Principal Viola Max Mandel chats about Mozart and American composer, Michael Gordon.

Horn player Martin Lawrence tells us about the ghostly sound of the horn in Weber's opera Der Freischütz.

Our Principal Timpanist Adrian Bending shows us his new set of drums, the Schnellar Timpani.

Musicans Daniel Bates (oboe) and Oliver Wilson (viola) talk about pitch as they prepare for a concert involving two different pitches, A=430Hz and A=440Hz.

Violin player Julia Kuhn explores the sticky issue of when and when not to use vibrato.

So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.

Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.

Our performance of Vierdanck's Capriccio for 3 violins at The Night Shift in Shadwell.

Watch our Principal Horn, Roger Montgomery, perform the Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto No.4 on a natural horn at The Night Shift.

For our Beethoven tour with Nicola Benedetti, we did ten concerts in three different countries, ending in Abu Dhabi. We asked our Principal Viola Max Mandel for more Beethoven that you might want to read, watch or listen to next.