I don't believe that anyone in the Vienna Philharmonic uses a triple horn. A double horn; perhaps for the extreme pieces such as Sinfonia Domestica and such maybe. Hans would know. I DO know that Gottfried von Freiberg played a Paxman F/F-Alto descant on the last recording he made (Midsummer Night's Dream) with Pierre Monteaux. He also used the same horn for a recording of the Weber Concertino.
I have also heard of Wolfgang Tomboeck using an Alex F/F-alto when performing long call in concert. However, for the most part; the single F Pumpenhorn is the most widely used instrument in the Vienna Philharmonic. Also, in the Vienna philharmonic; Viennese oboes, rotary trumpets, and goat skin timpani are used - all of that comes together to form the sound that we know and love from the VPO. Paul Rincon On 12/29/05, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marc Gelfo wrote: > > > > Also, I'm curious how they pull of things like the low E in the 4th > > mvt > > of Shostakovich 5, which cannot be played on F horn (I guess maybe > > sort > > of you could bend down pedal F# with F123, but that would be > > treacherous to attack an out-of-the-blue piano low E with that > > fingering) > > > > Anybody know more about this? > > No, but don't forget the right hand can be used to affect pitch as well. > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/parsifal560sec%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
