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| Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1813 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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LenoxCopland Appalachian Spring, Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and Rountree For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)
Rountree, Copland, Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Unknown; Martha Graham Dance Company
LondonSwedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque
Mühlrad, Ek, Göran and Martin Fröst, Beethoven
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Martin Fröst
AmsterdamUkrainian Freedom Orchestra: Beethoven 7 and Mahler
Frolyak, Mahler, Beethoven
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra; Keri-Lynn Wilson; Julia Kleiter
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Airborne: Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil fly at the BBC Proms
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic achieve lift-off in Beethoven – just – but miss the landing in Gabriela Ortiz's political drama.
A starry night for Itzhak Perlman at Blossom Music Festival
An evening with the Cleveland Orchestra shows the virtuoso violinist in fine form both as a player and a Beethoven devotee on the podium.
Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall
The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall.
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StockholmBeethoven's Symphony no. 7
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Jean-Christophe Spinosi
VersaillesSymphonie n°7 "Apothéose de la Danse"
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Les Siècles; François-Xavier Roth
LondonChineke! and Tai Murray
Coleridge-Taylor, Bruch, Beethoven
Chineke! Orchestra; Fawzi Haimor; Tai Murray
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