English composer Robert Simpson really loved Beethoven and Carl Nielsen. Hear for yourself, as I share a performance of Simpson’s Symphony No. 4, in celebration of his birthday.
We’ll also mark the anniversaries of the births of composers Marc Blitzstein, John Gardner, George Alexander Macfarren, and Bedřich Smetana, violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, guitarist and composer Celedonio Romero, and conductor and composer Leif Segerstam.
The first round is on me (Gardner’s “Midsummer Ale”). Belly up to the bar, from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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