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Beethoven's eighth symphony

One of the world's great orchestras offers a fascinating interpretation of Beethoven's penultimate symphony. Mariss Jansons leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in concert at their home hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons

Lev Zhurbin: "Bagel on the Malecon"
The Enso String Quartet
The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas

Leo Brouwer: "Lovers Fleeing Through the Valley of Ecos" from "The Black Decameron"
Guitarist Sharon Isbin
Grand Teton Music Festival, Teton Village, Wyoming

"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Susan Liebeskind from Atlanta

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Hour 2

Manuel de Falla: "Ritual Fire Dance"
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra with conductor Charles Dutoit

Peter Tchaikovsky: Impromptu from Eighteen Pieces for Piano, Op. 72
Pianist Irina Ivanitzkaya
Festival Theater, Budapest, Hungary

Wilhelm Stenhammar: Interlude from the cantata, "Sangen"
The HR Symphony Orchestra with conductor Paavo Jarvi
Teatro Nuovo Giovanni, Udine, Italy

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio Sonata in B-flat, Wq 161:2
Trio Virtuosi
Duane Smith Auditorium, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde"
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra with conductor Franz-Paul Decker
Amphitheatre de Lanaudiere, Joliette, Quebec

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