Introducing Mozart's Horn - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Principal Horn Roger Montgomery looks at the instrument that would have been used to perform Mozart's horn concertos.

"It was possible by moving the hand around in the bell to open up the middle register of the horn which it something that hadn't been done before."

Roger Montgomery, Principal Horn

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Introducing Mozart’s Horn

Friday 19 July 2019

Principal Horn Roger Montgomery looks at the instrument that would have been used to perform Mozart's horn concertos.

"It was possible by moving the hand around in the bell to open up the middle register of the horn which it something that hadn't been done before."

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