The violist Clifton Harrison has let it be known he is leaving the Kreutzer Quartet in a couple of weeks. He has been with the much-recorded group for just under ten years.
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Gypsy Melodies (La dolce volta) **** I am not sure if the title of this album is even legal in Britain and the US. These days we refer […]
Best known for his opera Der Vampyr (he was a leading composer in the period between Weber and Wagner), Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861). He was well travelled though Europe before he arrived in Dresden by […]
Penn State School of Music has recruited two more unhappy teachers from the troubled Cleveland Institute of Music. Dr Scott Hanenberg, a Canadian, is to be Assistant Professor of Music. His wife, Dr. Caitlin Martinkus, […]