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, ...

Not just any music, mind. The arrangement they will be performing is the opening of the Ring cycle, the hauntingly atmospheric chorale which mimics the sound of the flowing river in Das Rheingold. The ...

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 ...

“Currently it looks as though from attendees only we’ll have at least 150,” says Roger Montgomery, the chairman of the British Horn Society which this year is holding its annual festival in Covent ...