John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined violinist Gil Shaham and his sister, pianist Orli Shaham, in concert, to perform Johannes Brahms' Horn Trio, one ...

The softly burnished color of a valveless Waldhorn, predecessor to the modern French horn, sheds a gratifying glow over this splendid account of Brahms' Horn Trio Op. 40. The richly textured work ...

Chamber Music on the Fox is spotlighting the French horn in its first concert of the year, featuring works by Beethoven and Brahms. Known for its lush and lyrical tone, the horn will be an integral ...

101 Brahms, J.: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: Vivace ma non troppo / Dora Milanova, Stoika Milanova. Piano,Violin,Horns 102 Brahms, J.: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op ...

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ALL my musical life I’ve had a love affair with the music of the French horn. The instrument itself intrigued and enthralled me as a young lad: “God’s curly-wurly instrument”, I used to call it as a ...

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 ...

Brahms was biased against the newfangled French horn with valves. As a child, he played the old-fashioned valveless horn, called the "Waldhorn." (iStock) ...