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Interlude: St. Cecilia’s Day

In honor of St. Cecilia’s Day (actually November 22nd), we hear works written in celebration of that day by Britten and Gounod.
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Interlude: Animals

In a program of birds and animals, we hear The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens, and The Birds of Ottorino Respighi.

Brahms & Arriaga

We hear an early and a late work by Brahms, and a symphony by Juan Cris Óstomo de Arriaga.

Interlude: George Gershwin

We celebrate the September 26, 1898 birthday of George Gershwin with a bouquet of historic performances, some of them by Gershwin himself.

Bela Bartok

We hear a program of music written and/or performed by Béla Bartók.