Harold In Italy: Berlioz, Paganini and Henry Hill’s “incomparable” Barak Norman viola.
For lucky owners of Barak Norman’s violas there is the tantalising possibility that theirs was the one celebrated by Berlioz after the first London performance of Harold in Italy. One instrument in particular may shed light on Henry Hill’s fabled 1848 performance. Harold in Italy has spiritual connections with England because it is based on a set of poems […]
