YouTube Symphony Horn Audition? Mozart 2nd concerto 1st mvt

Vote for me on the YouTube symphony channel if you liked this. This take wasn't submitted to the YouTube Symphony finals. The one that did get into the finals is "Mozart ala Moffat on Horn Video2"

This was my first YouTube video upload ever, so forgive the awful quality (and my favourite jumper). In fact my first video ever and I know nothing about video.
Really not sure about this. Rhythmic glitches, some bad intonation and that low register - well, let's say it has had better days.
And as for that dancing the middle. What was I thinking? It's also 4 secs too long to submit to the YTSO - which I think is a wonderful initiative to touch all kinds of musicians from all over the world - so well done Google.
My apologies to Mozart's spirit, and horn lovers everywhere.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• YTSO
• YouTube Symphony
• horn
• Mozart
• concerto

[dlmonn]

Спасибо! Очень понравилось!

Thanks a lot! I  like it very much! Beautiful sound.

[balthica]

Вы радушны!

[batwomanly]

i like your horn sound very very much. reminded me of the sound that led me to love horn so much.

[balthica]

Thany you very much. Since this first recording, I have been playing around with microphone placement (distance and direction) trying to capture some the magic of a hall or forest in my home. It's not easy. The horn sound is a reflected one.

[goodgates]

Bravossimo! Wonderful! I appreciate to upload this movie for general audiences.

[balthica]

My friend and colleague was solo horn in the Slowakische Philharmonie and it must have been in the sixties. Lovely chap and player.

[muska61]

yes?and wher you played in bratislava?

[balthica]

Cheers mate. Dakujem. PS I used to play with someone from Bratislava (thirty years ago).

[muska61]

Awesome,nice sound and first good mozart in audition!nice job,bravo!

[balthica]

For solos like this, lip trills are preferred. If I'm using just a Bflat horn, I use 1+3 but that's not ideal since the interval is more than a whole tone which sometimes doesn't matter if the band covers it up. As this is just a bog standard double,and I'm a little "exposed" I was lip trilling on 1+2 on the F side, but you could also do it on 1+3 on the F side. BTW,for Mozart, I prefer starting on the upper note but a number of soloists begin on the lower note which I also find easier.