 From 1955 until 1958 he played in the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.He was the principal bassoonist in the London Symphony Orchestra (1958–1965), and in the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1965–1982), playing under such conductors as Cantelli, Toscanini, Furtwängler, Monteux, Karajan, Klemperer and Boulez.The composer and cellist Graham Waterhouse is his son.