Alan Civil
Born: 13th June 1929, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Died: 19th March 1989, Lambeth, London, England
Nationality: British
Alan Civil OBE was a British horn player.
Civil began to play the horn at a young age, and joined the famous Royal Artillery Band and Orchestra at Woolwich, while still in his teens. He studied the instrument under Aubrey Brain, father of Dennis Brain.
Civil was engaged by Thomas Beecham to play second horn to Dennis Brain in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and when Brain left for the Philharmonia, Civil took over leadership of the section. In 1955, Civil joined the Philharmonia himself, becoming principal horn player when Brain died in a car crash in 1957.
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Mozart: Piano & Wind Quintet / Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintet
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Alan Civil (horn), Terence Macdonagh (oboe), Jack Brymer (clarinet) London Wind Soloists
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Strauss - Horn Concerto & Eine Alpensinfonie
Alan Civil (horn) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
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Richard Adeney, Alan Civil, Janet Hilton, Gordon Hunt, John Wallace & Ronald Thomas Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar
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Alan Civil (horn), Neil Black (oboe) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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