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Amazing Alphorn homepage. Listen to Frances Jones playing the Amazing Swiss mountain horn. Bookings for Concerts, Functions, Talks, Corporate Events. Throughout the UK. Lots of pictures. Book an alphorn player to play for you. Functions, background or caberet, recitals, illustrated talks, anywhere in the UK and beyond. Looking for something unique? Look no further.Frances Jones performs on her amazing alphorn at the Aberystwyth Musicfest. ‘The most exciting alphorn player in England’. Highland cattle also respond to the alphorn. Frances Jones performs ‘Alarum for a Warmer World’ composed by Martin Jones on her amazing alphorn at the World Conference on Climate Change. ‘The foremost alphorn player in the UK’. Herdsmen played melodies on their alphorns in the mountains to call the cows together. Frances Jones performs on her amazing alpenhorn at the Exmouth Festival. Huber collected and wrote much music for the alphorn. Frances Jones performs on her amazing cor des alpes at the Hungerford Festival. Traditional alphorn music is called kuhreien. Frances Jones plays with the Brianconneurs group of alphorns in Montgenevre in the French Alps. Abraham Kyburtz illustrates the kuhreien in an etching in one of his prayer books. Frances Jones performs on her amazing corna alpina at the Exmouth Festival. Frances Jones performs alpine melodies on her amazing alphorn at the Exmouth Festival. Daniel Lindtmayer’s etching shows an alphorn being played to cows during milking. Frances Jones performs ancient alpine melodies on her amazing alphorn at the Exmouth Festival. Liszt wrote a number of piano pieces based on alphorn melodies. Animals respond to alpine melodies played on Frances Jones’s amazing alphorn. There is a lovely alphorn melody from the canton of Lucerne. Frances Jones performs the famous alphorn melody from Appenzell on her amazing alphorn at the World Conference on Climate Change. Alphorns recall magnificent Swiss scenery. Frances Jones receives tremendous applause when she performs alpine melodies on her amazing alphorn at the Exmouth Festival. Der Meiringer is one of the most famous alphorn melodies. The audience is spellbound when Frances Jones performs melodies from Switzerland and Austria on her amazing telescopic carbon fibre alphorn made by Zanetti at the Exmouth Festival. Alphorn competitions were held in Muotathal. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn music of the scribe Balbulus with some interesting insight into the transcription on clefs. The Duke of Orleans asked for an alphorn player from Schwyz to work with his cows. Frances Jones arranged the Schonfeld March by Carl Ziehrer to play on her amazing alphorn with Trinity Concert Band. Frances played in Goring on Thames and in a recital in the church at Peppard in South Oxfordshire. ‘The foremost English alphorn player’. An alphorn player from Berkshire. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the traditional alphorn bound with bark. The alphorn is one of Switzerland’s favourite pastoral instruments. Frances Jones performs Leopold Mozart’s alphorn concerto with Dean Sinfonia in Basingstoke, at Norden Farm in Maidenhead and with Henley Symphony Orchestra. The Christmas Pastorella often used the alphorn. Frances Jones performs on her amazing alphorn at many venues in Berkshire. Alphorn music survives from the Pilatusberg. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn music given to the clarinet, oboe and French horn by Beethoven. A London based alphorn player. The alphorn is played to lead the cows to the summer pastures. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn music used by Berlioz. Praetorius describes the alphorn in Syntagma Musicum. In Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn she plays traditional alphorn music from Bern. Cow processions were led by the playing of the alphorn. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn music found in Rhaw’s Bicinia Gallica. Alphorn music appears in Strauss’s Don Quixote. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn demonstrates how different notes are obtained just by blowing. Alphorn-style music appears in Raff’s Symphony No 7 ‘In the Alps’. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the horn shown in the roman mosaics in Boscéaz near Orbe near Yverdon in Switzerland. ‘The most exciting alphorn player in Britain’. Alphorn melodies are called Ranz des Vaches. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn music used by Brahms. Her alphorn is painted by Margaret Rees. The alphorn resonates in the mountains. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the connection with the bugle. Alphorn music survives from the Rigi. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the influence of Calvin on pastoral music in Switzerland. Rossini used an alphorn melody in ‘William Tell’. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the influence of Calvinism on pastoral music in Switzerland. Jean-Jaques Rousseau talks about the alphorn in his Dictionnaire de Musique. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn described the influence of Calvinist doctrine on pastoral music in Switzerland. Schubert’s ‘Shepherd on the Rock’ uses alphorn melodies. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the alphorn melodies from different Swiss cantons. Schumann’s Manfred uses alphorn melodies. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the different Swiss cantonal alphorn melodies. Alphorn competitions were set up at Sennekilbe and Siebnen. Frances Jones plays the alphorn melody quoted in Capeler in her fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn. Leopold Mozart’s ‘Sinfonia Pastorella’ is a typical Christmas pastorella. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes the revival of the alphorn with a competition set up by Niklaus von Mülinen at the festival at the meadow adjacent to Unspunnen castle. The prize of a medal was presented with the engraving ‘In Praise of the Alphorn’. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn explains the importance of the alphorn in Catholic cantons. Strauss uses three alphorns in his score Daphne. Frances Jones performs on her amazing alphorn at many venues in the Chilterns. The alphorn melody from the canton of Valais was written down by Viotti. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital chronicles the music and history of the alphorn. The alphorn in Wales: she performs An Englyn for Frances by Gareth Peredur Churchill on her amazing alphorn at Aberystwyth Musicfest. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes how alphorn music is used by many classical composers. She has played the alphorn in Scotland and all over Britain. Probably the foremost British alphorn player. Frances Jones performs various concertos on her amazing alphorn. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes how alphorn music is used by more than one classical composer. Alphorn music is used in Swiss musical clocks and jewelery boxes. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn describes how alphorn music influences the course of classical music composition. Different sounds can be made from any conical tube using the harmonic series. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated article on the music and history of the alphorn appears in ‘The Consort’ Vol 62, published by the Dolmetsch Foundation. The alphorn evolves from the Roman cornu. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn show how it was used to call the cows. A cow responds to the call of the alphorn. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn refers to the echoes and echo effects in the mountains, demonstrated at the Creux de Vin in Switzerland. The alphorn shape derives from the curve of the tree used to make the instrument. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn explains the hollow, curved shape, from the natural shape of a tree used to make the instrument. There is an alphorn concerto by Daetwyler. ‘The most exciting alphorn player in the UK’. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn explains the devotional music written for the alphorn. Alphorn music survives from the Swiss valley of Eigenthal and the regions of Entlebuch and Interlaken. Frances Jones gives fascinating illustrated recitals on the music and history of the alphorn throughout England. Devotional music incorporating alphorn melodies was written by the monk Ekkehard IV at the monastery of St Gallen. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn includes many historic etchings of the alphorn in Europe. alphorn reading. There is alphorn music quoted in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn includes many historic facsimiles. There is an alphorn concerto by Ferenc Farkas. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn mentions the alphorn music compiled by A L Gassmann. There are references to the alphorn in the work of Conrad Gesner. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn mentions the appearance of an alphorn on an early stained glass window in the canton of Glarus. Wordsworth wrote a sonnet about alphorn music in St Gothard. Frances Jones performs on her amazing alphorn at Goring on Thames. The revival of the alphorn began in Grindelwald. reading alphorn. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn mentions the alphorn music of the canton of Gruyère. Alphorn music is quoted by Grétry in his opera ‘William Tell’. Frances Jones’s fascinating illustrated recital on the music and history of the alphorn mentions the alphorn music quoted by Haydn.

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