The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard / on the ...

The oboe player is sometimes asked to play the cor anglais (literally: "English Horn"). This instruments is very similar to the oboe but lower and mellower.

And then I landed the sub-principal oboe job in the BBC Phil job sitting between Marios Argiros and Gill Callow, which was a total dream come true- I learned so much about orchestral playing and ...

Hannigan’s warm tone and eloquent expressivity will be much missed. “Playing principal oboe in an orchestra truly is a ...