Where did the double bass of today come from? Cecelia Bruggemeyer, a long-time double bass player with us, introduces its baroque ancestor.

Meet the flute that our Principal Lisa Beznosiuk uses for playing Bach, Handel, Rameau and composers like that.

Our Principal Artist John Butt introduces a spectacular bespoke chamber organ, built to recreate the sounds of Handel's era.

Here’s what our horn, Martin Lawrence, wrote about performing Schumann’s Konzertstück for 4 horns.

Here’s what our clarinet, Katherine Spencer (also known as Waffy), wrote about performing Schumann’s Symphony No.3

The fourth episode of our new podcast Bach, the Universe and Everything.

We imagine what would have happened if the famous English composer Edward Elgar had decided to write a self-help book.

Guest oboe Nicholas Daniel introduces us to Léon Goossens' famous oboe.

Here’s what Julia, one of our violin players, wrote about performing Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.

Principal Viola Simone Jandl talks us through her instrument, and what sets it apart from its more lenient modern counterpart.