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Classical Weekdays

Monday through Friday, 6 am to 6 pm

Gregg Whiteside, Jack Moore and Jill Pasternak

WRTI brings you the best recordings of works from the vast world of classical music every weekday from 6 am to 6 pm. Chamber music, symphonies, choral works, violin concertos, piano sonatas, and more...engagingly presented with insight and a smile by our knowledgeable hosts.

Playlists are at the bottom of this page.

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March 08, 2013

6:06 AM

SIEGE OF CORINTH Overture (Sinfonia)

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 8005 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

6:17 AM

Soirees Musicales (after Rossini) Op 9

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Composer : Benjamin Britten

Catalog : 87062 CD

Conductor : Patrick Peire

Orchestra : New Flemish Symphony Orchestra

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Label : R. Gailly

6:30 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 2in c

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Composer : Alessandro Scarlatti

Catalog : 45495 CD

Conductor : Fabio Biondi

Orchestra : Europa Galante

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

6:40 AM

Trumpet Concertoin E-Flat

Artist : George Vosburgh, trumpet

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 6509 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : JVC

7:06 AM

Sinfonia in G

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 3171 CD

Conductor : Jeanne Lamon

Orchestra : Tafelmusik

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Label : Analekta

7:15 AM

King Cotton (1895)

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 88115 CD

Conductor : Donald Albright

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

7:18 AM

FIDELIO Overture Op 72

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 4758147 CD

Conductor : Eugen Jochum

Orchestra : Concertgebouw Orch. Amsterdam

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Label : Philips

7:27 AM

Symphony No. 16 in C

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 220540 CD

Conductor : Adam Fischer

Orchestra : Danish Radio Sinfonietta

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Label : Da Capo

7:41 AM

LA VERA COSTANZA Overture

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 572130 CD

Conductor : Kevin Mallon

Orchestra : Toronto Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:52 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 8 in F Op 3

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Composer : Francesco Manfredini

Catalog : 553891 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

8:06 AM

Capriccio Italien Op 45

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 907393 CD

Conductor : Daniele Gatti

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Harm Mundi

8:22 AM

Tarentelle in G Op 33

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Composer : David Popper

Catalog : 495021 CD

Orchestra : Philharmonic Cellists

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Label : Orfeo

8:28 AM

Fantasia on Russian Themes Op 33

Artist : Aaron Rosand, violin

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 5082 CD

Conductor : Louis de Froment

Orchestra : Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

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Label : Vox/MMG

8:41 AM

NORMA Overture (Sinfonia)

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Composer : Vincenzo Bellini

Catalog : 27333 CD

Conductor : Tullio Serafin

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:49 AM

Concerto in G

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Composer : Johann David Heinichen

Catalog : 437549 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:06 AM

Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Op 11

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Composer : Georges Enesco

Catalog : 75179 CD

Conductor : Lawrence Foster

Orchestra : Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orch

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Label : Erato

9:19 AM

Piano Trio in E

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Composer : E. T. A. Hoffmann

Catalog : 999309 CD

Orchestra : Beethoven Trio Ravensburg

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Label : CPO

9:43 AM

Coppelia: Ballet Suite

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Composer : Leo Delibes

Catalog : 75221 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : New Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:00 AM

The Rock Op 7

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 440604 CD

Conductor : Charles Dutoit

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

10:16 AM

Harpsichord Concerto in d

Artist : George Malcolm, harpsichord

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 65733 CD

Conductor : Yehudi Menuhin

Orchestra : Bath Festival Chamber Orch.

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:40 AM

Adagio con Variazioni for cello & orch

Artist : Han-na Chang, cello

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Composer : Ottorino Respighi

Catalog : 57052 CD

Conductor : Leonard Slatkin

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:56 AM

Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Op 61

Artist : Emanuel Ax, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 72554 CD

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Label : RCA/BMG

11:11 AM

Symphony No. 2 in D Op 43

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 1 CD

Conductor : Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

12:06 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D Op 6

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Composer : Archangelo Corelli

Catalog : 31 CD

Conductor : Simon Murphy

Orchestra : New Dutch Academy Chamber Orch

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Label : Pentatone

12:19 PM

Piano Concerto in b Op 4

Artist : Roland Keller, piano

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Composer : Bernhard Stavenhagen

Catalog : 5067 CD

Conductor : Jorg Faerber

Orchestra : Berlin Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Vox/MMG

12:46 PM

Impromptu No. 5 in E Op 7

Artist : David Gross, piano

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Composer : Jan Vaclav Vorisek

Catalog : 3022 CD

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Label : Centaur

12:58 PM

Toman and the Woodnymph Op 49

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Composer : Zdenek Fibich

Catalog : 350951 CD

Conductor : Gerd Albrecht

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Orfeo

1:15 PM

Symphony No. 8 in G Op 88

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 65 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Netherlands Philharmonic Orch

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Label : Pentatone

2:00 PM

Overture in F

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 439892 CD

Conductor : Mikhail Pletnev

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:13 PM

Don Quixote Op 35

Artist : Carlton Cooley, viola

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 47656 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

3:00 PM

Serenade for String Orchestra Op 1

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Composer : Samuel Barber

Catalog : 7206 CD

Conductor : Donald Barra

Orchestra : San Diego Chamber Orchestra

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Label : KOCH Intl.

3:11 PM

Violin Concerto No. 3 in e Op 44

Artist : Philippe Quint, violin

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Composer : Charles Auguste de Beriot

Catalog : 570360 CD

Conductor : Kirk Trevor

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

3:40 PM

Symphonic Poem No. 11: Hunnenschlacht

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 68598 CD

Conductor : Kurt Masur

Orchestra : Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:06 PM

Greek Dances

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Composer : Nikos Skalkottas

Catalog : 877 CD

Conductor : Terence Milligan

Orchestra : U. of Cincinnati Col-Con Wind

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Label : Mark

4:14 PM

Overture No. 1 on Three Greek Themes in g Op 3

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 7001 CD

Conductor : Kenneth Schermerhorn

Orchestra : Hong Kong Philharmonic Orch.

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Label : RecordsInt

4:29 PM

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: Overture

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Composer : Otto Nicolai

Catalog : 48376 CD

Conductor : Carlos Kleiber

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

4:40 PM

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: Horch, die Lerc

Artist : Fritz Wunderlich, tenor

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Composer : Otto Nicolai

Catalog : 75915 CD

Conductor : Robert Heger

Orchestra : Bavarian State Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:47 PM

Hymn for Violin and Orchestra

Artist : Emmy Verhey, violin

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Composer : Alphons Diepenbrock

Catalog : 8821 CD

Conductor : Hans Vonk

Orchestra : Residentie Orkest Den Haag

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Label : Chandos

5:06 PM

PAGLIACCI: Intermezzo

Artist : Ruggiero Leoncavallo, piano

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Composer : Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Catalog : 106188 CD

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Label : Teldec

5:11 PM

PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba

Artist : Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

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Composer : Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Catalog : 10014 CD

Conductor : Leone Magiera

Orchestra : Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

5:16 PM

Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1in D Op 45

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 416623 CD

Conductor : Kurt Masur

Orchestra : Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Label : Philips

5:30 PM

Elegy for cello and orchestra

Artist : Yo Yo Ma, cello

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Composer : John Williams

Catalog : 89670 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Recording Arts Orchestra/LA

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:39 PM

Memoirs of a Geisha: Selections

Artist : Itzhak Perlman, violin

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Composer : John Williams

Catalog : 74708 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:52 PM

My Geisha Suite

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Composer : Franz Waxman

Catalog : 2283 CD

Conductor : Franz Waxman

Orchestra : Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev

5:10 pm

Fri May 10, 2013

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert On WRTI: Two Popular Russian Works!

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden

Credit Amanda Hall Studios

Violinist Juliette Kang

By Gregg Whiteside

This Sunday from 2 to 4 pm, Guest Conductor Jaap van Zweden takes the podium to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-Russian program from mid-April, which offers two major works. Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, inspired by the sights and sounds of Italy, was originally scored for string sextet. We’ll hear it performed in an expanded version for the full strings of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

12:56 am

Tue April 16, 2013

Remembering Colin Davis, A Conductor Beloved Late In Life

Credit George Freston / Getty Images

The late Colin Davis conducting the last night of Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.

By editor

Originally published on Tue April 16, 2013 2:59 am

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

7:57 am

Tue April 9, 2013

Chopin's 'Mad Men' Cameo

Credit Michael Yarish/AMC

Dr. Arnold Rosen (Brian Markinson) and Sylvia Rosen (Linda Cardellini) celebrate New Year's Eve with Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as the sixth season of Mad Men opens.

By Mark Mobley

Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 6:02 pm

Mad Men's music is as important as its plot and costumes. While attention has been lavished on its pop songs, the show's occasional use of classical music has gone largely unrecognized.

Happy Easter!

4:35 pm

Thu March 28, 2013

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

By Jack Moore

Listen to our annual broadcast of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 on Good Friday, March 29th, a few minutes after 12 noon.

The recording features Karl Richter conducting the Munich Bach Orchestra, Munich Bach Choir, and Regensburg Cathedral Choir. Edith Mathis (Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), and Matti Salminen (Bass).

Happy Easter from WRTI!

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

6:36 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Remembering Risë Stevens, A Star Of Opera And Pop Culture

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The late American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens in her signature role as Carmen.

Credit Courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts

The late mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens: opera doyenne and, at her peak, pop-culture star.

By Tom Huizenga and Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 10:59 am

Videos We Love!

2:07 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Watch and Listen: J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

By WRTI Staff

So beautiful! Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244 is performed here under the baton of Enoch Zu Guttenberg, founder of the prestigious Neabeuern Choral Society. Vocalists include: Jard Van Nes, Hermann Prey, Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo, Margaret Marshall, and Aldo Baldin. Listen to the entire St. Matthew Passion on WRTI on Good Friday, March 29th at 12 noon, and in a Philadelphia Orchestra live, concert recording on Sunday, April 28th.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

3:22 pm

Fri March 1, 2013

Marches Madness: John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post'

Credit Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Circa 1910: A program advertising John Philip Sousa and his band.

By Mark Mobley

Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 3:25 pm

Gregg's Classical Thoughts

6:15 am

Tue January 15, 2013

What's So Great About Franz Schubert? Gregg Whiteside Knows...

By Gregg Whiteside

Listen

Gregg describes his awe-filled experience visiting the house where Schubert was born in Vienna.

It's so easy to find oneself attracted to the music of Franz Schubert. His unmatched gift for lyricism makes him so approachable, so comprehensible; and we feel ourselves being pulled into his musical world – in my case, at a very early age. But now, with the wisdom of my years, my appreciation for Schubert has deepened. For lying within this musical world of color and melodic beauty is a powerful undertow of mystery, of light and dark, of profundity beyond the years of a young genius who lived only until the age of 31. January 31st, 2013 marks the 215th anniversary of Schubert's birth - so I thought it was an opportune time to share my thoughts on one of my all-time favorite composers.

From Le Poisson Rouge in NYC!

8:37 am

Mon January 14, 2013

Live Webcast on WRTI.org: Daniel Barenboim & The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Jan. 29 at 8 pm

Don't miss what promises to be a fabulous concert brought to you live from the intimate Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said in 1999, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra brings together young musicians from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt – joined by a number of musicians from Iran, Turkey and Spain – to perform music and promote mutual understanding, non-violence and reconciliation.

This will be a live webcast, right here on WRTI.org, on Tuesday, January 29th at 8 pm. Join us!

In Memoriam

12:17 pm

Wed October 17, 2012

Remembering Three Composers Who All Died At Auschwitz On This Date in 1944

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Composer Viktor Ullmann perished on October 17, 1944

Composer Pavel Haas

Composer Hans Krasa

By Jack Moore

Three of the 20th century's greatest musicians all died on October 17, 1944 - and all at the hands of the Nazis. Czech composers Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, and Hans Krasa all perished at Auschwitz (see videos of their music below); they were all taken there just three days after their final concert together on October 14, 1944 at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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