Beauty, peace, belonging, bliss.ĭennis Brain, considered to be probably the greatest French Horn virtuoso ever, was a pioneer of making this instrument known to the world through his recordings of the Mozart and Strauss Horn Concerti as well as a hauntingly beautiful recording of Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, with the divine tenor voice of Peter Peers. Nowadays I wonder what could possibly have attracted a 7 year old to remain in a garden for so many hours, and upon recollection, it seems to me that I had my first experience of God. Looking back, I think this was another experience of transcendence, the first having come, also unrecognized, at the age of 7 when traveling around on my own, hopping from streetcar to streetcar, and came into a residential area where turning a corner I found the most exquisite garden for the rest of the afternoon I stayed entranced in that magical place. The beauty of the sound, especially when a whole section of French Horns were playing together harmoniously, was totally beyond words. I had every record (remember this was in the 50’s) with a French Horn on it or in it, be it jazz, classical, blues or pop and the local music store man knew to put aside anything with a French Horn, either on the cover or in the music.
As I entered teenage-hood, my awakening hormones, desire, love, passion, idealism and a very active fantasy life all came together, finding their expression through the mouthpiece into 12 feet of vibrating, coiled brass tubing.
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