BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY BASH

Curve ball!

As an exercise in deferred gratification and an addendum to that period instrument performance of the Symphony No. 8, by Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century, we’ll hear Franz Liszt’s transcription of the 8th for solo keyboard.

NOW PLAYING: Beethoven/Liszt – Symphony No. 8 in F major (Cyprian Katsaris, piano)

From authenticity to audacity!

Stick around, our concluding Beethoven symphony, the Symphony No. 9 – the beloved “Choral” Symphony – is on its way, in a powerhouse performance that’s bound to make an impression.

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Beethoven’s on our Liszt, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

“Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano” (1840), Josef Danhauser

Standing: Hector Berlioz, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini

Seated: Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Liszt, Marie d’Agoult

Bust: Beethoven