The natural music of the mountain reed Pipes in the liberal air, Mix’d with the sweet bells of the sauntering herd; My soul would drink those echoes. From ‘Manfred’, by George Gordon (Lord) Byron ...

Cor anglais player Alison Teale discusses the skill needed to play Messiaen's Vocalise.

Decades ago, Ripley’s Believe It or Not clued readers in about the English horn. The instrument, it declared, is “neither English nor a horn.” In fact, there’s little agreement about where the name of ...

This musician thought she might never be able to play her instrument again, but then she made it through this heart-wrenching performance of ‘Schindler’s List’. Cor anglais player Davida Scheffers has ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alexandre Oguey and Diana Doherty perform a new arrangement of Bach's Chaconne for solo violin.

In the last year, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed two new musicians to principal positions. Drake Gritton has been appointed as Principal Cor Anglais, a position he’ll take up in ...

- a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch ...

Listen to the various instruments played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.