Barry Tuckwell

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Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell, OBE, AC (5 March 1931 – 16 January 2020) was an Australian French horn player who spent most of his professional life in the UK and the United States. He is generally considered to have been one of the world's leading horn players. Barry Tuckwell was born on 5 March 1931 in Melbourne, son of Charles Tuckwell, an organist, and his wife Elizabeth. 5 March is known by many as the Horn Duumvirate Date, as it was the birth date of both Tuckwell and Philip Farkas, both highly regarded horn players. He had an older sister, Patricia, a violinist and fashion model widely known as Bambi. She married the photographer Athol Shmith and later George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. After studying the piano, organ and violin as a chorister at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Tuckwell was introduced to the French horn at age 13 and was playing professionally within six months. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Alan Mann, one of Australia's most influential brass players. Tuckwell has said, "The horn chose me. Right from the beginning, it was something I knew I could do." Tuckwell related an anecdote regarding his choice of instrument: sitting in a cafe one day with his sister Patricia, Charles Mackerras and a horn player from the local symphony, Patricia speculated on what Tuckwell's future in music might be. The horn player suggested, "Why not try the horn?" Tuckwell did so and within two years was playing

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The Art Of Barry Tuckwell

French Music for Horn and Piano, Gounod, Dukas, Saint-Sa?ns, Poulen

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Mozart: Horn Concertos

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Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4

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Brahms: Horn Trio / Franck: Violin Sonata

Mozart Collection

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50 Best Mozart

Barry Tuckwell: Horn Concertos

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French Music for Horn and Piano, Gounod, Dukas, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc

Mozart: Horn Concertos / Haydn: Horn Concerto No.1

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