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
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
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.
