Leader, Harold Fairhurst
Conductor, Richard Austin
Solo harp, Marie Korchinska from the Pavilion, Bournemouth
Johann Baptist Krumpholtz was born near Prague about 1745 and died in 1790.. He studied under his father, who was bandmaster in a French regiment, and when a young man he became famous as a harpist and composer. In 1773 Krumpholtz became a member of Prince Ester-hazy's chapel and during the three years that he remained there he studied composition under Haydn. Krumpholtz finally settled in Paris, where he became one of the leading teachers and virtuosos. His wife was also a harpist, and it is said that she was even a finer player than her husband. Unfortunately, she was unfaithful to Krumpholtz, who drowned himself in the Seine.
4.19 Wotan's Farewell and Fire
Music (Die Walkiire) Wagner