Our Principal Flute Lisa Beznosiuk talks about the flute parts in Mahler, Liszt, and Wagner, and the difference between the cylindrical and conical flute.

Martin Lawrence talks about the horn parts in Mahler, Liszt, and Wagner, and the difference between the natural and valved horn.

Trombone Philip Dale talks about the trombone used in Bruckner and explores the types of instrument that were used before then.

We slipped in to film piano tuner and restorer Sjoerd Heijda as he prepared the 1943 Streicher piano.

Principal Oboe Daniel Bates discusses his love for Mahler and the starring role it provides for oboe players.

Principal Flute Lisa Beznosiuk shows us her simple system conical flute which is used in Bruckner's 6th Symphony.

Violinist, Henrietta Wayne, gives us an insight into the history of the violin bow, from the 1500s to today.

John Elliot introduces a relatively rarely seen instrument, the Ophicleide, and talks about its role in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

Horn player Martin Lawrence demonstrates how to make a working horn using just a hosepipe and a few other household bits.

Sigiswald Kuijken talks about and demonstrates the now 'extinct' Violoncello da Spalla (essentially a cello played under one's chin).