French Horn Orchestration and Combinations

This video contains real recordings of French horns with winds and brass. Its not an exhaustive list of examples, but I show some interesting combinations (inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov) including examples from Ravel, Holst, Stravinsky and Gil Evans.

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0:00 Intro
0:15 Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
0:22 Holst: The Planets - Venus
0:32 Testing Rimsky-Korsakov's statements
1:41 Real instrument recordings
2:04 The horns qualities
2:37 Horns and wind combinations
4:20 Gil Evans horn and flute textures
5:09 Horn and brass combinations
6:00 Octave doublings
8:15 Multiple French horns
8:51 French horn combinations
10:35 The 'glue' the horn adds
11:07 Gil Evans & Stravinsky textures
13:00 French horns and brass
14:21 Extreme blending

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