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, ...

Robert Lee Watt fell in love with the French horn at an early age. He met a lot of resistance from people who thought his background and his race made a career with the instrument unlikely — but he ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to music that shows off the golden, mellow sunshine of “the cello of the brass section.” In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we ...

Richard Strauss had a life long love of the sound of the French horn, and today we’ll enjoy the Second Concerto performed by Barry Tuckwell. Listen on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

“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 ...

The all-female horn quartet Genghis Barbie performs on The American Sound, 6 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Tuesday on Classical 101. It’s 2009, and the Great Recession is draining bank accounts and ...

Loud music can lead to hearing loss. But it's not just rock musicians and their fans who are at risk. In classical orchestras, horn players are particularly vulnerable to hearing damage from the tunes ...