard this before - just fabulous! Does anyone know what folk songs mvt 2 is based on?
@shin-i-chikozima2 жыл бұрын
No English Horn is as interesting and intriguing and captivating as his playing English Horn
@takahirowatanabe32702 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!!
@shin-i-chikozima2 жыл бұрын
@@takahirowatanabe3270 You are welcome I hope you are well
@gustavochavez325 жыл бұрын
I have to say your playing and tone quality is absolutely amazing!!!! I want to where to purchase or rent this piece. I am in love with it. Hope to hear from you thank you. Again your are just amazing !
@takahirowatanabe32705 жыл бұрын
Thank you soo much for your compliment!
@PatriciaEmersonMitchell8 жыл бұрын
BRAVO!
@takahirowatanabe32708 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@miguelvaliente14755 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if the cough guy was missing
@crossleydd422 жыл бұрын
In England, ironically, it's not the English Horn, but the Cor Anglais!
@retrogamerdave3623 жыл бұрын
SUGOI
@nicoleshaw75426 жыл бұрын
I would love to play this piece for a senior recital or have the music. Where can I get it? Your playing is incredibly moving. The English Horn continues to fascinate me with the amount of colors one can bring out. I have watched this video many times! I hope I can achieve this level of performance as a fellow English horn player :)
@takahirowatanabe32706 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the incredible compliment! The sheet music are rental material and there is unfortunately no edition yet with piano reduction to buy. I wish you good luck!
@christinewatters78595 жыл бұрын
Is reminiscent fo Dvorak and Sibelius and also a bit Tchaikovski-ish for me. Will that be the folk tune influence coming through?
@takahirowatanabe32705 жыл бұрын
I guess so. The composer came from Latvia, where all of the three countries surely could have been influenced.
@paulvine8127 Жыл бұрын
Your tone and projection are great! I'm playing English Horn in a school concert band and I'm struggling to project my sound; do you have any tips?
@SmirnovSashka8 жыл бұрын
very nice! Buffet?
@takahirowatanabe32708 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, Buffet!! :o))
@davesmith68157 жыл бұрын
I'm going to a buffet tomorrow night. I'm going to make sure I have ribs and pie.
@takahirowatanabe32707 жыл бұрын
Then enjoy your meal.
@frzkd5053 Жыл бұрын
didnt know hikaru can play trompete
@rubensana1265 жыл бұрын
at first i thought it was the playstation 4 theme xd