This release, aptly titled “A Duke Moment”, spotlights music originating from Duke University. The Ciompi Quartet, comprised of professors at Duke, play an interesting program of new and recent works for string quartet by composers […]
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has announced the death of Professor David Watkin, a leading cellist and conductor of baroque ensembles. Before taking up the professorship, Watkin was principal cellist of English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre […]
Jessica Duchen’s forthcoming biography of Myra Hess gets all steamed up when it comes to the young pianist’s love for the rising composer Arnold Bax. There were a couple of impediments. Bax had a wife […]