Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto Nr 4 - Berlin Philharmonic Brass

Mozart's Rondo from the Horn Concerto Nr 4 KV 495 in this trio arrangement by Joshua Davis.
Played by Sarah Willis - horn, Tamás Velenczei - trumpet and Jesper Busk Sorensen - euphonium
Recorded in the Berlin Chamber Music Hall for the Pacific Music Festival 2021 as a virtual chamber music concert. Check out PMF here: www.pmf.or.jp/en/
Sheet music available here: [e-mail]
Video director - Alexander Feucht
Camera - Thomas Kutschker
Sound - Gero Meissner & Sebastian Fischer
Video assistent Jingwenfei Wang
For more horn magic visit sarah-willis.com

[@andrewmcgee382]

Flanders and Swann would be delighted.

[@Belfreyite]

Nice to hear a Euphonium accompanying a French Horn.

[@jeffczerbinski1718]

Or, just another case of the euphonium playing the horn cues!

[@clarinetaso]

Even better, an Euphonium in tune

[@williamvangrinsven2229]

That's why I play both!

[@e.conboy4286]

Yes, I do enjoy this spirited performance! Who needs the orchestra?

[@habanero61]

Schön musiziert! Nur frage ich mich, ob statt der Trompete nicht ein Flügelhorn sinnvoller gewesen wäre.. dann wäre man in der Hornfamilie geblieben. 😉

[@Richard.Atkinson]

I'm amazed that this could be arranged so well for 3 voices. The performance is fantastic, but I'm even more impressed by the arranging talent.

[@freebeerecords]

as I was listening to this I was imagining one of your analyses, seeing the themes highlighted in the different staves as they pass from instrument to instrument! I love the harmonies in this one, how they are tied together with the most beautiful and creative phrases. It is woven together so well.

[@e.conboy4286]

Isn’t it lovely!

[@davis-editions]

Thank you sir!

[@markjustus660]

@@davis-editions Is this your arrangement? If so, first, it is just fantastic. Secondly, is it available for purchase? Our family has a horn/trumpet/trombone trio (those runs that the euphonium throws off so casually my be a challenge...) and we would love to play it!

[@avinashdixit4219]

Yes this is fantastic. But listen to the arrangement for one "voice" and piano by Flanders and Swann at kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJy8o51oebafjMU

[@Andrew_M_Ward]

it's nice to hear the delicate dynamics of these horns without having to compete with the rest of the orchestra...

[@roberto8650]

fff < ffff > ff < ffffff

[@kathyadair8552]

Aye. I do agree. Quite a Treat! My gf played - Fr. Horn My sister - the Cornet Old boss - Euphonium

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

@@kathyadair8552 The euphonium definitely has a good sound.

[@curtcarlson8312]

What fun. Beautifully played by all. Understated and clean. She is bringing attention to the beauty of the horn and, I am sure, is an inspration for many young women horn players. She is the best hire for the Berlin in 100 years!

[@trainliker100]

She is an inspiration to ANY young horn player. And is one a student should spend some time listening to.

[@ritawing1064]

If only I could get the Flanders and Swann version out of my head.

[@Trompista]

The fullness of harmonics of the Horn and Euphonium combined makes the trio sound like a larger setup.... Bravissimo!

[@matttondr9282]

Exactly what I was thinking! So beautiful..

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

Maybe a tuba in there would’ve been better

[@vlatkomitev5980]

Fantastic,wonderful cotton sound. Braviiii Bravisimooo🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@ozone325]

@@Aduysvmncmkouyf tuba might be too "thumpy"

[@charleskleesattel6477]

So true. However it also shows Mozart's genius to express complex musical ideas in forms that can be simplified.

[@ageheddens]

Warms my heart on a frozen day

[@robertmcglinchey3347]

If Mozart was still around he’d be laughing historically - I mean hysterically - a YUUUGE compliment! Sweet piece.

[@siegfriedweber7956]

I agree!

[@grelusradu]

He would be asking what happened to the frasing. It sounds like midi. Great horn playing but really no feel.

[@Poulenc]

@@grelusradu someone has no idea about music.

[@grelusradu]

@@Poulenc definetely me.

[@Poulenc]

@@grelusradu your Debussy Rhapsody is pretty cool though.

[@dennisderosia72]

Oh that's lovely! What a treat! Some of the best brass playing I've ever heard. Thank you.

[@davidpaginton5515]

An old favourite but better I was able to sing the Flanders and Swann 'Ill wind' to it, enjoying meself enormously (sorry, rest of the family). Loved the music, thank you.

[@horseandcart5978]

When i get to Heaven I am going to learn how to play like this, even if it takes me ten thousand years!!!

[@misterkas3708]

Just three musicians with solo horn😯 It was unusual. Great👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DonBernhard]

Fantastic arrangement and fantastic performance. Brava and bravo! Who needs an orchestra?!?

[@GLN305]

The French Horn is such a beautiful instrument that I miss playing dearly. I was very good in high school and quickly moving toward playing horn as a career. Unfortunately, the top band required marching during football season and I was no good at that and did not excel. One day after marching, a fellow horn player pulled a knife on me and threatened me to march better. I quit band that day and feel like my future and passion was ripped out of my soul. I haven't touched a French Horn since, but I do hope to play again one day...now that I am 30 years passed that asault. This is beautiful music that I wish I could have been a part of.

[@ccrider5398]

I love euphonium and french horn. If Tamas could have played his part on flugelhorn, it would have been so sweet! Congratulations to all of you for taking on a full orchestra composition with a trio.

[@papagen00]

whenever I hear this concerto I think of Dennis Brain whose playing still reigns supreme in terms of sheer smoothness and mellifluous beauty.

[@PaulDeCamp]

Dennis Brain was like no other recording with Philharmonia and von Karajan conducting.

[@trainliker100]

One of the best examples of this ever. When in high school in the 1960's I listened to the Dennis Brain version so many times I wore out the record. So that tends to be my point of reference. Sarah Willis is displaying a similar "lightness", almost playfulness, in style here. Not trying to play over the other instruments, but with them. So many others play it in a heavy handed manner. That was also a pretty amazing arrangement for just three instruments where it sounded like there were twice that many. I already know that Sarah Willis is a horn player to pay attention to. This just underscores that.

[@Verschlungen]

Yes. 1960s, Dennis Brain -- my point of reference too (1956 to be exact)! And yes, Willis does share in his lightness. Saying it another way, she is one of the very few who manage to play the horn with a "tee-tee-tee" effect instead of the "twAH-twAH-twAH" that so many -- even several of today's best-known soloists --- seem to think is the "normal" horn sound.

[@brockbankc]

To quote the composer in the origional score - "Go Loitgeb" - Ms Willis!

[@falvegas511]

Just Love the Haunting sound of the French Horn, and with the Brilliant Sounds of Mozart.....little could be better.

[@jimmorgan6213]

Sarah Willis achieves a luminous, weightless freedom of tone the like of which I haven’t heard before. One of my favorite pieces, and now my favorite performance.

[@franciscorafael7975]

¡ Increible ¡ A Mozart lo toco DIOS. GRACIAS. 🎼🧡.

[@alanstrange1171]

I once had a whim and I had to obey it...to hear Sarah and chums so deliciously play this Concerto!

[@CVSoprano]

Wow, does this bring back some memories. 😊 I could almost feel the fingers on my left hand twitching reflexively to the notes.

[@billmitchell7904]

Beautiful to hear such a delightful version of this difficult piece!

[@guywithillegalname]

I've loved this piece since I was a kid. This version is *very* nice indeed, those 3 instruments really do an excellent job of conveying the full thing. (I do *also* love the Flanders & Swann vocal parody of this piece :-) )

[@GordonHugenay]

I can see only three people playing, but the fullness of the sound is at least quintet level.

[@superchaserbr]

"Mozart is happiness before it has gotten defined." (Arthur Miller)

[@78jog89]

Boy, that was awesome. Polished art at it's highest level. So good.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Thank you to Lt. Col. Sam Rhodes, my secondary school music teacher for introducing me to this piece 60 years ago. It made me want to play the French horn. Never happened because my parents couldn't afford the instrument or the lessons. But now, thanks to KZbin I can listen to some great musicians playing the music I love. This is stunningly beautiful!

[@e.conboy4286]

Stephen, save your pennys, I did and bought a trumpet. “A dream is a wish your heart makes.” It’s never too late to learn something new. In the words of a famous (or infamous) president,”Come on, man!” Let the good times roll! We’re not getting younger and think how many recitals we had to attend and endure. We can give our own. It’s payback time,baby! I’m 84y/o, we’re running out of time! Ed 🇺🇸

[@hamricksj]

Bravo. What an arrangement and performance. wow!

[@michaelshelley1289]

i play all 3 of these instruments (and more) this was gorgeous!!!

[@nigelparrott6944]

Amazing but can't get Flanders & Swan version out of my head!

[@nevillefilar6931]

Beautifully payed Sarah. Absolutely flawless performance. Never heard it played with such a gorgeous full rich yet focussed tone. Salut! Great arrangement too and lovely playing by your colleagues. Great stuff !

[@richardjx5442]

Must be her Alex 103 ‼️DB recorded with an Alex single Bb💓‼️

[@user-dh9tx3id6h]

Awesome 😎 I can't believe this piece is played only by trio!

[@PaulDeCamp]

Very nicely done -- a tight little arrangement. Brings back all the memories of the first time I heard Dennis Brain play this very movement on a 78 r.p.m. in my parents basement 55 tears ago. He played with the Philharmonia and von Karajan conducted.

[@williamdeng1870]

Three musicians have a very good sense of music, and their coordination is meticulous, wonderful, and charming.

[@marcuscash3613]

EXCELLENT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WF2U]

The French horn is one of my most favorite instruments to listen to!

[@davidgoodman6538]

Wonderful. Thanks to all of you! Such a fun piece to play.

[@fignewton8690]

Soothes my soul, great to hear just before bedtime

[@allenjenkins7947]

A piece of music to be enjoyed and all three looked as if they were enjoying playing it.

[@brassmanone]

Nice arrangement to accompany the Horn.

[@shawnhampton8503]

Simply gorgeous and so joyful. Loved it. So nice to hear/see something in the Kammermusiksaal!

[@Pedrooko]

Sarah, we love yooooouuuuuu! ❤

[@colekoko5964]

As a one time horn player with 8 years of play I am just in awe at the sound of this wonderful arrangement. Superb.

[@jackthebassman1]

One of my very favourite pieces played beautifully, oh and the tone xxxxx🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@Thelonious2Monk]

Wonderful! You can hear Mozart's genius in a concentrated way.

[@solarjoel]

So good. Love this concerto and this arrangement is just outstanding.

[@brassedoff2437]

Really enjoyed that. Prefer it to the orchestral version now, lovely blend of tones - and super performance too.

[@MrBanzoid]

Brilliant arrangement and so much instrumental talent. Thank you Sarah and the guys.

[@jhthai2003]

Delightful!

[@na3044]

That was beautiful, thanks for uploading. :)

[@angelomiguelfagundesdasilv5735]

As former Euphonium player and now French Horn player I'm amazed by this trio, a perfect harmony ❤️

[@ylw_planespotter]

French horn or double horn?

[@angelomiguelfagundesdasilv5735]

@@ylw_planespotter Currently playing fa/b horn

[@ylw_planespotter]

@@angelomiguelfagundesdasilv5735 nice! 👍

[@hfwilke]

Truly lovely. I love the Mozart Horn Concertos.

[@jonathanjeffreys3007]

Utterly brilliant. Mozart is my favourite classical composer, and the Rondo is my all-time preferred listening choice. I was captivated by the delightful playing, especially the elegant, effortless, total mastery of the horn! What a pleasure. Of course, after listening to the piece, I immediately revisited the Flanders and Swann vocal version (I think entitled "An Ill Wind", if my memory serves me correctly). The Rondo, tempo-wise, is so similar to 6/8 jig-time, as exemplified by thousands of traditional Irish dance tunes, which (as a dedicated folk musician) particularly endears the Mozart piece to me.

[@derekhayes8209]

Thank you Sarah, Tamas and Jasper for this lovely performance! Sounds great. It reminds me of an arrangement for two horns by Tina Brain which I came across many years ago. As someone has already commented, it would be nice to have more solos from you Sarah!

[@cmcer1995]

That was beautiful Sarah. I love listening to the French Horn and I can always pick it out at concerts, or any music with a horn playing. Wish I had never stopped, but life happens. I did try renting a horn a few years ago to try and get back into it, but it's been 40 years ago for me. I should have signed up for lessons to give it a fair chance. Who knows what the future holds. Just happy to listen to you play for now.

[@blakekuhn5]

Just remember even if you can't play for now listening is always a good way to enjoy the music 🙂.

[@clancycreations]

I’m in the same boat. Wish life would have taken me in the direction Sarah has gone 💜

[@bellowphone]

My Mom, a very accomplished piano player, stopped playing altogether in her 30s, because she felt she could never be as good as the best. That always made me sad, plus I couldn't understand it. Myself, I will play rubber bands on a cigar box if that's the best thing I have, just so I can have some music with me. You should definitely get a horn, play it and enjoy it.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

I bet you can still remember the finger combinations if you put your hand on a horn. I thought I couldn't after 12 years, but sure enough it all came back. Tone stunk though!

[@flippytheflamingo8708]

Sarah Willis is a true French horn hero

[@JohnBenware]

WooHoo! What a nice arrangement and effortless-looking performance.

[@wccroft50]

Excellent! Bravo and cheers from -12F in Chicago

[@johannesgenieser9920]

Herrlich ❤️❤️

[@user-ls2qj8kg9i]

Браво! Удивительно мягкая и деликатная подача!

[@rosannamanvati567]

Grande Sarah! Great musicians and...thank you Wofgang for ever!😊👍🎶🎵

[@leslieackerman4189]

Compelling arrangement! Hearing (& Seeing) Ms Willis always a pleasure

[@jkgou1]

I love French horn It always give a feeling of looking a beautiful flower in a foggy day A hazy beautiful voice Thank you very much for brilliant performance Have a wonderful holiday Stay safe God always bless you guys

[@e.conboy4286]

Jk Gou, thank you for your kind words. Stay safe and well. 🇺🇸

[@manracmolactrac]

This is great! What a big sound for a trio! Love the arrangement.

[@peteraffm]

Wunderschön! Danke sehr an alle drei Musiker.

[@kendellnordstrom7984]

Such beautiful balance between the instruments.

[@wccroft50]

SURPRUB!!!! BARVO, BRAVO!!! LOVE THE FRENCH HORN!!

[@robertcollinson]

Fabulous 🎉

[@gabrielhwang6827]

So wonderful performance!!! Bravo!!! I am a big fan of Sarah Willis. She is one of the best Horn player in our time. Her sound is warm and so expressive.

[@takataka0313]

今まで聴いてきた4番の3楽章で1番感動しました!!

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

I'm a simple guy. I see Sarah Willis with a French horn in a thumbnail...I CLICK. Job well done to this trio :)

[@SarahWillisHorn]

😊

[@mamonclub200]

Woooo Amaging sound.😍 Master's thank you😍 Greetings from Caracas Venezuela🇻🇪👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@antoniofiocchi3623]

Superlativi gli esecutori, ma anche l'arrangiatore :-))

[@Rotblau-ob7ss]

Its so beautiful!!! I play the french horn and my brothers the trumpet and euphonium. I would love to know where I could get this amazing arrangement.

[@azimmuhamediev866]

Браво !!!!!! Мастера музыки и ДУШЕВНАЯ МУЗЫКА ВЕЛИКОГО МОЦАРТА

[@michaelharrison2917]

excellent

[@CornetBlues]

Absolutely outstanding Bravo 🎺🎶🎺🎶👏👏

[@JasonGabler]

Wow, I love this so much more than a full orchestral version. The euphonium almost steals the show... almost.

[@richardsteinbergmakingknives]

Really really well done!!! Thank You!

[@StringBoi]

Amazing control from all of you....wonderful!

[@janislj1]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@Xingqiwu387]

Brilliant! Absolutely wonderful performance. Sarah Willis is a true genius on this extraordinarily difficult wind instrument. BRAVA!

[@gilqueiroz]

Bravissima Sarah, very technique and smooth performance.

[@alexissportugal]

Perfect

[@wilamleroy4398]

Wow, was für eine tolle Musikerin........... Respekt

[@sophiemaria5651]

Absolutely enchanting!!!! So grateful to listen, thanks a thousand times, you are brilliant musicians all the three of you!

[@user-mn7pr4iy1m]

БРАВО!!!

[@d.schoepflin2247]

It's nice to finally her you play this piece Sarah! I've been looking for a video or CD of you playing this Concerto for months, but no one plays it as well as you do! Great accompaniment too!

[@michaelkingmikekingmusiccouk]

Fabulous.

[@cos2mer2]

Love it!!!

[@drticzon]

Just amazing. I had to sit again and listen to it for second time with my eyes close. Just awesome.

[@DavidCruz-yu2nx]

Excellent performance

[@robertcollinson]

Fantastic!!!!

[@robweymouth9044]

Fantastic!

[@davmonge]

Stunning! thank you!

[@jorgeheribertocifuentes8259]

Beautiful!!!

[@bogdanpogorelov4590]

Thank you for this video.