Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) wrote his seventh symphony in the midst of Napoleon’s attempts to conquer Europe. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, the work, and its second movement in particular, is a tribute to freedom. Here, the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta, performs:
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On Sunday, June 15th on WRTI, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Weber's Clarinet Concerto, and Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn.
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Listen to more of WRTI's Susan Lewis' conversation with Maestro Christoph von Dohnanyi about Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, written during Napoleon's conquest of Europe.