Rare Footage! 14-year-old Radek Baborák plays Weber Concertino for Horn,op 45 Part 2 of 2

[tophornmusic]

@MultiBraceface101 ...being friend and colleague with Radek Baborák helped a lot...:)

[6R07C241507]

2012.02.06

I like the attention on technical rhythmic passages, consistent.

Player (at when recorded) Excellent breath support; as low end , pp< ff, and upper register!

Proof!

(from lessons); 'don't cheat your dotted-half, and quarter note value.

This is Phenomenal for any musician age and under 18 years!

What a career statement!

Congratulations on opportunity with Prague!

Gregory

USa

[allegroweather]

Chuck Norris called. He'd like his chops back.

[OAbrey]

Clearly, I know nothing. But tend to have an opinion none-the-less. :)

[carlek]

Of course, Radek was better than most at 14. But if you know anything about the horn, even his young talent had to work very very very hard, to get much much better to play as he does now.

[OAbrey]

One of my best friends, Carl Ek was as good at 15. Baborak is a great player hands down.

[nocanpau]

It's good to hear young people play so well ... I feel good to know that our orchesters will countiuo with great horn sections!

[harveycor]

This is a reply to the person saying that 5 hours a day is the maximum your chops can tolerate ..

Not True

It is up to the individual-and I can honestly tell you that practicing or performing 10 or more hours a day is second nature to a working professional hornist.

It is a matter of pacing oneself and not doing anything obviously stupid--like *noodling* or 'performing all of one's horn solos on stage during the pre concert WARM UP!

The last dumb thing-swapping out different-rimmed mouthpiec

[harveycor]

Weber Concertino-On a single F -although the video is a smidgen out of 'phase' with the audio- it gave me an opportunity to observe that this piece is much more efficiently performed with the F (and the horn still allows for alternative fingerings)

ArDee

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An Sankt Nimmerlein

[carlek]

@harveycor that's a Knopf double and yup, the f-side valvings are somewhat easier since CMvW is in E the 2nd valve may get a little bit of a "workout"

[darthpizzle]

i hate how fast it is :( guess who is jealous

[2Memorise]

A wonderful virtuoso playing and sound performance but the video is out of sync. - which makes for even more amazing skills!

[zondokunze]

Wouldn't you just hate to be the horn player in the orchestra who has to play all the lame tuttis while being shown up by a kid? Such an awesome piece though!

[wDavidBaldwin]

Wowsers! I taught a lot of 14 year old horn students in my day and none sounded like this! I guess that's why we have the word 'prodigy'.

[Tibsnibs]

ummmm, how do dislikes happen on this video? multiphonics, high E's and such technical genius

[LPitcherDawg27]

@Tibsnibs jealousy

[fechudura]

When I was 14, I was meddling with my horn while he had a whole orchestra behind him.. Hmm....

[ericoschmitt]

7:30... omg! how can he make those trinados only with the mouth?

[geldschijter]

the multiphonic part is amazing!!

[pa14380]

It is little skimpy, I'm sure he worked the concerto for 2 years to establish the technical level to do well before the camera than he would have played six months later, everything was gone . Fortunately he has a little progress Because he would not have done it.

[TheHorn103]

Wow!! Baborak is the best hornplayer for me. He plays so wounderful.

But how long he practises every day?

[ericoschmitt]

@TheHorn103 probably more than 12 hours... and up to 24!

[dahl0686]

easily my favorite piece in the solo repertoire

[jacobflaschen]

Didn't this guy quit horn and open a restaurant or something?

[mindulka]

wow! and only 14 years old! Incredibile!

[Doorny1]

The sound & video do not sync... You can see when he takes a breath the the sound is still playing. Outside of that, great horn playing...

[Universlmusician]

Does anyone know what type of horn he's using?

[videowizdude]

@Universlmusician looks like an Alexander

[videowizdude]

@Universlmusician looks like an Alexander with a removable bell.

[geldschijter]

@videowizdude

It's no Alex

[skillamage2]

Who would dislike this..?

[malthuswasright]

Is it just me, or does that sound remarkably like the old Alan Civil recording? Especially the chordal bits?

[trumpettromba]

what is the technique he used to play 2 notes at the same time?

[SuperPhreak23]

@trumpettromba It's a double stop, he's playing one note and singing another. Professionals have a hard time doing that.

[finnishredder]

Those low notes he plays alone in the end are amazing.... never heard anyone play in such low register on the horn! Plus all the virtuosity and technical brilliance... No wonder he's become the best horn player there exists!

[mjrix]

14 years old??? That is beyond belief. Did this guy ever throw a snowball or play soccer? How old is he now, and for whom does he play?

[David0794]

@mjrix berlin philharmonic^^

[mjrix]

@mjrix the kicker here is that smeone who claims to know Baborak since he was 12 or so states categorically that this did not result from stultifying practice. It simply came naturally to him. I am humbled.

[intestinespies]

If only he could interpret the music...

[skillamage2]

@intestinespies he was 14....

[MattBauer09]

Any time I hear anything performed by Mr. Baborak, it makes me want to break my horn in half and call it quits.

[blackhawk917]

@MattBauer09 that just means it's time for another 4 hours of practice :D

[stalkingalizee]

Need to re-sync that audio. 

[fantasynreality]

14 YRS OLD? U KIDDIN ME? OMFG! IM 15 NOW AND I JUS REALISED I SUCK BIG TIME! :(

[sneakyboxx]

whats this piece of music called please!!!

[boy98cas]

@sneakyboxx

Carl Maria von Weber's "Konzertstück" (Concertino) for Horn in E minor J188 (op.45)

[mlongpre17]

sound suck

[frenchhornheroe]

some people are just disgustingly talented like that. Bets that he practices 23 out of 24 hours a day =)

[jkabat]

@frenchhornheroe

know him...and def. not practising all the time....just unbelievebly talented

[udienowisay]

@frenchhornheroe you can only physically practice 5 hours a day with horn, or (and im not kidding) YOUR FACE WILL BREAK, IT WILL BREAK AND IT WILL HURT!!!

[Universlmusician]

Nuh uh! That's unbelievable. How old was he when he started playing?

[tophornmusic]

@Universlmusician He was 8...

[Universlmusician]

@tophornmusic Well THAT explains it...

[44jesusfreak4]

horn pieces like this don't really capture the nature of the horn to me but nice horn playing i wish there could've been better recording equipment back then

[BrandonOwnageKing]

@44jesusfreak4 In your opinion what is the "nature" of the horn? and what kind of piece do you think would?

[mats1ug]

とても１４歳には思えない。素晴らしい！！

[futonrasen1]

@mats1ug wtf

[fbain1horn]

LOL this is hilarious! but yeah, look where he ended up. NICE

[whatever7x7]

AWESOME DUDE:-P

[daffyduck12345678912]

are you sure hes 14? He plays like someone whos played for 30 years!!

[lipkinasl]

Oh WOW!!

[Coutodabaixo]

Esto es la polla!

Amazing!

[BeniaminoGigli]

OMG!!!!!!!!

[mountsunrise]

This is so amazing!

Baborak is definitely one of the best horn players of all times!

[P0dDels]

omg...it's god!

[tophornmusic]

The sync is bad..I know. It was o.k. before uploading on YT. But no playback for sure:)...as you can see in part 1.