Beethoven regarded his Seventh Symphony as one of his best works. Its first audience enthusiastically welcomed its rhythmic energy and spontaneity. They also instantly demanded an encore of the second movement, a march-like procession among his most recognizable works.
British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Symphonic Variations on an African Air showcases his vast sense of harmony, color, and scope of instrumentation in his largest purely orchestral work.
Listen to this live broadcast Friday at 10:45 a.m.
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The live Detroit Symphony Orchestra broadcasts are a service of WRCJ and Detroit Public TV, in collaboration with WKAR, WCMU, WMUK and Interlochen Public Radio.
The broadcasts are hosted on site by WRCJ's Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf. Nancy Deneen is the local host.