Fantastic Festival
The Horn Player reports in depth on the 25th Anniversary BHS Festival, which included rare UK appearances by BHS President, Barry Tuckwell, as conductor and raconteur.

Broadcasting Pioneers
Chris Larkin, fourth horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, tells the remarkable history of the horn section of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the first (established 1930) broadcasting orchestra in the world.

Happy Camping
Jasper Rees describes an action-packed fortnight at the Kendall Betts Horn camp in New Hampshire, USA.

Deutsch für Hornisten
Peter Holgate contributes a survival guide for playing German horn editions.

The Kruspe spell
John Brownlee relates the powerful effect that Kruspe horns had on his playing career.

Half a Century of Conductors
Pat Strevens dissects two of the top European conductors he encountered in his long horn playing career - Wolfgang Sawallisch and Sir Georg Solti (aka "The Screaming Skull").

Plus comprehensive news, views and reviews from the world of British horn playing.

Fab Four Horns
The Horn Player reveals how four horn players came to play one of the most important solo spots in the Live 8 concert - on stage with Paul McCartney.

Record Century
Norman Macdougall reviews a hundred years of the Vienna horn on record, and profiles the formidable players who contributed.

Vienna horns go home
The Scottish Vienna Horns recently took part in a special invitation concert in Vienna, along with Vienna horn enthusiasts from Japan. Paul Sawbridge survived the trip (especially the hospitality!)

Perfect Fourths
Chris Larkin, fourth horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, explores some more of the pitfalls waiting in the basement of the horn section.

The Search for the Perfect Horn
David Pickles recounts a thirty year odyssey for the 'right' horn.

Half a Century of Conductors
Pat Strevens affectionately recalls some of the extraordinary conductors he encountered in his long horn playing career in several of Britain's top orchestras.

Plus comprehensive news, views and reviews from the world of British horn playing.

Farewell, Ifor
The Horn Player looks back affectionately on the remarkable career of the one-and-only Ifor James.

A First for the LSO
Chris Crawley meets Angela Barnes, recently appointed second horn in the London Symphony Orchestra (and the first woman ever in the horn/brass sections of that orchestra).

Who Wrote Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto?
John Humphries reveals a mystery that puts the Da Vinci Code to shame.

Perfect Fourths
Chris Larkin, fourth horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, continues his series on the often unsung heroes who provide the foundation of the horn section, concentrating this time on the famous fourth horn solo in Beethoven's ninth symphony.

How to Warm Up
Jeff Bryant shows why a decent warm-up pays dividends.

Half a Century of Conductors
Pat Strevens continues his entertaining tales of some of the extraordinary conductors he encountered in his long horn playing career in several of Britain's top orchestras.

Plus comprehensive news, views and reviews from the world of British horn playing.