SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Opera’
See the complete archive.Siegfried Horn Call – The Back Story to a Famous Horn Solo
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2008, Bruce Hembd
UPDATE: May 5, 2010. YouTube has removed the Bugs Bunny cartoon that features the horn call in F# major. A while ago, I had the pleasure to perform the complete Ring cycle several times with Arizona Opera, with Joe Berger as principal horn. I cannot say enough great things on how amazingly solid Joe is [...]
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