a quick analysis of the incredibly poignant yet noble horn solo from the second movement of tchaikovsky's 5th symphony. karajan: • Tchaikovsky: Symphony ...
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@Catherine-classical11 ай бұрын
I’m a horn player, and this excerpt or I should say this entire symphony never gets old for me❤
@Dylonely4211 ай бұрын
It never gets old for any classical music lover…
@klop422811 ай бұрын
I have my issues with the symphony (particularly the ending) but damn is this movement beautiful.
@cjams11511 ай бұрын
How you listened to “And the Mountains Rising Nowhere” by Joe Schwanter? As a fellow Horn player, the horn feature at around the 6:00 minute mark is one of the best ever written.
@cmonclair277 ай бұрын
It never does get old. You can sense a form of remembrance in this excerpt. The 2nd theme of the 6th's final movement also looks back at memories. But while the 5th's has this beautiful serene reverence the 6th's is bitter-sweet and full of longing. Strings.
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
With all due respect. I am not a horn player but fascinated about how some musical artists are able to have their instruments create waves of harmonic sounds that make you forget that there is someone playing 'an instrument". It is that moment that makes me listening to music played by real artists - not the fact that music never gets old. Since it can get old really instantly - if played by somebody who is not able to play an instrument with the same level of professional competency, it was created at by its composer.
@chischilisnez781111 ай бұрын
I always enjoyed performing this solo. I sometimes could do it without tears in my eyes....
@spobicity11 ай бұрын
Well done! The whole of the second movement is absolutely gorgeous and usually reduces me to tears, or at the very least raises the hairs on my arms.
@spobicity11 ай бұрын
Probably the loveliest horn solo ever written. Tchaikovsky is my favourite composer and this is my favourite symphony. Also love the horns in Romeo and Juliet.
@Dan47483411 ай бұрын
Strauss Four Last Songs September
@cinemagraphymahivara200011 ай бұрын
Tchaikovsky is technical composer. Harmony of Mussorgsky, Korsakov and Stravinsky is better
@spobicity11 ай бұрын
@@cinemagraphymahivara2000 not for me.
@visortheinvisioner19610 ай бұрын
@@cinemagraphymahivara2000 Harmonies are subjective like all things in music, love ❤. If you mean in terms of complexity, complexity ≠ quality. That's one primary reason why composers like Mozart who were known for simple harmonies are praised, but praised equally as highly are composers like Ravel, Ellington and Herbie Hancock just to name a few. Furthermore, harmonies also change based on what emotion the composer wants to express, evoke, or create within the listener. 🌸Sincerely, an eye-protector on the internet🌸
@prototropo9 ай бұрын
@@spobicity I agree--harmony, like melody, isn't better or worse. Entire compositional skills may be measured superior--like Bach's- or merely competent--sorry Prokofiev--but preferences are not quantifiable.
@mynameisbill02211 ай бұрын
The brooding string chorale at the beginning perfectly sets the stage for the horn solo. Instant frissons. Like the opening to a fantasy film
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
I wish it did - it is supposed to - but it did not. Don't blame the composer.
@davidlangston69273 ай бұрын
I’m getting to perform this solo for the first time. It is so full of emotion and beauty. I pray I do it justice.
@PuddintameXYZ11 ай бұрын
Honestly, it's that dark opening that does it for me. As a fan of Mvt. I & IV of his 6th Symphony, the opening of this movement pretty well hits the spot
@AndrewKierszenbaum9 ай бұрын
Exactly, and to me Rachmaninoff (my favorite and one of the two best composers imo) is one of the best because all his music is as good as that string opening. After the horn solo starts, it starts to get a little goofy (like some other works of Tchaikovsky - not to say bad, just a bit goofy/noodly)
@alanpotter86804 ай бұрын
If you haven't heard of Rach's The Isle of the Dead, then do now. For me it's the darkest, the loneliest, the creepiest and yet the most beautiful piece ever written.
@PuddintameXYZ4 ай бұрын
@@alanpotter8680 Have indeed. Great piece
@BillF19679 ай бұрын
I've heard this melody hundreds of times and it never fails to grab my attention and stir my heart.
@andrewfortmusic11 ай бұрын
Mmm, one of the most incredible horn solos ever written! I'm going to learn this one!
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree - with the emphasis on "written" and not played.
@CqmiliCqt11 ай бұрын
As both a horn and clarinet player I love this so much, it always brings chills to me whenever I hear it
@JHCMPR7 ай бұрын
im a horn and clarinet player too :D
@michellewij11 ай бұрын
This excerpt is so beautiful 🥺 also awesome job for the harmonic analysis and the comments 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I rarely listen to Tchaikovsky’s music (I only know his piano music tho, like the piano concerto) but knowing this makes me curious and want to listen to him more. Thank you for the video 🙏🏻🙌🏻
@SantiagoGonzalez-sl5lj11 ай бұрын
Just a little recomendation: Suite for orchestra nº3, 1st movement: elegie
@michellewij11 ай бұрын
@@SantiagoGonzalez-sl5lj Whoaa gonna listen to it. Thanks for the recommendation!
@guardsdepot11 ай бұрын
His 4th and 6th symphonies will just blow your mind............................
@joshtheviolinist10 ай бұрын
His violin concerto is his best for me
@fruitbowlproductions732711 ай бұрын
Intro to the solo is so beautiful.
@liamesanchez11 ай бұрын
I'm so thankful that your channel exists - lovely showcasing of some fantastic melodies and exposure to repertoire that I should definitely explore a bit more. Merci bien. God bless you.
@skylarlimex11 ай бұрын
your comment is very kind, thank you so much!
@ney_643011 ай бұрын
This is the first time I watched a video in this channel and I can tell it is going to help me a lot, thank you!(I have to study music analysis)
@willmandelbaum608711 ай бұрын
my favorite part about this is the resolution at the very end where the tonic becomes the flat 6 in F# major
@user-nv2wt4hi8t11 ай бұрын
Gives me hints of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, Elegie. Great content.
@jezt4211 ай бұрын
I never tire of listening to this. 🙂👍
@Wellfitaj11 ай бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@SandroMassarani11 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Great video, thank you very much.
@Benbeenbee11 ай бұрын
Such warmth❤
@hermeticinstrumentalist680411 ай бұрын
I didn't know about this, but it is very cool. Always awesome to learn about the greats.
@willrivers504611 ай бұрын
I'm a trombone player, and I wish we had this excerpt 😢.
@dnarbredlih10 ай бұрын
Sibelius 7 is about the closest we have.
@belgianvanbeethoven11 ай бұрын
I only just figured out this is the melody used for the 30s swing tune 'Moon Love', made famous by Glenn Miller!
@belgianvanbeethoven11 ай бұрын
Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zp18nZqfvLW1fY0.html
@azulyth11 ай бұрын
thats what i was thinking !! as i read the score i thought, isnt this the melody of moon love ? and then the horn played it
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
You confirm what I said above. These masters have influenced almost anybody who is involved in creating and composing music.
@charleskee549511 ай бұрын
i rember playing this on my horn just randomly wile messing around and it was like i know this is a horn solo but from where and now i know
@TheTangojorge11 ай бұрын
beatiful
@lars158811 ай бұрын
I'm a horn player and I wish I had heard this sooner. Thanks for opening my ears lol.
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
And I hope you learned the lesson. This is not how Tchaikovsky composed it - this is how a "musician" plays it.
@zdzislawmeglicki226211 ай бұрын
Tchaikovsky's music is so dancy. Whether it's a piano concerto or a symphony I can't help imagining a ballet when I listen to it.
@teardropShorts7 ай бұрын
masterpiece 😊
@papagen0011 ай бұрын
i also love the long, long horn solo from rossini's otello overture that most people don't know.
@connorskeeters898111 ай бұрын
these are dope!
@JuanRuiz-pb9jn11 ай бұрын
Es un movimiento sereno de la sinfonia 5, tranquilizante.
@karlsengupta71854 ай бұрын
I have loved this passage from the first time I heard it...I love the Fifth in general, along with Tchaikovsky's seldom-discussed _Manfred_ Symphony. Thank you for this.
@skylarlimex4 ай бұрын
I have a small video on Manfred if you're interested
@karlsengupta71854 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I found it while perusing your other videos. It, too, is superbly done, as are all your videos. I'm sorry I didn't explore your material sooner! @@skylarlimex
@itamarbar958011 ай бұрын
The YIPO, an orchestra I left just last year, had just yesterday played that.
@wolf13037 ай бұрын
I need to listen and learn more about Tchaikovsky symphonic works, this is beautiful...
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
Tchaikovsky - together with Beethoven and Mozart and most certainly Bach were the ones who in one way or another influenced almost all the others who were creating music during those times.
@JeffOfTheMountains11 ай бұрын
With me looking to get back into playing the horn after more than 20 years, I figure it's time to at least start listening to some French Horn pieces to help familiarize myself with it.
@robertocozzarin11 ай бұрын
Tutti con la mano sul cuore
@matthiascheah351911 ай бұрын
Strings in D always sounds gut wrenching to me
@isaacvandermerwe74410 ай бұрын
gold
@slevemcdichael37126 ай бұрын
This guys has good taste
@vincentlombardo97978 ай бұрын
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jeppoo111 ай бұрын
The horn melody in the beginning sounds a bit like "Annie's Song"
@skylarlimex11 ай бұрын
never noticed that before!
@echowhisper9911 ай бұрын
@@skylarlimex "Annie's Song" was my first thought when I heard that passage as well! And apparently we're not wrong. Look for an article titled "how Tchaikovsky filled up John Denver's senses." In other words, Annie's Song was, in fact, inspired by (ripped off?) this piece!
@dozin111 ай бұрын
annies song is literally based on this piece.
@SilverAg1110 ай бұрын
My second favorite horn solo as a trombone player. Only after Borodin 2
@TheGymSavant11 ай бұрын
The concert G in the horn at 1:12 is a 4-3 suspension. Excellent video otherwise!
@skylarlimex11 ай бұрын
ah yes thank you!
@jonathanleonard115211 ай бұрын
Did John Denver copy some of the feeling of this for one of his songs? \
@russelldeitch576511 ай бұрын
Annie's Song. I heard that too.
@fuzinator886 ай бұрын
Very nice. Notation in F for the Horn section would be cool
@blscksholz7 ай бұрын
🌟
@12ratsinatrenchcoat48 ай бұрын
I'm teaching myself this solo right now lol
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
Good luck and go easy on your neighbors.
@CamEron-nj5qy4 ай бұрын
Anyone else think the opening sounds exactly like Rach 2, Mvt 2?
@Dylonely4211 ай бұрын
0:46
@invinciblehorizon459911 ай бұрын
Do you think you could make a video explaining chords like IV6 and iiø7 cause I don’t know what they mean
@skylarlimex11 ай бұрын
i'll think about doing that!
@wesleyc.493711 ай бұрын
MORE THAN HARMONIC DETAIL ---- That 12/8 meter is interesting too. None of the beats have been divided into smaller divisions, by sixteenth notes, for example - which makes it impossible for a funk to infect it.
@feliperodrigues55411 ай бұрын
Rachmaninoff 2 piano concerto, 2 mov
@skylarlimex11 ай бұрын
exactly!
@tomrockhill863410 ай бұрын
Brahms 1 piano concerto 2nd movement or Grieg 1 piano concerto 2nd movement 😍 All 3 exquisite!!
@robb65606 ай бұрын
The solo is not over!!!! You stopped the video too early!
@LavaMLG11 ай бұрын
S/o violas
@An-br7hb3 ай бұрын
The second chord is a VI grade. Not IV. There is a C
@skylarlimex3 ай бұрын
You must have mistaken the bass clef with a treble one
@cinemagraphymahivara200011 ай бұрын
Tchaikovschina. Banal note transitions and glissando
@timofeymarkin414211 ай бұрын
How slowly!!!
@philosophicallyspeaking646311 ай бұрын
Too much unredeemed melancholy. Brahms has all the melodic gravitas without Tchaikovsky's unresolved depressive countenance.
@ihaveacoolnickname11 ай бұрын
Disagree. They were different men and Tchaikovsky's music tells the tale of his life exquisitely. Not all sadness is redeemed.
@philosophicallyspeaking646310 ай бұрын
@@ihaveacoolnickname I agree with you, and it 'is', as you say, iconic with regards to Tchaikovsky. That's one of the things that tempers my appetite for too great an allowance of it. Not being of a depressive countenance myself, I don't resonate with Tchaikovsky's almost welcoming resignation, and the indulgence necessary to it. To fight so bravely, as Tchaikovsky elsewhere does, and to concede failure is, for me...a musically disappointing result. It is true that misery loves company, but I broach no purchase for it even recreationally.
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp5 ай бұрын
That's why some prefer Brahms to Tchaikovsky. This has nothing to do with either of these great musical geniuses, but everything with people having different opinions. Which is not limited to music.