This week's program features performances of two masterpieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, given at Interlochen Arts Camp during the summer of 2023.
During week 1 of camp, the World Youth Symphony Orchestra musicians performed Beethoven's Symphony no. 5.
Then, near the end of camp, the 16 musicians from the Advanced String Quartet program visited Interlochen Public Radio's Studio A to record Beethoven's quartet no. 11 "Serioso."
Music heard in this episode (all recordings from July 2023)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 5
JoAnn Falletta conducting the World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet no. 11 "Serioso"
Advanced String Quartets (Lenny Schranze, director)
The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, generous support from our listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
The recordings on this week's program were engineered by Michael Culler and Spencer Soule.
