Weber, Beethoven, Harbison and Strauss - by Robert Kirzinger, narrated by Eleanor McGourty

Summary: Listen to the concert preview for this series! American conductor David Zinman returns to Symphony Hall to lead the world premiere of John Harbison's Symphony No. 6, commissioned as the culmination of the BSO's two-season survey of the composer's symphonies, with mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy as soloist. In addition, Zinman is joined by acclaimed Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes for Beethoven's youthful Piano Concerto No. 1. Carl Maria von Weber's overture to his 1823 "grand-heroic-romantic" opera "Euryanthe" is by turns splendidly swashbuckling and sweetly melodic. The exciting Richard Strauss tone poem "Till Eulenspiegel", about a mischievous rogue, is another great orchestral showpiece.