Week of July 28, 2008

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Iván Fischer, conductor
Richard Goode, piano

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Program:
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms (Schönberg, arr): Piano Quartet No. 1

Description:
Sometimes a remodel can completely change a space into something marvelous. In classical music, a young Arnold Schoenberg made an orchestral transcription of a chamber piece by Brahms and created, in effect, the Symphony No. 5 that Brahms never wrote.

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