Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This family needs no fanfare! Brass intruments can fit in anywhere: ...

Or baby Jesus cry, your pick. The last three days a neighbour (child maybe) has been apparently practicing the same 4 or five notes. Either he got one of those plastic Quebec Winter Carnival horns or ...

The French horn. It’s the heart and soul of any symphony orchestra, and writing for it always brought out the best in Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss and so many other great composers. But don’t let ...

Compare for yourself. Here's what the finale of Brahms' Horn Trio sounds like on the natural (valveless) horn. John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined ...

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

What would you do if your goal was to achieve something no one had ever done and which everyone told you was impossible? German musician Felix Klieser found himself in just such a situation; the ...

Look at the BBC Proms poster this year and you'll spot some classical big-hitters - the conductor Sir Simon Rattle and cello superstar Sheku Kanneh Mason. But look closer still and you'll clock a ...