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On this date in 1813, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was played for the first time in Vienna. The occasion was a benefit concert in honor of the Austrian and Bavarian soldiers who had died fighting Napoleon, with the concert's proceeds donated to their widows and orphans. At its first rehearsal,...Episode details...
On today's date in 1842, an orchestra of 63 players performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 at the first concert of the Philharmonic Society of New York. This 1842 performance of Beethoven's Fifth occurred 34 years after the work's premiere in Vienna in 1808.
One early and avid Philharmonic Society...Episode details...
Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero's family emigrated from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, where he began his musical journey as an percussionist with the Costa Rican Youth Symphony. On today's show, Guerrero conducts the Nashville Symphony in a performance of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. Nick Canellakis guest hosts.
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Hear pianist and composer Michael Tilson Thomas in conversation with Terry Gross. The music director of the San Francisco Symphony will receive a Kennedy Center award for lifetime artistic achievement on Dec. 8.
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the American composer and pianist Dave Brubeck. Born in Concord, California on December 6th, 1920, Dave Brubeck would become one of the most famous jazz performers of our timeāand one of the most successful at fusing elements of jazz and classical...Episode details...