The recently retired music director of the Vancouver Symphony is taking charge of the Rhode Island Philharmonic.

Tovey, 65, is also principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. More here.

William Welter will become Principal Oboe of the CSO, starting Monday. He has previously guested with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York Philharmonic and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

For the troubled history of the Chicago oboe seat see here.

As the investigation into WilliamPreucil continues, another case comes to light.

Message from the orchestra:

CLEVELAND, September 15, 2018, 1:30PM – The Cleveland Orchestra announced today that it has suspended principal trombone Massimo La Rosa as part of an ongoing independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.

Following a report that surfaced in July detailing allegations against concertmaster William Preucil the Orchestra suspended Mr. Preucil, and the Board of Trustees established a special committee to oversee the Orchestra’s investigation and response. In August, the special committee announced that it had retained the New York law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton LLP to conduct a full independent investigation of sexual misconduct and related issues within the Orchestra. That investigation is ongoing, and Debevoise is working diligently to complete the process while also being as thorough as possible. Mr. Preucil remains on suspension.

Members of the special committee include board members David J. Hooker, former managing partner of Thompson Hine LLP; Alexander Cutler, former chair and chief executive of Eaton Corporation; Stephen Hoffman, president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland; Loretta J. Mester, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; and Beth E. Mooney, chairwoman and chief executive of KeyCorp.

David J. Hooker said, “We are committed to conducting a thorough and extensive review to make sure The Cleveland Orchestra is able to provide a safe, professional work environment. There is nothing more important for our musicians and our staff than an environment where they can perform their duties without harassment or abuse. We are proud to be regarded as one of the world’s great orchestras, and we want our all of our musicians and staff to be just as proud of how we treat one another and conduct ourselves as an organization. ”

Tim Tate, author of Hitler’s British Traitors, has a fabulous story of a Hitler-friendly musicologist who was being tracked by the secret services.

Evidence that Dr. Leigh Vaughan-Henry, a celebrated musicologist, conductor and ardent anti-Semite, had created a substantial organisation to lead this revolution is held in an otherwise obscure Treasury Solicitors’ file, open for inspection at the National Archives in Kew. It contains extracts of reports from undercover MI5 agents who penetrated Vaughan-Henry’s innermost circles; these show that the self-proclaimed “Leader” was getting ready to replace the elected government with a pro-Hitler puppet régime just as soon as German troops landed in Britain.

To ensure the coup’s success, he was planning the “intimidation of certain people by threat and possible action against their wives and children; bumping off certain people (this to be organized with great care.”

Read on here.