I agree that it's amazing that he played for nearly 4 minutes straight, only a few moments pause here and there. French horn is listed along with oboe as one of the hardest instruments to play in the Guiness Book of World Records. My daughter, who plays horn, pointed this out to me...a mere flute player. :P
@AnD082292 I'm pretty sure Bassoon is up there as well, and if not definetly should be. It's harder to play than an oboe... and oboe is tough already. but i play f horn so whatever...
and it doesn't help that the related videos include pieces played by stefan dohr, dale clevenger, that Siegfried horn girl, etc., all amazing professionals
the tone is not stellar, the accompaniment absolutely sucked, and there were many flaws, BUT props to him for playing for FOUR STRAIGHT MINUTES.
Playing for 1 minute straight is tough with the horn. The mouthpiece is so small that only a few lip muscles can be used when playing. It's a tough piece and, again, 4 straight minutes is very long for a horn player.
I play it in high school, too, and I probably need like a couple months to practice that piece to play it..
it sounds to me like the horn is pooly miked. That is from behind. The horn is a reflecting instrument, much like a Bose speaker. Having played in pro horn sections, this is what a very good horn player sounds right at their bell.
he is a very talented player, has EXCELLENT accuracy, musicality, and style, but he REALLY needs to work on his tone. it just sounds very razzy and distorted. i have seen many players, and this is the most common problem. so many can play well in every regard except tone. for some reason it seems the hardest to master, so i am not really criticizing him, but that is what he would need to fix.
You have got to have some more credibility to say something like: "broadcast on TV to over 300 million people". How long were they listening? 30 seconds? I mean, french horn isn't such a popular instrument (I play myself however) to be listened to by one in twenty people of the world population.
Besides, it doesn't sound like a four/five star ratting.
Dear Andre. In life one should consider before stating their opinion, to take things in proper context. The facts are that this was a two hour concert performed in Beijing in 1986 by high school students. It was broadcast nationally in China, so the actual number of people viewing probably wasn't exactly 300 million. But really, who gives a shit. The truth of this moment in my personal history ( I'm a trumpet player, so I'm not the soloist in this video) the truth is the credibility.
@andrevdbc I agree that there weren't three hundred million, but definitely quite a few. This is Beijing you're talking about. This is China's capital. In the nineteen eighties China was very interested in improving relations.They were also interested in western culture and music. There were at least ten thousand people watching live in the auditorium, hundred thousand on youtube, a few hundred thousand in north america, and few more hundred thousand in china.
I don't want to bag on him, maybe he just had a bad performance but I did the same piece for solo & ensemble and he did only slightly better than me. I did not screw up on as many of the higher holds as he did though. If I had to play Beijing I would practice it 3 hours a day for a month and not split notes especially
on the final note. Also I would sit down, playing standing up is hard. He was probably nervous, lay off him he is better than most people including me.
nuttz0, IF A PROFISSIONAL MUSICAN SCREWED UP 3-4 TIMES PER PAGE.... FIRED... so let me know when your orchestra is playing I don't want to be there, 3-4 mistakes per page, per player = 4x10 pages x 50 musicans = 2000 mistakes. No thank you
will everyone plz stop bagging this prformance! i've recently started playing french horn and it's hard! french horn is the hardest brass instrument to learn and i'm not just saying that, it's true! professional orchestra players average about 3-4 mistakes per page of music! so leave him alone unless you can play it better!
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CaptainFudges, want to sound just like him?.... it's easy, take 5 cats to a laundry mat, shove them into the dryer along-with-a pair-of-shoes, and push start. There ya go.
crazylover2013, are you gay? the performance sucks, the split notes ( i got up to 114 and lost count)sucked, and the hand stuffed all the way up the bell sucks, and most of all the strings cant stay together to save the life of a dog turd. And I would like to treat you like a bitch cause your a PUSSY.
Nicely played. Thank you for your contribution. I confess I'm not terribly familiar with Lars-Erik Larsson. Maybe I should give his work a bit more of a listen. Further, my sympathy for the rot from all the naysayers. I shudder to think what they might say if they encountered genuinely difficult music, as Messiaen, say. (Who also wrote some interesting music for horn, as it happens.)
one last thing markoal, this is one solo you could really screw up and no one would ever catch on to it, have ya ever just made a bunch of stupid sounds just for the hell of it. wait a minute I finely made it through to the end, is that clapping, or everyone schuffling to pick up whatever is within reach to take aim ..
This is one of the reasons Im gonna learn French Horn. And I'm pretty sure it's a safe bet to say this is why many plp learned to play French Horn and are still Rocking today.
@zingraff the country Canada is in the continent called America. And I would say all hornists in North America play similarly. They prefer the strong more brass tone of the horn. and I agree with matt who said his hand is way too far up the bell.
Oh good gravy, is that a triple valve I see before me? Plus, this guys got KILLER intonations and sound...It makes me feel so insignifigant...MUST PRACTICE!!!! ^_^
I dont like his tone, its really raspy and gross in some places. I think it cuz his hands almost all the way in the bell. Maybe its how the song is supposed to be played.
That's because the microphone is too close behind the bell. Audio techs think they know it all and you literally have to refuse to play to get them to place it in front of the horn.
Nice performance, but the horn's tone is a bit dead... perhaps it's the way the song was meant to be played. It sounds like it should be slightly more victorious and open, though.
He should put his hand at the bottom of the bell opening, it's his choice, but i've found that it produces a much clearer, purer sound, though it is less comfortable. Great performance though.
ok ive been playin horn for a while i go to north east of the arts.....a good horn player knows when to have a sound with edge and when to have a mellow calm sound....this piece is charchterized with staccatos and marcatos with some phrases of slurs and legatos he clearly knows when to use them. So there is the answer....thank you for your time
i've played a bunch of instruments, (clarinet, alto sax, trombone, trumpet, i can play baritone cause it has the same fingerings as the trumpet, piano, french horn and bassoon) and my absolute FAVORITE is the french horn. i started playing last year and my band teacher says i play like i've been playing for 4 years :D not trying to brag. oh and i started playing bassoon this year and i like it, but not as much as i love the french horn.
The Larsson is a great concerto. A tricky part about the third movement is making sure that the sixteenth note doesn't get pushed into the eighth note in the repeated theme. And the dynamics really have to be exagerated.
he sounds ok, but his sound is almost dead...almost like theres no life in the tone it sounds very heavy...other than that it seems pretty good overall
I cant be the only one who hears the pitch problems... soooo bad... not so bad technique. I wouldnt say fantastic though. And il leave room for error with the recording
If you can see his positions he's playing around the High C-concert in the staff most of the time, I said AROUND so dont get so mad he might be playing above the staff a couple times.
This player has great promise. He did a very good job with this solo. I played horn for many years and will probably start again someday soon. This horn he is playing is a Holton Farkas H179 one of the best Double Geyer styled horns out there. Of course the best is the Viennese Pumpenhorn but then again it's a totally different animal. Hopefully I'll get to play this work that he's done here. I totally agree the microphone was too close to him in this recording.
tone isn't great, but the articulations and notes are all nearly perfect. dynamics are alright. does anyone know what horn this is? and to cesarhorn, this is the lars-erik larsson concertina.
About all the comments on the bell hand placement! It's not how far the hand his up the bell but the shape he is making. In my opinion he is making a more closed shape with his hand that's all. plaus it sounds like the mike is right next to his bell.
Nice played, im playing on the same piece at the time, but where is the dynamics? Its a difficult piece, i know, but its a lots of piano parts in it, and the sound got quite similar all the way because of the missing dynamic. But its nice played allthough!
People say his tone is that great because his hand is two far in the bell of the horn. Perhaps he was nervous on the day, his hands were sweating and it was the only way he could support the weight of the horn.
It is much harder to do solos on Horn when standing and support the Horn while getting the correct sound modification required by the hand. The stop-horn bits were wonderful. He performed well however the microphone placement and his lack of using piano and pianissimo correctly may have more to do with the type of stage or sound of the hall he was performing in. Also he may not have had opportunity for a run-through before with the orchestra at that location.
I played this last year in a recital. The piece is difficult... not for the actual notes, but the rhythmic accuracy with the orchestra is hard to line up.
part of this piece is using what is called stop-horn technique, it's actually written to be performed that way on purpose. The other parts his hand is positioned correctly for the proper tone, however it's hard to make it work right when standing that's why this may sound a little stressed. As said earlier, it's the shape of the hand not really how far in it goes (unless doing stop-horn).
14-18 feet long, 3 to 5 rotor valves, between 4 and 15 slides, hand positions, time consuming just to tune the thing, yes, I've played one and prefer it over all other brass that I've played. Then let's ad on that the leading traditional concertos were written by W.A. Mozart who tries to kill you with a sheet of music.. is it hard enough yet? If not give it a few years. <joke> Actually in time it becomes easier if you grow with it.
I think the comments are because it's just that he looks like he's older than a high schooler and he has skills but he still sounds like a high schooler. I didn't personally enjoy it but I don't wish to make excessive negative comments so thank you for posting it nonetheless
Nope im sorry, but they are worth to pay for, you get full piano and horn notes, and i guess they are not too expencive if you get them over internet. Tyr some stores, search google;)
I must say that for HighSchool... Thats really amazing. I mean I'm at Oakwood now and we don't sound that good. And we are Canadians by the way. And we ROCK!
Wow! As a horn player for many years enjoyed your performance...I assume 1986 from one of the post...Would be interested to know if you continue playing the horn, professional?
where can i find the first two movements of this piece? i'd really need to listen to them.
nagyesszep 2 months ago
to andrevdbc
@ that time in China there were only 2 channels to watch on T.V.
So their is a pretty good chance it was that many.
The day after that concert the tour guide told us that is how many watched.
He was the spokesmen for the goverment@ that time still very communist and run under an iron fist. They based it on how people owed a tv
musicmann83 1 year ago
I agree that it's amazing that he played for nearly 4 minutes straight, only a few moments pause here and there. French horn is listed along with oboe as one of the hardest instruments to play in the Guiness Book of World Records. My daughter, who plays horn, pointed this out to me...a mere flute player. :P
AnD082292 1 year ago
@AnD082292 I'm pretty sure Bassoon is up there as well, and if not definetly should be. It's harder to play than an oboe... and oboe is tough already. but i play f horn so whatever...
adamanddustinh 1 year ago
like it....i play french horn:)
49miri 1 year ago
is that a triple horn?
xXlolxtechXx 1 year ago
and it doesn't help that the related videos include pieces played by stefan dohr, dale clevenger, that Siegfried horn girl, etc., all amazing professionals
shib340 1 year ago
the tone is not stellar, the accompaniment absolutely sucked, and there were many flaws, BUT props to him for playing for FOUR STRAIGHT MINUTES.
Playing for 1 minute straight is tough with the horn. The mouthpiece is so small that only a few lip muscles can be used when playing. It's a tough piece and, again, 4 straight minutes is very long for a horn player.
I play it in high school, too, and I probably need like a couple months to practice that piece to play it..
shib340 1 year ago
thank you for this vid
xXtheXBOXmodd3RXx 1 year ago
wow, this looks sooooooo old, lol
GreenGirl444 2 years ago
looks like a hockey player! lol. these are seriously high school kids?
coolestnameavailable 2 years ago
FYI, this is the third movement in case you are not familiar with the piece.
JGSchreck 2 years ago
where i can find sheet music for this at horn
CelestoGR 2 years ago
Try the music store.
fanjiatia 2 years ago
it sounds to me like the horn is pooly miked. That is from behind. The horn is a reflecting instrument, much like a Bose speaker. Having played in pro horn sections, this is what a very good horn player sounds right at their bell.
rogmusic 2 years ago
somebody please cut that fricken mullet off. jesus.
fluxazure 2 years ago
who wrote this concerto ? i need know it please
alvarovivaldi 2 years ago
Lars-erik Larsson
StellwerkBand 2 years ago 2
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Can you read? This is by Lars-Erik Larsson
fanjiatia 2 years ago
Gotta love the 80s hairstyles.
HahaMelia 2 years ago 2
That is an awesome hair style.
lkdsjflskdfj 2 years ago 4
i play the french horn and that guy beats me like way badly, hes sound is beautyfull
darkwolf565 2 years ago
I agree with Zhu. I mean come on, if you were in highschool, playing this and being televised, you'd be a bit nervous too, no?
MelloMan489 2 years ago
he is a very talented player, has EXCELLENT accuracy, musicality, and style, but he REALLY needs to work on his tone. it just sounds very razzy and distorted. i have seen many players, and this is the most common problem. so many can play well in every regard except tone. for some reason it seems the hardest to master, so i am not really criticizing him, but that is what he would need to fix.
CavalloDiSpade 2 years ago
I understand what you are saying, but I think most of what you are hearing is just the recording
MstislavRousseau 2 years ago
may very well be. idk. its hard to tell often.
CavalloDiSpade 2 years ago
this.
is.
a.
highschooler.
I'm a highschooler and I can't play NEARLY as good as that.
zhux314 2 years ago
i wish i could play french horn like him, he is amazing
veto12 2 years ago
sounds like the room you are in is really killing all of the echo...
ollie3003 2 years ago
No, i think, It's because the horn solist
has got the hand in horn. that makes a speacial
(in this fall a very special^^) tone.
Battlemaster1995 2 years ago
You have got to have some more credibility to say something like: "broadcast on TV to over 300 million people". How long were they listening? 30 seconds? I mean, french horn isn't such a popular instrument (I play myself however) to be listened to by one in twenty people of the world population.
Besides, it doesn't sound like a four/five star ratting.
andrevdbc 3 years ago 7
Dear Andre. In life one should consider before stating their opinion, to take things in proper context. The facts are that this was a two hour concert performed in Beijing in 1986 by high school students. It was broadcast nationally in China, so the actual number of people viewing probably wasn't exactly 300 million. But really, who gives a shit. The truth of this moment in my personal history ( I'm a trumpet player, so I'm not the soloist in this video) the truth is the credibility.
zingraff 3 years ago
@andrevdbc I agree that there weren't three hundred million, but definitely quite a few. This is Beijing you're talking about. This is China's capital. In the nineteen eighties China was very interested in improving relations.They were also interested in western culture and music. There were at least ten thousand people watching live in the auditorium, hundred thousand on youtube, a few hundred thousand in north america, and few more hundred thousand in china.
fanjiatia 1 year ago
if u can make a nicer tone, meaning not too rough, it would sound much nicer
Bubldy 3 years ago
very good sound
dreadss64 3 years ago
I don't want to bag on him, maybe he just had a bad performance but I did the same piece for solo & ensemble and he did only slightly better than me. I did not screw up on as many of the higher holds as he did though. If I had to play Beijing I would practice it 3 hours a day for a month and not split notes especially
on the final note. Also I would sit down, playing standing up is hard. He was probably nervous, lay off him he is better than most people including me.
jaja921992 3 years ago
He was in high school at the time of this video, remember that.
He is a good horn player in my opinion.
razputin50 3 years ago
nuttz0, IF A PROFISSIONAL MUSICAN SCREWED UP 3-4 TIMES PER PAGE.... FIRED... so let me know when your orchestra is playing I don't want to be there, 3-4 mistakes per page, per player = 4x10 pages x 50 musicans = 2000 mistakes. No thank you
whatever7x7 3 years ago 3
can you upload horn videos
i would really like to see your playing
stephenjacobsl 3 years ago
that's not relevant, is it?
I agree with whatever7x7 on this. No way professional musicians make that many errors. What orchestra do you listen to?
andrevdbc 3 years ago 2
apparently this one
shib340 2 years ago
will everyone plz stop bagging this prformance! i've recently started playing french horn and it's hard! french horn is the hardest brass instrument to learn and i'm not just saying that, it's true! professional orchestra players average about 3-4 mistakes per page of music! so leave him alone unless you can play it better!
nuttz0 3 years ago
I play the french horn. It's okay but once u start getting into it gets very hard.
candyroxs5 3 years ago 3
Beautiful sound, and beautiful mullet...
KansasCracker 3 years ago 8
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CaptainFudges, want to sound just like him?.... it's easy, take 5 cats to a laundry mat, shove them into the dryer along-with-a pair-of-shoes, and push start. There ya go.
whatever7x7 3 years ago
I wish I could play like him. I like the piece too.
CaptainFudges 3 years ago
it's good. what music is this called?
sanghyun199 3 years ago
Nipponkokn STOP defending this P.O.S., you already lost. The last note of the piece sums it up.
whatever7x7 3 years ago
It may not sound great, but it's a pretty difficult piece to play. If you're so wonderful, post a video of you playing it.
Nipponkoku 3 years ago
crazylover2013, are you gay? the performance sucks, the split notes ( i got up to 114 and lost count)sucked, and the hand stuffed all the way up the bell sucks, and most of all the strings cant stay together to save the life of a dog turd. And I would like to treat you like a bitch cause your a PUSSY.
whatever7x7 3 years ago
i have played saxophone ind i'm good at it it's fun to play
9393andersson 3 years ago
i love the sound a french horn makes. I play saxophone and i'm not that bad, and i can't wait i am going to take french horn lessons!!!
dingdongitsnikki 3 years ago
Beautiful playing.
JaredIsrael 3 years ago
all yall mother fucking haters like whatever7x7
shut the fuck up and back the fuck away dont hate cuz you jelous bitch this was very well played i really enjoyed it
crazylover2013 3 years ago
impressive!
jake0jacob0 3 years ago
Solo player pley very bad!!!!
LenkaZusBrass 3 years ago
Nicely played. Thank you for your contribution. I confess I'm not terribly familiar with Lars-Erik Larsson. Maybe I should give his work a bit more of a listen. Further, my sympathy for the rot from all the naysayers. I shudder to think what they might say if they encountered genuinely difficult music, as Messiaen, say. (Who also wrote some interesting music for horn, as it happens.)
SymphonicPoet 3 years ago
one last thing markoal, this is one solo you could really screw up and no one would ever catch on to it, have ya ever just made a bunch of stupid sounds just for the hell of it. wait a minute I finely made it through to the end, is that clapping, or everyone schuffling to pick up whatever is within reach to take aim ..
whatever7x7 3 years ago
You have got to be kidding, sloppy, muffeled crap, a bunch of pointless gathered notes
whatever7x7 3 years ago
Thanks for your insight, Ace. Next time allow for the very real possibility that the issue lies with the audio mix and/or mic placement.
Gee, always that angry and negative -- or merely a bad day? Seems your handle suits you to a 't', 'whatever'.
markocal 3 years ago
sounds like the mic is right up his bell, i would have liked to hear a little bit further, post tonal spread
bradhorn14 3 years ago
This is one of the reasons Im gonna learn French Horn. And I'm pretty sure it's a safe bet to say this is why many plp learned to play French Horn and are still Rocking today.
6/5 Unbelieveable
tubonianflute 3 years ago
wow this is a remarkably small group! but the music is played very nicely :-)
cellostar5 3 years ago
im watching this because i'm doing this project about the french horn and i have to describe its sound.
elitealex1 3 years ago
u could say very awsome sound
pbr51 3 years ago
played like a true american...hand stuffed alllll the way up the bell
matt23071993 3 years ago
Did you see the Canadian flag in the background?
He's Canadian, not American.
And it's the mic proximity and hall that are contributing to the muffled sound you're commenting on.
zingraff 3 years ago
@zingraff the country Canada is in the continent called America. And I would say all hornists in North America play similarly. They prefer the strong more brass tone of the horn. and I agree with matt who said his hand is way too far up the bell.
jjmm47 3 weeks ago
Man, Toronto sure is a fan of the 80's hairstyles :) When was this shot?
umrgregg 3 years ago
Read the info--it was shot in 1986
zingraff 3 years ago
hey that was pretty good =)
the piece is the third movement of the larsson horn concerto. the first one is really pretty too XD
do you study horn?
Leeditt 3 years ago 3
No, I'm a professional Trumpet player. It is a friend of mine in this video playing horn.
zingraff 3 years ago
3:50 big mistake
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago 3
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Not necessary.
zingraff 3 years ago
what do you mean by that?
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago 4
interesting, i've never heard this piece before. Is this the whole thing or just the 1st movement?
CrazyHorn007 3 years ago
french horns are the best!
suspiciousangel7 3 years ago
What peice is this? I gotta find the sheet music!
jba1234567890 3 years ago
that is amazing
must practise more i suck
bluediamond11 3 years ago
good
tecmor33 4 years ago
Oh good gravy, is that a triple valve I see before me? Plus, this guys got KILLER intonations and sound...It makes me feel so insignifigant...MUST PRACTICE!!!! ^_^
Chizuhime 4 years ago 2
Well done..
IamJoseyWales 4 years ago
whats the name of this titel
FavouriteTrumpet 4 years ago
are there more types from this titel
FavouriteTrumpet 4 years ago
Wow this makes me what to pratice far more.
Go Horns.
OmgItsCHEEZ 4 years ago 3
jaja el corte del tipo
wagnerarg 4 years ago
dude's got a sweet mullet
me24546 4 years ago
hells yes
marftrogdor 3 years ago
Why is there a Canadian flag and a (bigger) Chinese flag? i didn't see any asians.
GundamTotema 4 years ago
The concert is in Beijing.
Read the description.
moesbrotha 4 years ago
Oh thanks, i dont usually look at descriptions
GundamTotema 4 years ago
go French Horns!!!
i play that instrument!!!
soccerchick2552 4 years ago
I dont like his tone, its really raspy and gross in some places. I think it cuz his hands almost all the way in the bell. Maybe its how the song is supposed to be played.
ZingZee123456789 4 years ago
i think the microphone should be farther out in the middle of the room. Or it should perhaps be played in a larger concert hall with better acoustic
ramsuz 4 years ago
That's because the microphone is too close behind the bell. Audio techs think they know it all and you literally have to refuse to play to get them to place it in front of the horn.
WunderCor 4 years ago
why is there only strings and 1 wind?
GundamTotema 4 years ago
Because that's what the piece is scored for.
WunderCor 4 years ago
I don't want to be mean but he put's the string players in that to shame.
EuterpeOapin 4 years ago 2
I think all of you people with your lame comments, only speak to hear yourself talk.
zingraff 4 years ago
Umm, that was a compliment
EuterpeOapin 4 years ago
looks like its from the 80s-90s cuz of the graphics and the poor sound
GundamTotema 4 years ago
the soloist's hair? 80's duhh.he's pretty beast tho.
raykun219 4 years ago
Nice performance, but the horn's tone is a bit dead... perhaps it's the way the song was meant to be played. It sounds like it should be slightly more victorious and open, though.
Nipponkoku 4 years ago 3
love the hair
relish643 4 years ago
He should put his hand at the bottom of the bell opening, it's his choice, but i've found that it produces a much clearer, purer sound, though it is less comfortable. Great performance though.
ShiningGnome 4 years ago
does he have to stand? are cellists the only instrumentalists who are allowed to sit?
raykun219 4 years ago
Solo Horn should always be played standing.
siyahambe 4 years ago
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WTF WHY IS HIS HAND IN THE BELL???????
roryfitzpatric 4 years ago
if you knew anything about the french horn you would know that it helps to hold it and to help pitch it in certain pieces
animal1314 4 years ago 3
lol....hahahahHAHAHAHAH
poman265 4 years ago
thats how its played genius!!
coleluver55 4 years ago
Hey, i play the french horn and you have to put your hand in the bell dipshit
balla548 4 years ago
LOL...
keetner 4 years ago
ok ive been playin horn for a while i go to north east of the arts.....a good horn player knows when to have a sound with edge and when to have a mellow calm sound....this piece is charchterized with staccatos and marcatos with some phrases of slurs and legatos he clearly knows when to use them. So there is the answer....thank you for your time
musicgoddess2010 4 years ago
double horn?
volleyball94klW 4 years ago
yea u can c the position of his thumb and whan it changes
12chellebelle12 4 years ago
i wish i sounded that good
hornedbeast91 4 years ago
one day im sure
tom93wood 4 years ago
never since i'm quitting after this year b/c i want to have more electives
hornedbeast91 4 years ago
oh right lol. good for you if thats wat u feel is best
tom93wood 4 years ago
its just a hobby for me
hornedbeast91 4 years ago
i've played a bunch of instruments, (clarinet, alto sax, trombone, trumpet, i can play baritone cause it has the same fingerings as the trumpet, piano, french horn and bassoon) and my absolute FAVORITE is the french horn. i started playing last year and my band teacher says i play like i've been playing for 4 years :D not trying to brag. oh and i started playing bassoon this year and i like it, but not as much as i love the french horn.
ColonelClary 4 years ago
no idiots, you dont play with a better tone than that, you play the wrong way that sounds nice, thats how its supposed to be. dumbasses
TeampmsHammerTime 4 years ago
nice mullet
jm0n3y21 4 years ago 2
The Larsson is a great concerto. A tricky part about the third movement is making sure that the sixteenth note doesn't get pushed into the eighth note in the repeated theme. And the dynamics really have to be exagerated.
mountaintennis5 4 years ago
ive been playing the french horn for 7 years. he could be much better.
dramacrazy98 4 years ago
blleckkkk!!! I hate that tone!!! maybe it's the vid????
jepakirk 4 years ago
thats the french horn for you... i recently switched from trumpet to help out my band.. but i absolutely dread it.. trumpet is so much brighter
thats just my opinion tho
jm0n3y21 4 years ago
Well i play horn with better tone then him and Im in a 8th grade band! Shouldnt they correct that?
shutupandlisten133 4 years ago 3
Regardless of the horn playing....That is a sensational mullet!!
Goswans1 4 years ago 8
he sounds ok, but his sound is almost dead...almost like theres no life in the tone it sounds very heavy...other than that it seems pretty good overall
HORNSPWN 4 years ago
I am in 9th grade and I play trumpet, baritone, tuba, piano, and pipe organ. I had my first French horn lesson last week. I love it!
FrCusus 4 years ago
I cant be the only one who hears the pitch problems... soooo bad... not so bad technique. I wouldnt say fantastic though. And il leave room for error with the recording
Ruon2me 4 years ago
i play the horn...he is SO much better than me even though i have been playing it for 8 years..
skypinkplumz 4 years ago
i want to play like him how long must i learn to play like him? (reply to this comment) lol
lyconthrop 4 years ago
If you can see his positions he's playing around the High C-concert in the staff most of the time, I said AROUND so dont get so mad he might be playing above the staff a couple times.
vietgurlhelen 4 years ago
i am a 7th grade honors french horn lol >.>
vietgurlhelen 4 years ago
damn..... this is awesome : D
michele143343 4 years ago
wat grade horn r u guys?
xgreaterbash 4 years ago
HE is brilliant !!!
TTFFAYE 4 years ago
okay, I play the french horn and to me...HE IS GOOD!
CiraMist2 4 years ago
This player has great promise. He did a very good job with this solo. I played horn for many years and will probably start again someday soon. This horn he is playing is a Holton Farkas H179 one of the best Double Geyer styled horns out there. Of course the best is the Viennese Pumpenhorn but then again it's a totally different animal. Hopefully I'll get to play this work that he's done here. I totally agree the microphone was too close to him in this recording.
gshicks 4 years ago
tone isn't great, but the articulations and notes are all nearly perfect. dynamics are alright. does anyone know what horn this is? and to cesarhorn, this is the lars-erik larsson concertina.
auta414eithel 4 years ago 2
i reason why it sounds so wierd is cos his hand is flat on the bell , the metal doesnt ring , and hell yea , the mike sucks !! but he's good ...
josiah92 4 years ago
esse cara toca muito muito memso meus parabens
FELIPETROMBONISTA 4 years ago
About all the comments on the bell hand placement! It's not how far the hand his up the bell but the shape he is making. In my opinion he is making a more closed shape with his hand that's all. plaus it sounds like the mike is right next to his bell.
TBoneman098 4 years ago 2
Nice played, im playing on the same piece at the time, but where is the dynamics? Its a difficult piece, i know, but its a lots of piano parts in it, and the sound got quite similar all the way because of the missing dynamic. But its nice played allthough!
Vinterravn 4 years ago
hy .....can u tell me what piece it's this??
cesarhorn 4 years ago
Gosh!!! How i wish i can play like him!
Minah0Beloh 4 years ago
Tone is a bit muted... and his hair looks straight out of the '80s. Ouch!
mongoos150 4 years ago
how old was the horn player when he played this?
not a bad player
slightlymadme 4 years ago
About 18 or 19 years old.
zingraff 4 years ago
wow hes very good for his age
slightlymadme 4 years ago
quem som horrivel este trompista tem
glaucomga 4 years ago
People say his tone is that great because his hand is two far in the bell of the horn. Perhaps he was nervous on the day, his hands were sweating and it was the only way he could support the weight of the horn.
blackdyke 4 years ago
It is much harder to do solos on Horn when standing and support the Horn while getting the correct sound modification required by the hand. The stop-horn bits were wonderful. He performed well however the microphone placement and his lack of using piano and pianissimo correctly may have more to do with the type of stage or sound of the hall he was performing in. Also he may not have had opportunity for a run-through before with the orchestra at that location.
gshicks 4 years ago
i agree, the tone is dry, but only in certain parts. Great performance.
DontJudgeHobos 4 years ago
I played this last year in a recital. The piece is difficult... not for the actual notes, but the rhythmic accuracy with the orchestra is hard to line up.
pb576922 4 years ago
Business in front Party in back Baby!!! lol great video, tone is too dry for me But thats a personal choice.
DiesIrae676 4 years ago
Lars-Erik Larsson, 1908-1986. Horn Concertino, Op. 45 no. 5 1st mvt.
blackdyke 4 years ago
Lars-Erik Larsson, 1908-1986. Horn Concertino, Op. 45 no. 5 1st mvt.
Is the third mvt.
rafaelefucho 4 years ago
I love this video. I've watched it about 100 times, I know the tune off my heart.
Its not actually the tune itself that excites me, it the magnificent tone the french horn player creates. He's a joy to listen to.
blackdyke 4 years ago
NICE!!! I love the mullet!
drhibbs06 4 years ago
WOW, this song is AWESOME. Does ANYONE know where I can find sheet music fo it?
MelloMan489 4 years ago
man i think is very good but your hand is too much in the bell..put it out a little...will sound better!!!
MadeBayu 4 years ago
part of this piece is using what is called stop-horn technique, it's actually written to be performed that way on purpose. The other parts his hand is positioned correctly for the proper tone, however it's hard to make it work right when standing that's why this may sound a little stressed. As said earlier, it's the shape of the hand not really how far in it goes (unless doing stop-horn).
gshicks 4 years ago
french horn is cool, i play it. apparently it is the worlds hardest instrument to play.
MysteryPisser 4 years ago
hows that?
nativeops 4 years ago
14-18 feet long, 3 to 5 rotor valves, between 4 and 15 slides, hand positions, time consuming just to tune the thing, yes, I've played one and prefer it over all other brass that I've played. Then let's ad on that the leading traditional concertos were written by W.A. Mozart who tries to kill you with a sheet of music.. is it hard enough yet? If not give it a few years. <joke> Actually in time it becomes easier if you grow with it.
gshicks 4 years ago
Horn player and orchestra are way above average compared to U.S. high school performance standards.
lajellison 4 years ago
Oh My GOD!!!! that tone is amazing. Such Clarity!!!
xhaydnfanx 4 years ago
I think the comments are because it's just that he looks like he's older than a high schooler and he has skills but he still sounds like a high schooler. I didn't personally enjoy it but I don't wish to make excessive negative comments so thank you for posting it nonetheless
okonh0wp 4 years ago
i think that actually he is a good horn player, but the conductor wants that kind of tone.
Do you watch movie Ben Hur?
The tone is like that right?
the tone is actually shows the ancient period, it is also symbolize the war....
amirlenas 4 years ago
man yu are ausome i wish i could play like that what kind of horn do you play
12chellebelle12 4 years ago
hy.......can u tell me what piece piece it's this??
cesarhorn 4 years ago
Yup:)Its Concertino (for Horn and String Orchestra)
op. 45 nr 5 by Lars-Erik Larsson.. On the video his playin the third part, its two more before that, their very beautiful too.
Vinterravn 4 years ago
do u know where i can get the notes??....a site or something.....free if u know....thx
cesarhorn 4 years ago
Nope im sorry, but they are worth to pay for, you get full piano and horn notes, and i guess they are not too expencive if you get them over internet. Tyr some stores, search google;)
Vinterravn 4 years ago
I must say that for HighSchool... Thats really amazing. I mean I'm at Oakwood now and we don't sound that good. And we are Canadians by the way. And we ROCK!
Halli4 4 years ago
awesome tone
flashbang217 4 years ago
Wow! As a horn player for many years enjoyed your performance...I assume 1986 from one of the post...Would be interested to know if you continue playing the horn, professional?
hornplayer322 4 years ago