Villanelle for French Horn, Steve Park, Horn

[stephaniebradley2010]

Mr. Park,

Would you mind sending me a recording of the accompaniment? I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you!

srb09c@acu.edu

[MrDessieman]

anybody here from NC, practicing for All District?

[whitetiger123100]

@MrDessieman , yep, I am

[yulei1963]

hi.

good job. this is realllly good :)

i need to play it for my grade eight horn exam next year... i'm in year 6

please check out my horn vids. :) I'm the 9 year old, and my sister is the 13/14 year old

[DoubleTbigsis]

How big is your Horn section at your University?

[jacoblovesbella4ever]

This is amazing! I play this solo infront of a judge on Saturday, this was a big help! Im in 8th grade, and i love the way this solo sounds

*Keep playing!:)

[ziggy8392]

It's just not the same with valves. I have a recording of Baumann playing it and it's just absolutely amazing.

[danbo1984]

wonderful performance of a tough piece! my dad is a horn player (30 years with a BBC orchestra, baroque soloist) and this piece has very warm memories for me; early childhood, listening to my dad practicing in the music room. thanks very much again!

[MrUndercoverSpy]

Im also playing this piece for a solo and i was wondering what you were doing near the beginning with the high notes. (A G for me) Are you lightly tonguing or slurring them completely?

[college13bound]

I'm playing this piece for solo&ensemble, and I'm curious as to how you are tounging the c's at the end. I'm not quite sure my clumsy tounge can go that fast. Are you double tounging those?

[markmcd942]

what horn do you use? is it a Conn?

[ohsteacher]

@BradD1227 It's an MXL 990 condensor mic (not very expensive). I run it through a mixer and into the audio imput of my camera.

[ziggy8392]

Yeah, you definitely should re-record it and play as intended. It just doesn't sound right to me when it's played with valves

[xtremebandnerd]

this sounds absolutely fantastic! although a couple sections sounded a bit faster than i'm used to hearing or playing them, it was amazing all the way through :)

[XxXxFRENCHHORNXxXx]

can you do the forest piece. i really would like to hear it

[TheVrajr]

Nicely done. IMO one of the most beautiful pieces for the instrument.  Do you play on an 8D? What kind of mouthpiece?

[teoic]

yeah, it's meant to be played on natural horn but you dont necessarily have to

[ohsteacher]

I have 5 professional recordings of this piece including Dennis Brain. None of them do the first section without valves. If I had access to a real natural horn, I would do it on that, but it's not the same on a modern horn.

[Andrew0Bonesdog]

@ohsteacher wait I though Dennis Brain played this piece on a natural horn (no valve one..). Or at least that's what I've heard.

[ohsteacher]

Nope - I am listening to the Dennis Brain recording of this as I write. He plays the whole thing with valves. However, Dukas wrote it with the intent that the first part be played without valves. I should probably re-record it and play the first part without valves. This was an early post and I didn't realize so many people wound be watching and commenting!!!

[Wittgod]

@ohsteacher it doesnt need to be done on a natural horn...it can easily be done on a valve horn...you just have to bend the notes down with your bell hand...also the middle was way too fast

[ohsteacher]

@Wittgod - Have you ever listened to any professional recordings of this piece? I have 5 different ones and they all play the fast sections about the same tempo that I do. I do not play it "way too fast". You probably play it way to slow ;-)

[rick106079]

you areamazing and you play this soo flaulessly. and this recording helped me out alot cuz i need to learn it for district band audition. thanks

[jenapefreckles]

can you send me this mp3 as well? haha, love it!

[aidange2]

it's so funny with the accompaniment...

[JohnLockePolitics]

I've seen folks complain about Dennis Brain's lack of vibrato here on youtube. Certainly can't please everybody!

[menzenschmoo]

Yay I played this for a solo in high school and still find myself humming it! I miss french horn :-(

[emobear59]

wow i have played french horn for 6 years now and that is just amazing^_^ .. way to go dude man!

[TheyWaitAtTheDoor]

My lips are too effing FAT to play the french horn with a certain sense of ease. I played this but I was NEVER consistent!!! After all the years I put into practing the horn I effing bomb my college audition because I butchered this! When I was done the music fell of the stand and violently burst into flames! I'm so upset now...

[RandyFust1634]

sorry for the minus one, it was an accidental click.... lol

[OrnKarif]

that was amazing! i was following along with the music (i have the piece..I just can't play it yet lol) I heard it once before but it's so cool. I hope to play it sometime soon.

[hugheyhudson]

Check out his newest quartet. THERE'S some faces that will make you laugh. ;)

[tchock]

ah, natural horn solo! so much work, but so fun

[lyconthrop]

POWER...!!

[620BC]

Incredible playing... but what about playing hand horn at the beginning?

[scottaranda]

Awesome performance. And you nailed the C at the end.

[primaweb65]

Super! Klavier plaed SmartMusic Studio?

[ohsteacher]

I use a midi sequencing program called Musicator to create the piano accompaniment. Then I play along with it for the video.

[aleksozolins]

really enjoyed that!