Series: classical masters — Theme: One night of refused and rebuilt music: the symphony its composer abandoned and re-composed twelve years on, the ballad he destroyed and history reassembled from the parts, the tone poem written by a deaf man on a Hussite war hymn, the Partita whose aleatoric panels its composer entrusted to the players, and a concerto that carries a name scholars invented out of a misread dedication. Duration: 2h00m · 13 tracks, fully programmed and narrated on wobuzz radio.
One night of refused and rebuilt music: the symphony its composer abandoned and re-composed twelve years on, the ballad he destroyed and history reassembled from the parts, the tone poem written by a deaf man on a Hussite war hymn, the Partita whose aleatoric panels its composer entrusted to the players, and a concerto that carries a name scholars invented out of a misread dedication. Bookending the programme, La Scala 1831: Bellini's Norma, overture announced day