May 13, 2019

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Today we heard part of a ballet by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. “The Three-Cornered Hat” premiered in London in 1919, and this morning’s recording, from the 1980s, was by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The performance was led by Philadelphia’s Music Director of that time who these days has the same job with the Chicago Symphony. Who is he?