Key Matters - Series 2 - F Major

In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett explores the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods. For example, why is A major almost always employed by composers to write optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? In this programme, french horn player Roger Montgomery explains why F major is traditionally associated with pastoral and hunting sounds.