multiple observations regarding something that's slightly unusual
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 7:46 am
Baritone horn solos are fairly rare, compared to euphonium solos. This person plays like an angel. My ears are telling me that this English baritone resonance - even though the bell overall is noticeably smaller - isn't much different from virtuoso American baritone horn players' sound production when they played solos back when I was a boy, and I was able to hear a couple of those players.
I'm also reminded of the challenges of having a wind band or brass band (which - duh - is also a wind band) accompany soloists, and it's just that the trumpets have trouble getting out of the way enough. I've experienced this when I've played various novelty and multi-movement solo works in front of wind bands, and - more recently - when I played a movement (similar to the one this person is playing on her baritone - a legato movement) with a brass ensemble ( a considerably smaller group than a full British brass band). Again, the trumpets and even a piccolo trumpet were covering violin parts, and there's no other phrase to describe what was going on other than "louder than it should have been".
Enjoy her playing:
I'm also reminded of the challenges of having a wind band or brass band (which - duh - is also a wind band) accompany soloists, and it's just that the trumpets have trouble getting out of the way enough. I've experienced this when I've played various novelty and multi-movement solo works in front of wind bands, and - more recently - when I played a movement (similar to the one this person is playing on her baritone - a legato movement) with a brass ensemble ( a considerably smaller group than a full British brass band). Again, the trumpets and even a piccolo trumpet were covering violin parts, and there's no other phrase to describe what was going on other than "louder than it should have been".
Enjoy her playing: