Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony horn solo

Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony horn solo
Horn: Lars Michael Stransky
Conductor:Riccardo Muti
Orchestra: Wiener Philarmoniker
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[@mitchellwilliams8445]

I was sitting about 2 rows behind and three chairs over from Stransky at Interlochen in 1984. It was for the season finale performance of Les Préludes (Liszt). The second the first note of the horn solo came out I had chills - I had never heard a horn sound like he made it sound and it is with me now as it was so many years ago. He's a very gifted hornist.

[@katherinecooke4710]

Also at Interlochen in 1984, playing double bass for Les Preludes, will never forget that concert.

[@mayute23]

the expression of his face you already see it touch your feelings..the scene is like he was on his knee tear drops fell and begging to be love to a lady...amazing interpretation Bravo!

[@mayute23]

and the lady "oboe"reply for what his begging on so on ...what a beautiful sonata...

[@jjakiefte2165]

In the composer's case it would have been to a man....

[@daichanbass]

ありがとうございます。 もう一度見たいと思っていました😊

[@user-bm2zh1cn3t]

日本人がいらっしゃいましたか❗

[@josepablo1514]

Excellent tempo... as the Tchaikovsky's original score mentions... " Lyrical way". Bravo !

[@avedahorn]

that is called a Viennese Horn. Only prominently used in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / State Opera

[@gddecker]

And, according to the KZbin interview with Roland Berger, in the Wiener Symphoniker and Volksopernorchester too (he mentions a third but I don't remember which orchestra).

[@Apfelstrudl]

@@gddecker It's Tonkünstler Orchestra.

[@juleecruise5703]

I honestly didnt notice, or know , and I'm a trained classical French Hornist. I see a longer horn and the mouthpiece I cant tell. Hey, Thank you for pointing that out.

[@HighKingTurgon]

dennoch ein Horn

[@gottfriedheumesser1994]

Even in Austrian brass music F-horns are regular, and not double horns.

[@lynnya5562]

I found this is the best Horn solo of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony

[@giangarduque]

i like the teamwork

[@jimgellein1072]

Beautiful. The combination of horn and oboe near the end was like two hands coming together in prayer.

[@mrstumble3094]

Bassoon is the best no?

[@davidcottrell1308]

wow....beautiful!!

[@TheOboeCrack]

The best horn solo ever

[@karlhpfeiffer]

Ecept the performance of Wolfgang Tomböck

[@DAVID-et1lj]

@@karlhpfeiffer or Stephan Dohr with Barenboin

[@ForYou-ub6uc]

@@DAVID-et1ljwhere i can find it?

[@clavessin12]

Sure, the horn solo is superb but how come nobody commented on the balance and sound of the strings at the beginning? It is quite something too.

[@colliflower3565]

nobody's here to listen to the strings

[@JupiterLance]

@@colliflower3565 ikr lol

[@kuvasz93]

They sound so rich

[@priscillemartin696]

YES it is!!! I was thinking it and then I saw your comment😂

[@Albusvesper]

Truly sublime~

[@Lucky_Kounna]

I'll be practicing this now in hopes of getting state band for our highschool

[@Wahl95]

The assistant/second horn is Ronald Janezic, if you were going to put that down as well.

[@davidcottrell1308]

the assistant is essential in this...I never did use mine that way....should have!!

[@tonyscott9688]

Fabulous.

[@HEPA65]

Wunderschön 😍 😍 👍👍🍀🍀🎁🎁🙂🙂🎶🎶

[@teatrolites3446]

I love this interpretation!

[@JeanClaudeWelche]

Une merveille !!

[@MrVhmZ]

"When the cello's play it, it sounds even better" - Every string player I talk to :(

[@mariaspinu9777]

Trevuie să ai inimă și dragoste să poți cănta la așa un instrument și așa o muzică ,eu cred că ai iubit în viața ta

[@juancarloscasella925]

Muy buena interpretación.

[@Wahl95]

@Robert Gibson The skip from the E to the F# and from the D to the E can tend to be a bit unclean for a lot of horn players. Having the assistant/second play the lower note makes the solo much cleaner.

[@friedrichanton4280]

On the cost of a most beautiful Legato. Playing clean and flawless is not always the way to beauty.

[@Apfelstrudl]

@@friedrichanton4280 don't know whether you don't hear or you you are just trolling. Of course he is playing the slur but he let's sustain by the assistant.

[@friedrichanton4280]

@@Apfelstrudl You are right. I didnt heard it.

[@friedrichanton4280]

Because it is barely here. The note of the assistant nearly pops up.

[@mariaspinu9777]

Ești de o sensibilitate incredibilă

[@Iosperiamochemelacavo.]

Muti 🖤

[@hughman55]

NEVER seen this done before!!! He gives the F# and E to the Second Horn to play for him? He doesn't sound like he needs the help but he's totally handing off the bottom of the interval to the Second Horn. Anyone ever seen this before?

[@tobiasirsigler1007]

this is not 2nd horn....it`s the assistant first horn

[@raphaelhudson]

Very interesting! On my horn the E is often out of tune, I wonder if its related.

[@colesorensen3540]

Well my theory is the lower notes sound better on a different crook, so they switch just for the lower sound. Not sure though, but maybe someone else can give a better theory

[@davidholloway6950]

hughman55 it’s a common thing for principal horn players to give some sustained notes to an assistant during a long solo. They do this to keep their stamina up throughout the passage. I do agree that it is odd on Tchaikovsky 5 however. Never seen it done with this solo.

[@skisunfb]

It's really smart. In Vienna they have some pretty creative ways to share the load with assistants - and it works especially well because they all have the same concept of sound. Remember that they are all playing straight F Horns (no thumb valve to switch to Bb in the high range) and rest in appropriate places is crucial, especially with extremely challenging high parts in Strauss, Mahler etc.

[@coreolanus2.02]

Prachtig

[@BUGHAKARASTA]

Muti :D garanzia! notevole esecuzione!

[@johnmarraffa5079]

I love how Muti barely has to move to hold things together. That's trust.

[@skisunfb]

Bravo Lars!

[@mariaspinu9777]

Ești un înstrumentist(cornist) extraordinar

[@aperson6782]

I have the sheet music for this but I don’t have my horn with me rn😭

[@danielaquarti6186]

this chnagegedge my life

[@danielaquarti6186]

@JonasBehrendt

[@Wahl95]

Lars Michael Stransky is the horn player, I believe.

[@Joy.Luna20_11]

Muss mir das für den test anhören🤣

[@ma_lou8567]

Same 😂

[@allandelacruz2589]

He's not playing the 7th intervals, which is what makes this passage among the most difficult in the repertoire. La-si; sol-la.

[@camf7522]

That horn has the most beautiful tone. It appears different to most horns, is there something special about it? I would guess that it is an old instrument?

[@joseojeda665]

It's a Vienna horn, used only by Viennese orchestras, and yes, it has the perfect horn tone, they are single horns in F, although they use crooks that can be changed to change the pitch of the instrument, as in natural horns. The valve system is also different from other horns, as they use double piston valves, which make the air flow without interruptions, making a direct sound and a very beautiful legato, but these valves were discarded everywhere else in the world because they respond slower than rotary or piston valves. Although they haven't received any major changes since valves were added to natural horns, there are modern manufacturers producing them, Yamaha and Jungwirth being the most prominent today.

[@pebeerre58]

gran interpretación del famoso solo de Corno. Felicitaciones al Trompista. Pero pésimo, pésimo camarógrafo que mientras el artista está interpretando el solo, anda con la cámara por otro lado. Evidencia que no conoce la obra o que ni siquiera tiene el sentido común de hacer la toma principal aunque sea de oídas y buscar a tientas de donde proviene el sonido del corno.

[@swetoct]

Прекрасное исполнение валторнистом. Оркестру в некоторых местах следовало бы не так громко-форте звучать, несколько мешая звучанию соло-лейтмелодии. 25.10.16

[@danielpuntoriero7238]

Exacto. Muy fuerte la orquesta tapa al solista

[@giovannypatinot.9380]

bien

[@rucksackzen]

1:04. Inspired John Denver when he wrote “Annie’s Song.”

[@MarioSanchez-tl3wv]

...?Que tiene este instrumento HORN?...que me enternece...

[@Lamlam43433]

Is that jon hamm

[@drinkbleach7294]

If u guys thought this was goos, go see Danilo Stagni's solo for this music, its incredible. U can watch if u want to, u dont have to.

[@annecohen8927]

This happened to be my favorite horn solo of Tchaikovsky 5th sumptuous Symphony (sorry, Beethoven, but yer just plain cheap)

[@David-md3pc]

viennese horn instead of french horn

[@allmusic962]

Was he not rushing at all??? Otherwise this piece, and the horn is beautiful

[@user-nu8js6st5q]

Второй помогает первому. Видно силенок не хватает.

[@somebody9033]

(don't have russian keyboard so can't reply to you in russian, sorry!) You seriously think that the principal horn of the Vienna Philharmonic doesn't have the "energy" to play this solo? I want to see you do this. With just as smooth a legato and breath control. I want to see you fail miserably and embarrass yourself in front of all of KZbin so that you can learn a lesson not to criticise these professional players.

[@estevanhinojosa9732]

Destiny 3 soundtrack?

[@kwabzycomposer]

Estevan Hinojosa I could honestly see that. Salvatori could easily come up with something almost as pretty as this. Tchaikovsky may be one of his inspirations

[@raitoD3]

the maestro looks fucking ridiculous tho

[@JupiterLance]

It’s that one dude from uh..harry potter I forgot his name

[@allegrapearce7963]

His horn is so weird! It looks like it has pistons instead of rotary valves. that's..unusual.

[@Fhorn5114]

Allegra Pearce those are pistons. it's not a French horn, it's called a Vienna horn. That double piston design was the first design for valved horns.

[@aidanchristensen1581]

yes, it is in fact a Vienna horn, which are known as both the oldest, but also most tonefully beautiful horns ever. the design of the valves is that of a double piston, and the 90 degree turns used in the piston to change air flow provide for a smoother slur and sound quality. they also still keep the f crook, a remnant of natural horns, and the thickness of the walls of the instrument make it so that the sound produce comes almost solely from the vibrating air column. this gives a very pure, though lighter tone.

[@RazorSharpChannel]

@@aidanchristensen1581 Do you think they're just a novelty, or have advantages of rotary valves for certain pieces?

[@aidanchristensen1581]

@@RazorSharpChannel i have not personally played one, though as i understand it, the articulation of the valves is slower than those of a rotary valved horn, though it provides for a smoother legato sound as well as exceptional slurring capacity. As for their novelty, they are pretty much the only horns used in Austria, and are sometimes used elsewhere in Europe. However, in America i think it is generally considered a novelty, though it has the exact same capabilities as a normal double horn. Edit: The only real issue with these horns is actually finding one on the market, as well as their price, which can often be above 8 to 10 thousand USD

[@jaysparc]

@@RazorSharpChannel VPO uses some unique instruments, which gives them a unique sound. Check out the wikipedia on their instruments. As to how good they are -- there's a 6 year waiting list for subscriptions!

[@alkiviadiskaminaris1594]

I like stransky's recording of strauss concerto

[@playermartin286]

Where can i find it?

[@alkiviadiskaminaris1594]

+playermartin286 well unfortunately it isn't on KZbin so either you have to buy it or you can listen to it on Spotify. it is owned by deutsche grammophon

[@hornplayer69]

.... interesting , his breaths are in weird places

[@Traiagain]

I think the horn player is not Stransky.He is Ronald Janezic.

[@florianjanezic6665]

Its Stransky...

[@maximilianhassler8379]

Janezic sits next to Stransky...

[@robert-skibelo]

Great musicians. Pity about the camera work - presumably your usual musical ignoramus from television. He thinks we want to see their faces and has no idea the real interest lies in what they're doing with their instruments. Presumably the horn player's hand was inside the bell, but we'll never know because only the upper half of his instrument is ever visible.

[@Hornsolos]

I hope the hand was inside the bell!

[@MrElijiby]

A bit too fast and nervous, ( horn)