Hark, the Trumpet sounds Appalling
This infelicitous Victorian translation of ' Tuba mirum ' supports Bernard Shaw 's only fear of death - that when the last trumpet sounded it might be out of tune. Telemann saw it as a hunting horn, Mozart and Saint-Saens as the trombone, Dvorak, Verdi and Berlioz as full brass. Record requests from the under-20s, introduced by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOS