How Do You Take Your Horn, French or Natural? Actually, the jury is still out on which type of horn Brahms preferred for his beautiful trio, which was premiered in Zurich on Nov. 28, 1865.

The French horn is so versatile. Heroic, romantic, scary, mysterious — you name it, the horn can play that part. And it’s a sociable instrument: We love to play together.

Sounding a horn-like instrument inside the cave with good acoustics likely produced a powerful feeling. “Marsoulas is a small cave and this is a very large conch,” Conkey says.