He was a favourite of the Austrian Emperor and the King of Prussia, and performed in quartets with Mozart and Haydn - this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Carl Ditters von ...
A new corner of the globe, Venezuela, has recently flooded classical music with vitality. Edicson Ruiz - who performed Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's Double Bass Concerto No 2 with the Hong Kong ...
Donald Macleod on the life and music of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, a composer whose concertos, operas, string quartets and over 100 symphonies made him a rival to Haydn in the late 18th century.