Program: Felix Mendelssohn: “Intermezzo, Nocturne, and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61”; Antonin Dvořák: “Romance in F minor for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 11,” “Silent Woods for ...
On the program: Beethoven, Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"). Justin Brown, conductor. Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano; Margaret Jane Wray, mezzo-soprano; Jay ...
The Beethoven 9 as we explore the world of Beethoven through the lens of his symphonies with renowned classical biographer Jan Swafford. Each month is dedicated to a different symphony. Each week ...
Discovering Music. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8. Audio, 20 minutesDiscovering Music Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's most playful symphony ...
After the pulsating Seventh Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven gave audiences something very different. The lighthearted Symphony No. 8 looks back to a simpler time in European life with music full of ...
It’s a puzzle, isn’t it, this symphony? When we think of Beethoven, we always think of music with great depth and profundity. So is it really possible that, after his Seventh Symphony and before his ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Price once wrote in a letter to conductor Serge Koussevitzky, "To begin with I ...
Exclusive concert recordings with the recently-deceased maestro and the Dresden Philharmonic, as download or on-demand audio stream. Tension and release: Beethoven's symphonies follow a certain ...
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto Symphony No. 8 in ...
Beethoven conceived his Eighth Symphony at the same time as his Seventh, focusing on the former during the summer of 1812. The Eighth, part of the third period of his career, continued his trend of ...
The musical jokes and light-hearted character of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony provide an irresistible contrast with the heroic and tempestuous symphonic works that precede and follow it. Beethoven ...