English horn
Example Sentences
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Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
At some recitals he would switch among English horn, oboe d’amore and traditional oboe.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
Kudos to them all, particularly to the eloquent English horn of Stefan Farkas, whose solo passages added so much to the atmosphere of longing and heartbreak.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Phil celebrated Kraft’s upcoming 80th birthday in 2003 by commissioning a Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra, “The Grand Encounter,” written for the orchestra’s English horn player, Carolyn Hove, and conducted by Salonen.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2022
As we suspected, the lower proves really the principal song as it winds on in the languorous English horn or in the higher reed.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
