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
The English horn issued a plaintive, simple melody, as if trying to evoke older memories of a nearly forgotten time.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
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
Copland’s wistful, slightly restless “Quiet City” was perfect for this time in New York City, and the performance featured alluring solo playing from Christopher Martin on trumpet and Ryan Roberts on English horn.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021
It was not exactly the cor Anglais or English horn, a modern instrument of the same pitch which is bent like it, and of similar compass, a fifth below the usual oboe.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
