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Ludwig van Beethoven: Ceremonial and Humorous

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published November 25, 2013 at 7:37 AM EST
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Conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Ludwig van Beethoven, born in  1770, continues to be explored and rediscovered.  As Susan Lewis reports, on WRTI’s concert broadcast on Sunday, December 1st, 2013, The Philadelphia Orchestra will play a rarely heard overture from 1811, and Beethoven’s 8th symphony, composed the following year. Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducts.

http://youtu.be/vSmzyzEQ6Vk

Fruhbeck112513SLLF.mp3
Listen to Susan's interview with Maestro Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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