Leader Margaret Faultless talks about performing Beethoven's Symphony No.8 from the first edition parts.

Horn player Martin Lawrence demonstrates how to make a working horn using just a hosepipe and a few other household bits.

Soprano Julia Doyle and our players perform Fairest Isle by Henry Purcell.

Sigiswald Kuijken talks about and demonstrates the now 'extinct' Violoncello da Spalla (essentially a cello played under one's chin).

Former Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan introduces the baroque bassoon.

The third of four films by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

The final film by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis shows us his Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius cello and chats about Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C which he performed with us at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.

Horn player Martin Lawrence performs Mozart's Horn Quintet on a hosepipe horn, while it crowd-surfs at The Night Shift in Islington.

Violin Huw Daniel reveals some of the ways the baroque instrument is different from the modern one.