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 ...

Maybe all you know about trombones is that there was a song about 76 of them in “The Music Man,” or maybe you know that the trombone has a rich history in classical music as well, and has been a ...

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 ...

Transcription is an art. It’s not just playing something written for one instrument on a different instrument, it’s finding new ways to draw out nuances in the composer's language. Clara Schumann’s ...

Russ Peterson says he began composing classical music for the saxophone because there simply wasn't enough. "We don't have this depth of literature," Peterson, 34, says. "We've got some good music, ...

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.

Nathan Ukens has been making a firm impression as the Santa Fe Symphony’s principal hornist since acceding to that position in July 2014. Last Sunday, April 23, he confirmed his merit by appearing as ...

You pick and choose the bands you play with now, don't you? To a certain extent. You have to specialise, and it wouldn't have been appropriate for me to attempt to play Mahler 5 with a big symphony ...

Robert Lee Watt, the first black French horn player to join a major U.S. symphony, spent 37 years with the LA Philharmonic. He faced a lot of... 'The Black Horn': Blowing Past Classical Music's Color ...

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 ...