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

Ryan Roberts, on English horn, played with his usual flawless poetry in small yet meaningful solos, especially near the end.

From New York Times • May 20, 2023

Kathryn Meany Wilson gave a beautiful solo on English horn — tracing the path of a plane through darkness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

We also find music for mysterious English horns; it is written as for clarinets in B flat and reaches heights which are impossible for the instrument we now know as the English horn.

From Musical Memories by Rich, Edwin Gile