Dear All, some will remember me from this list, I used to be quite active, but these days I am not doing much Finale related work, so I have become more a silent member. But I am still here, reading the occasional post.
I don't usually use this list to advertise myself, but in this special case I want to make an exception and draw your attention to a Crowd Funding Campaign we are running to record the string quartets of Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) Reissiger was Kapellmeister in Dresden, where he succeeded Carl Maria von Weber in 1826. He is hardly known today, partly because his stage works not the greatest, due to rather poor libretti, and partly probably because Wagner made some rather biased comments about him. Reissiger himself was actually one of Wagner's supporters, it was mostly Reissiger's influence which let to Rienzi and the Flying Dutchman being premiered in Dresden (Rienzi under Reissigers direction and very successful, the Dutchman under Wagner, and originally not a success). Reissiger later supported supported Wagner and performed his music even after Wagner's flight from Dresden. Reissiger wrote 8 (or possibly 9) string quartets, and we are hoping to record all of them in the next years. This time we are planning to record the first two, op. 111 No 1 and 2. We think the music is phantastic! Have a look at the Crowd Funding Site at: http://www.visionbakery.com/reissiger-quartette?ln=en There is an English text further down. Unfortunately our film is only in German - apologies. If you think you can spare a few bugs, we welcome every kind of donation, and perhaps you will find one of our gifts attractive, too. You can use PayPal to donate. Apologies if you object to this kind of self-advertisement. Best wishes from Berlin, Johannes _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
