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Dennis Brain (17 May 1921 – 1 September 1957) was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, playing in its band and orchestra.
Dennis Brain inspired a generation of musicians and music fans alike. Andrew Green traces the meteoric rise and tragic end of the French horn virtuoso.
‘The Siegfried of the horn’ is how Sir Thomas Beecham affectionately dubbed Dennis Brain, the brilliant horn player whose career ended with such cruel suddenness when the car in which he was driving home overnight from the 1957 Edinburgh Festival crashed into a tree on the outskirts of London.
Mozart Horn Concertos / Dennis Brain / Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan. His Master's Voice – ASD 1140 Concerto No.1 In D Major, K.412 A1 First Movement: Allegro A2 Second Movement...
Oct 11, 2009 · Dennis Brain switched from the thinner sweeter sound of the Raoux to the more robust German sound of the Alexander in the early 1950s. In the Royal Academy of Music's display case it has been temporarily displaced by an exhibition of Scottish violins, so I have asked if I can see it.
May 30, 2021 · Rising star horn player Ben Goldscheider discusses his new album exploring the musical legacy of the legendary Dennis Brain, born 100 years ago this May and killed at the age of 36 in a motoring accident.
Sep 2, 2017 · Dennis Brain, the much-loved horn player who died tragically in a motor accident 60 years ago on the morning of 1 September 1957, was a shining example of a quiet, unassuming but supremely gifted musician in a field populated by colourful characters many of whom lacked his modesty, reserve and gentle wit.
DENNIS BRAIN (I92H957) by Benjamin Britten, C.H. Since the war, the horn playing of Dennis Brain has been one of the most familiar, certainly one of the happiest, features of British musical life. No season went by without his superlative performances as soloist in horn concertos.
Dennis Brain. Virtuoso horn players of the calibre of Dennis Brain are rare. He was born in London on 17 May 1921 and taught by his father, Aubrey Brain, also a fine player.
Nov 15, 2012 · Dennis Brain is recognized as perhaps the greatest horn player the world has known. He helped rescue the horn from the obscurity in which it had languished for over a century,...
