The autograph manuscript of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s string quartet in B flat major, Opus 130, has been acquired by the Beethovenhaus in Bonn. It has been rpivately owned and inaccessible for decades.
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Rejkjavik – Hampstead Theatre The first half of Rejkjavik doesn’t happen in Rejkjavik at all but in Hull. This is playwright Richard Bean’s home town and he is deeply committed to its history as the home port of […]
After months of politically stirred speculation, the Bavarian government this morning awarded new contracts to Serge Dorny and Vladimir Jurowski as intendant and GMD of Bavarian State Opera. Dorny, 62, gets five more years, Jurowski, […]
The firm says it is discontinuing Model K, which dates back to 1904. They say pedal technology has improved in the past five years. Read here. The post Steinway scraps upright after 120 years appeared […]
