March 2015

To start this week, a link that got posted on one of the harp email lists I’m on (hat-tip to Janis) – “Musical Migrants” about musical emigrants from the Val d’Agri (Italy).  Tons of pictures of harps and a fascinating read: http://www.youblisher.com/p/813853-Italian-Historical-Society-Journal-Musical-migrants Then, I saw this come by on my facebook feed – pretty funny […]

One of my favourite moments at the World Harp Congress in 2011 was listening to Sylvain Blassel give a spellbind performance of the entire Bach Goldberg Variations.  Here’s a video of him playing a portion of it: (You can buy his recording of the entire Variations on iTunes) Just played the harp part in Elgar’s

It’s International Women’s Day today!  Here’s a fascinating look at the gender makeup of the “top 20” US orchestras.  Last week I posted a link to an interview with 100 year old former MET harpist, Reinhardt Elster.  In the interview there’s a passing reference to the fact that back when he was hired orchestras were

To lead off with this week, a link that came up on both my facebook feed and one of the harp email lists I’m a part of – an article about 100 year old former MET harpist, Reinhardt Elster. And then, speaking of harpists from an earlier era, here’s a video from 1963 of Marie-Claire