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One-word interview: Paul Cott, horn

To mark the beginning of our new season we’ll be publishing probing interviews with our players over the next few days.

Paul Cott (photo: Belinda Lawley)
Photo: Belinda Lawley

In one word only…

How would you describe yourself?
Undecided

What do you love most about music?
Unexplainables

Which body part could you stand to lose?
Fingernail

What’s the best advice you can offer another musician?
Listen

What does the Berkeley Ensemble mean to you?
Plans

Where in the world would you like to be right now?
There

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘extraordinary’?
Unusual

What is your favourite word?
Correspondingly

Train, plane or automobile?
Train

What is your favourite key?
D flat (strictly speaking that’s two words but I won’t stoop to using a lower-case b and pretend it’s a flat sign)

Who composed the last piece you played/practised?
Cherubini

Who do you most admire?
Schuller

What is your preferred post-concert drink?
Wine

Pick a note, any note…
Parp!

 

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