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American Works: Ives, Paine, Thomson, and Schuman

April 24, 2020, 9:00 pm

Virgil Thomson

A survey of American symphonic masterworks.

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Ives: Three Places in New England
Kurt Masur, conductor

Paine: Symphony No. 1 in C-minor, Op. 23
Zubin Mehta, conductor

Thomson: The Mother of Us All: Suite
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Schuman: Symphony No. 8
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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American Works: Ives, Paine, Thomson, and Schuman

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