Herbert Howells’ wrote a relatively small but important body of chamber music, mainly dating from his early maturity, circa 1916–1923, notably his Piano Quartet, the Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and strings, the Phantasy Quartet. His […]
The violinist Pekka Kuusisto has made known the death of his father today. Ilkka Kuusisto, a hugely versatile influence in Finnish music, was 91 years old. He composed 18 operas, of which the The Moomin […]
The general director of the Orchestre philharmonique du Québec, Jean-Marc Léveillé, left the organisation this month, citing ‘irreconcilable divergences between the general management and the artistic director, Alexandre Da Costa’. One of Léveillé’s supporters speaks […]