Muti Conducts Beethoven & Price

Music Director Riccardo Muti leads works by William Grant Still and Florence Price, the first African American composers to have symphonic works performed by major orchestras. The program begins with Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont and Fourth Symphony, followed by Still’s Mother and Child and Price’s Third Symphony. Rounding out the broadcast, Fritz Reiner conducts Hovhaness’s Mysterious Mountain and Dvořák’s Carnival Overture.