Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

[MartinoDondievelo]

what piece is this?

[mrptech90]

Beautiful, quite impressed with the melody and chromatic steps and half's, great tone and dynamics, keep it up.

[MarcoAJuarez]

@mrptech90 ...these are members of one of the best orchestras in the world...

[hornalicious]

Fergus McWilliam, who is the horn is also the founder of the quintet. The horn blends with many types of ensembles, there are many times when they are the only wind instrument with strings as well......it's an extremely versatile instrument with it's range. 4+octaves! :)

[MercifulMe]

@NSProductions1432 Maybe you should research a woodwind quintet.

[iandemagi]

@NSProductions1432

Woodwind quintets are always composed of those 5 instruments! Always! The master composers wrote for them with each instruments timbre in mind-adding a sax changes the dynamic. A sax overpowers the lighter instuments, if adding anything it would be bass clarinet, that mkes it a wind esemble

[crystalsrandom]

For you people who dont know, which is apparently everyone, a horn is used in woodwind quintets even though its not a ww because saxophones werent yet invented in the time that ww quintets started being composed!!!! There you go =D

[ZeroTheHero17]

These instruments all have such strong individual characters that it would be difficult to replace any of them with saxophone. It would sound great however, to have a sax play a melody OVER a wind quintet accompaniment. What wonderful colors!

[batura1]

who is the composer of this piece ?

[citizenbanana]

the comments left here make me want to pull my hair out. whoever said a sax would sound better in a wind quintet obviously doesn't understand the role of each of the players in the group. each instrument has a certain affect attached to it. guy with saxophone in your screen name, here's news for you: no one thinks of 18th century hunting parties when the sax is played. hell, it wasn't even invented until after many of the staples of the rep. were written.

[yateslawrence]

2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba would be a brass quintet - they're all brass instruments. 4 horns is a horn quartet - they're all horns. This why I question the title "woodwind" quintet for a group which is not all woodwind, but they are all wind - a wind quintet. I suppose the brass quintet is also made up of all wind but there is obviously a more specific common feature.

[doogix]

NY phil is premiering Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto written for Kari Kriikku Feb. 13. Who's goin!?!?

[doogix]

I can't wait to hear it!

[mutualism]

They're playing in Austin in two weeks :)

[harshmistress]

Which composer are they playing? What is the name of this music piece?

[alexsandstrom1]

sounds like mozart, right?

does anyone know?

[oboeguy01]

first part might be Reicha , second is Mozart Adagio + Fuge f minor KV 618 .

[tim3929]

It is one of Reicha's quintets, but I can't remember which one.

[mrepiso]

@tim3929

No It´s one of Danzi´s Quintet. 68 Nº2

;D

[tim3929]

@mrepiso It is ten years since last I played horn in quintets, and I enjoyed both Reicha and Danzi - thanks for putting me right.

[oboeguy01]

sorry ,correct original title should be "fantasie für Orgelwalze (Mechanic Organ) F-moll" kv 608, often performed by Woodwindquntett or organ, you will find a few recordings on youtube, I suppose. Good luck !

[jasperleeabc]

what piece is this?

[duff1018]

LOVE THE OBOE!!!!!! :D

[saxophone016]

well for all to know the alto sax or any other sax came after the french horn and was later on replaced , but i have to say it does sound better with the french horn.

[matrix1]

what composer are they playing?

[b2r1o0o6k8e8]

Do not EVER replace horn with alto saxophone!

[Katiebugggie]

@b2r1o0o6k8e8 exactly. tenor sax is fine....but alto....ehh

[thespeakerisloud]

The horn does belong in woodwind quintet but can be replaced with alto sax

[rugbyplayer9999]

The alto sax (or any sax) doesn't even belong within miles of an orchestra, nevermind a woodwind quintet.

[Shawnifer07]

That is a complete lie. There are MANY works written for orchestra that include saxophone.

[rugbyplayer9999]

I know. But saxophonhes are not "standard" orchestral equipment. They have to be "invited" to play with an orchestra. If you go online and try to find the principle saxophone player for--say-- the New York Philharmonic, you would not be able to: He doesn't exist.

[bene951]

It's not a "lie"... the saxophone is most certainly not a standard orchestral instrument. There are, of course, quite a few works that include it, like Pictures at an Exhibition, Rachmaninoff Symphonic dances, the Suite to West Side Story, Bolero, etc. It is accurate to say it is not standard because the vast majority of orchestral pieces do not include saxophone. My estimate would be that for certain over 99% of orchestral pieces do not have saxophone. Not hating on it, just stating the facts.

[Rodier1128]

IDK why you got thumbs down - its true!

Saxophone doesn't blend well with strings, its truth, but saying its not written in orchestra scores is like saying bongos, guitar and alto flute aren't.

[drifteromega]

@Rodier1128

It's not the truth that Saxophone doesn't blend well with strings. Just because some or most saxophone players can't blend well with strings or other instruments doesn't mean that the saxophone itself cannot blend well. Many of the problems you might be familiar with are due to mouthpiece choices among other reasons.

[barimusicman]

@drifteromega exactly. i think a bari sax can blend very well if played properly.

[barimusicman]

@Rodier1128

[flutendancelover]

as many people have mentioned, the horn is NOT both a woodwind and a brass, but rather is included in the woodwind quintet (aka wind quintet) because it blends in well with the other instruments, and also because it serves as a sort of "base" to the music with its lower range and rich sound to balance the higher, somewhat "thinner" tones of the woodwind instruments

[Marcu5r0xs0x]

actually, the bassoon provides most of the bass in Woodwind Quintet quintet repertoire. The horn generally serves as the alto voice.

[flutendancelover]

cool thanks =)

[lyconthrop]

is horn a wind instrument?

[clintonfiske4prez]

Yes...how do you think you play it?

[Qcksil073]

Yes a wind instrument, though not a WOODwind.You'll have to learn some music history to know why it's included.

[yateslawrence]

It's only in America that this type of ensemble is called a "woodwind quintet" - everywhere else it's a "wind quintet", which, given that there's a horn there, is a little more accurate don't you think?

[weetjin]

no in Singapore it is also called a woodwind quintet. By the way if i am not wrong the french horn is also a woodwind and brass instument.

[yateslawrence]

Thank you - I didn't realise that.

The horn is a brass instrument but, since it blends well with woodwind instruments, is often used in conjunction with them. (It's often used in conjuction with string instruments too - it's very useful at adding "body" to a score)

[rugbyplayer9999]

Not only does it blend well, as you said, but it also is simply traditional. The first brass instrument to appear regulary with an orchestra was the horn and for more or less than a hundred years, the "wind" section of the orchestra consisted of oboes, bassons, clarinets, flutes, and, of course, horns.

[ccruz996]

It's not a woodwind instrument, but it's included in Wind Quintets because it blends so well with woodwinds.

[weetjin]

it is a woodwind and brass.

[rugbyplayer9999]

The Horn has a mouthpiece into which the player "buzzes", making it a brass instrument. Woodwind instruments have either a single reed (clarinet), or double reed (oboe, bassoon) except for flute (which doesn't have a reed and is classified as an "edge-blown" aerophone).

[nitsuaninja]

no, but its usually used for woodwind ensembles.

[635Passworte]

^^ ur right,its brass,but u need it!it fits!

[aztec11]

It's an everything instrument! -D It's really a brass, but it's used in almost every lil classical chamber-like group.

[duhreeldeal]

whats a oboe?

[piccguy94]

It's only one of the most beautiful instruments in the world next to flute and piccolo ;D

Oboe the instrument that the man in the white shirt is playing. He's very talented.

[Qcksil073]

Look up double reeds (i.e. oboe and bassoon)

[music4dude]

berlin, hands down, is simply the best.

[instrumentgenius1]

Detroit Symphony Orchestra all the way!!

I'm seeing them tomorrow!!!

[music4dude]

i dont know, the BPO might have them outdone, but then again i've never heard them so i couldn't say. haha

regardless of that, enjoy the performance!

what are they performing?

[instrumentgenius1]

carl orff's carmina bruana

and betthovens 5th piano concerto

[jkjimmy]

i live in detroit, and as much as i love my home...berlin, hands down, is simply the best.

[tmriemocutie]

wow! (O.O) amazing! i play all but f horn. that's really good.

[internationalcp]

That oboeist is insanely amazing! Man, I could only wish to be that awesome!

[joethemusician]

i think you and just about everyone else in the world are thinking the same thing. i sure know I am.

[Tylersaysjump]

Jesus H. Christ in a cardigan, the oboist is amazing. I give you your well-deserved propers, Mr. Andreas Wittmann.

[jonny7classics]

Trully outstanding, amazing,.thanks

[danmcglaun]

I saw them on this 2007 tour in Muncie IN and Detroit MI. They were phenomenal. No one else compares. See them the next time you can.

[danielspyle]

Correction - it is only the Mozart starting at about 1:03"

[legoemanuel]

Yes!

The first is Danzi's wind quintet, op. 68 n. 2 in F major.

[danielspyle]

This is a WW-quintet arrangement of Mozart's Fantasie in F minor, K. 608, originally for a barrel-organ, also existing from his time arranged for piano 4-hands, and usually played now as a solo organ piece.

[darkcinderellaisabel]

this is not a rehearsal. This is amazing.

[Geniusmu09]

as stupid as i feel.... what piece is this?

[Philimusical]

You call this a rehearsal. LOL I CALL THIS A PERFORMANCE

[crzy4lotr]

it is a rehearsal. they need to play like performance level in order to hear wat it sounds like in the hall so they can adjust

[HelveteKeiser]

their not dreesed up!

:P

[PuffsPlusWithLotion]

(they're in rehearsal, that's also why no one clapped at the end)

[tyrroow]

very good but i would like to hear the hold music.

[momanace]

Sorry I don't have the whole piece. I recorded this during a "rehearsal" for a concert they were to play that evening. They were only play "parts" of songs during the rehearsal to get a feel for the venue and the acoustic.

Best,

[Catherine102591]

very good :]

nice sound.