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Margaret Cookhorn

@queencontra

Contrabassoonist & Bassoonist, CBSO

 England, United Kingdom
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Joined May 2016
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We’re so thrilled to be taking part! See you all very soon 😀
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It’s CELEBRATION DAY!! 🎉 here in Snape Maltings with the musicians involved in the @BrittenPears Young Artist Programme. Thank you SO much for this opportunity to work with these amazing people😀
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It’s been a privilege to hear fantastic woodwind players today!!🎶 Thank you ⁦@BBCYoungMus⁩ @queencontra ⁦@RBCWWind⁩ 😀
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What a wonderful few days!!…Thank you @nyaw
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RNCM Alumni@rncmalumni6 Dec 2021
We have amazing Alumni 🙌 Thank you to the incredible @queencontra Chris Craker @Leo_Geyer Rachael Lander @Violarosie @kwilliflute for sharing their brilliant advice & insights at our Artist Development & musicians' wellbeing sessions for @rncmlive students today 🙏@sara_ascenso
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Thank you @RWCMDwoodwind for this wonderful opportunity to work with the bassoon students…thoroughly enjoyable!
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RWCMD Woodwind@RWCMDwoodwind30 Oct 2021
To kick things off, our bassoonists had a wonderful masterclass with principal contrabassoon and bassoon of @TheCBSO ,Margaret Cookhorn @queencontra
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Thoroughly enjoyed this interview!...Thanks @composerbray @queencontra @daffodilmusic @BCMG #IWD2021 @RBCWWind @PRSforMusic
CBSO (@TheCBSO) profile pictureCBSO@TheCBSO10 Mar 2021
Watch Charlotte Bray's full conversation with CBSO Principal Contrabassoon Margaret Cookhorn as they talk about Fanfare for Birmingham here: cbso.co.uk/celebrating-women… @composerbray @queencontra
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Such brilliant playing!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾@BBCRadio3 @classicFM @ScalaRadio @idrsofficial @BBCInTune
CBSO (@TheCBSO) profile pictureCBSO@TheCBSO28 Feb 2021
Happy (kind of) birthday, Rossini! Gioachino #Rossini was born on 29 February 1792, so we’re celebrating today! 🎶 “…Figaro!” 🎶 Watch the full version 👉 youtu.be/VelqXsaKtug Rossini - The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum / Oliver Janes and Nikolaj Henriques
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Thoroughly enjoyed my debut interview with ⁦@WillGompertzBBC⁩ 😀 Tomorrow, @TheCBSO⁩ Centenary Concert!! 🎉 🎉 ⁦@queencontra⁩
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Looking forward to the 2017 ⁦@bbcproms⁩ tonight at 19:05!! Also on this day FIVE years ago today!! Wonderful memories @queencontra @cbso ⁦@andris_nelsons⁩
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To all professionals in the performing arts world, join & post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post an image. #SaveTheArts #LetTheMusicPlay #cbso #queencontra
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So happy to interview our Principal Guest Conductor Kazuki Yamada for @TheCBSO pre concert talk this evening!!
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A wonderful opportunity to hear music by Jörg Widmann, Smokey Robinson, Mahler and much more..😀📻
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (@BCMG) profile pictureBirmingham Contemporary Music Group@BCMG21 Dec 2019
On @BBCR3MusicBot our bassoonist Margret Cookhorn explores a selection of music from Debussys String Quartet to Rachmaninov’s Piano Prelude. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000cb…
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I find myself looking forward to @BBCRadio3 #InsideMusic - 1 PM on Saturdays - so that I can enjoy exploring another person's 'inside music'. This Saturday bassoonist #MargaretCookhorn is displaying a cornucopia of delights! Catch it on @BBCSounds. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ymqf… – at Wales, United Kingdom

BBC Radio 3 - Inside Music

Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician.

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So happy!!!....my programme is on right NOW!! @BBCRadio3 @TandemProUK @BBCSounds @TheCBSO @queencontra
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Can’t wait to share my music choices with you!!
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Absolutely delighted!!!! ..... cannot wait for Saturday 😎
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Isabel Churcher@Isabelchurcher23 Nov 2019
Stunning performances tonight by @TheCBSO . Stravinsky’s Petrushka was incredible. Great piece for @queencontra
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So delighted that my short story ‘Gounod in London’ was aired on Essential Classics!!⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ #TimeTravellers bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bf… ⁦@queencontra⁩
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