Taking advantage of the new expressive possibilities opened up by improvements in the design of the clarinet, Mozart created a concerto of exquisite beauty — one of the last works he would ever write.

Listen to the full concert featuring Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and an early work by Michael Tippett.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Barry Tuckwell was one of the world's greatest players of the French horn. He made the notoriously ...

Mozart and his friend Joseph Leutgeb spent a lot of time trying to one-up each other. And it's a good thing they did, because it caused Mozart to write some amazing music for horn. Sergei Nakariakov ...

The concertos for solo horn and orchestra by Mozart fall into this latter category, although not all are as familiar to audiences as (the wrongly numbered) No 4 (K495) of Flanders and Swann "An Ill ...

Sarah Willis has been a horn player with the Berlin Philharmonic since 2001. She was even surprised when she won the audition! "At the end of the audition when everyone came out and congratulated me, ...

We all know Wolfgang was a musical genius and a bit of a joker - and here’s a great example of what he got up to in one of his most famous manuscripts. Joseph Leutgeb was one of the finest horn ...

Brilliant uplifting performances of Mozart's four great concertos. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 18 November 2013. This latest album on the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's own OAE RELEASED ...

Mozart’s fondness for the horn and his love of a good laugh were very much in evidence on Thursday at Jack Singer Concert Hall. The fourth orchestral concert in the Calgary Philharmonic’s continuing ...

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta will perform three masterpieces by Mozart in the beautiful candlelit setting of St Mary Le Strand, London. A hugely appealing programme designed ...

The music Mozart wrote for his horn-playing friend Joseph Leutgeb is still some of the finest music ever written for horn. We feature some of the highlights: the lyrical Horn Quintet, a reconstruction ...