R. Strauss - Concerto No. 2 for horn and orchestra - 1st movement (LIVE)

[voiceaddict]

The horn players of the world should hand you The Torch, you're keeping it real. If you ever come to the states, I'm paying to hear you live.

[massimolioy]

bravo,

[cornophile91]

Totally brilliant.

[exhornnerd]

My question is regarding the clear tone and super clean articulation over the whole range that seems to be a hallmark of Czech playing, how do you guys do it? I was first introduced to this amazing and very beautiful technical characteristic through the recordings of Zdeněk and Bedřich Tylšar (when I was a student back in the 1980s). There must be a secret Czech "method" of teaching and practice that produces this pristine playing, please share it with us! Kind Regards, Dean.

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

Dear Dean,

to say truth,as far as I studied horn in Czech,I was never exposed to any kind of such special method to show me how to produce such a characterictics...To say even more intimate truth,I think Czechs have almost no method to play horn in general...I think other national schools developed more sophisticated methods which can solve a lot of technical problems of beginners without their own experimentation.

[CzechHorn]

@CzechHorn

I think 90 percent of Czech players can use that quite well,but 87 percent of them do not think about it technical way,or do not think about it at all (we are very lazy people in general...),so they would be hardly able to share it with their students (and I never experienced anybody to share,except wind players (especially oboe) from other countries,who gave to me a little... The last 3 percent can teach it,but it would take a lot of years to create any method...

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

But in Czech (maybe there are exceptions which I didn´t experience yet...) the method in general is expressed by method of one (anonymous-for sure,haha!) teacher: "You have got problem,guy? You can´t play high register (low register,not good sound,anything else...)? You have to practice more!!

[exhornnerd]

@CzechHorn

Thanks for the insight Ondrej, keep posting your concerts my friend, they're a joy to listen to (and I'll keep practicing!) Dean

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

So the method for anything we Czech do in general is just: They tell you what they want from you,but it is your problem to find the way how to realize it...That is why Czech are quite skilled in improvizing situations...

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

I think the reason why the Czechs use such sound color scale and clear articulation (which is masterly represented by Radek Baborak!) is,that all of us guys in Czech orchestras are very much forced by the wind players to match perfectly the color of the wind section.But on the other hand,the brass section expects the same...So it means we have to develop a way,how to play clearly and with plenty of sound colors in all the dynamic and scale range

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

I think actually,as the world becomes one small global village in last decades,the national horn schools are not any longer so individual and different like before,so among most of young Czech players there are a lot of influences from the German school,Vienna sound (which is favourite for me) or any other horn play approaches and vice versa...

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

But in opposite to the situation in other world orchestras,which are now beeing more and more unified,the special sound characteristics of the (especially) wind sections in the orchestras of Czech are still present (I do not say they are good or bad,they are just here,they are Czech and we have no choice but to deal with them...).And that makes big sense for our playing style!

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

And,just from the technical point of view (to answer your question directly),it is exactly the same tricks like the singers (and also any other wind players,of course!) use to do-work with your throat muscless,resonate the sinuses of your head and body in general,manage your breathing muscless etc.Quite simple,but it takes lot of years to develop just by your own way...

[exhornnerd]

Quite, quite beautiful playing. Super technique, how do the Czech's do it?

[CzechHorn]

@exhornnerd

Thank you very much for your comment!What do you mean with you question,haha?My Best!

Ondrej