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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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October 10, 2012

6:06 AM

King Arthur Suite

Artist : Colin Tilney, Harpsichord

Album :

Composer : Henry Purcell

Catalog : 67425 CD

Conductor : Yehudi Menuhin

Orchestra : Bath Festival Chamber Orch.

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Label : Angel/EMI

6:16 AM

Concerto for 2 guitars in G

Artist : Pepe Romero, guitar

Album :

Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 4780192 CD

Conductor : Victor Alessandro

Orchestra : San Antonio Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

6:30 AM

Romance (frag.) for pno, flt, bsn, & orch. in e

Artist : Grigorios Zamparas, piano

Album :

Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 2725 CD

Conductor : Jon Ceander Mitchell

Orchestra : Bohuslav Martinu Philh., Zlin

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Label : Centaur

6:42 AM

Divertimento No. 3 in F

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 9045 CD

Conductor : Yuli Turovsky

Orchestra : I Musici de Montreal

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Label : Chandos

7:06 AM

EURYANTHE Overture Op 81

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Composer : Carl Maria Von Weber

Catalog : 570296 CD

Conductor : Antoni Wit

Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:15 AM

The Beau Ideal

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 1 CD

Conductor : (Colonel) Lowell E. Graham

Orchestra : ACC Heritage of America Band

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Label : USAF

7:19 AM

JOCELYN: Berceuse

Artist :

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Composer : Benjamin Godard

Catalog : 57906 CD

Orchestra : Eroica Trio

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:28 AM

Sinfonia No. 4 in A

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 77187 CD

Conductor : Thomas Hengelbrock

Orchestra : Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

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Label : Deut Harmo

8:06 AM

I VESPRI SICILIANI Overture

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 2 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

8:16 AM

Polacca (Polonaise) Brillante Op 72

Artist : Benjamin Frith, piano

Album :

Composer : Carl Maria Von Weber

Catalog : 550959 CD

Conductor : Proinnsias O Duinn

Orchestra : RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

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Label : Naxos

8:28 AM

Three-Cornered Hat Suite

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Composer : Manuel De Falla

Catalog : 68550 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:43 AM

Symphony in F

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Composer : Georg Christoph Wagenseil

Catalog : 777112 CD

Conductor : Johannes Goritzki

Orchestra : Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

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Label : CPO

8:51 AM

Concerto for Three Violins in F

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 413788 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:06 AM

Variations for Piano and Orchestra

Artist : Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 1090 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Orch. Sinf. di Milano G. Verdi

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Label : London/Dec

9:29 AM

Serenade for Strings in E Op 22

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 415364 CD

Orchestra : Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

10:00 AM

Concerto for Flute,Violin/hpsc in a

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 423116 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

10:23 AM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in b-Flat

Artist : Artur Pizarro, piano

Album :

Composer : Arthur DeGreef

Catalog : 4013 CD

Conductor : Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestra : Flemish Radio Orchestra

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Label : EtCetera

10:47 AM

Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Op 47

Artist : Evgeny Kissin, piano

Album :

Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 63259 CD

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Label : RCA/BMG

10:58 AM

Ma Vlast: No. 4 From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 80265 CD

Conductor : Zdenek Macal

Orchestra : Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

11:14 AM

Symphony No. 7 in A Op 92

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 471490 CD

Conductor : Claudio Abbado

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : D. Gramphn

12:06 PM

Invitation to the Dance Op 65

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Composer : Carl Maria Von Weber (arr. Berlioz)

Catalog : 430201 CD

Conductor : Christoph Von Dohnanyi

Orchestra : Cleveland Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

12:17 PM

Stabat Mater

Artist : Monteverdi Choir

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 442142 CD

Conductor : John Elliot Gardiner

Orchestra : Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique

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Label : Philips

12:28 PM

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO:

Artist : Renata Tebaldi, soprano

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 4758134 CD

Conductor : Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Orchestra : Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome

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Label : London/Dec

12:42 PM

I Vespri Siciliani: Act III duet

Artist : Soloists and La Scala Chorus

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 54043 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Orchestra of La Scala

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:50 PM

1812 Overture Op 49

Artist : University of Minn. Brass Band

Album :

Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 434360 CD

Conductor : Antal Dorati

Orchestra : Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

1:09 PM

Symphony No. 7

Artist :

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 47516 CD

Conductor : Bernard Haitink

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

1:28 PM

MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Bimba Dagli Occhi

Artist : Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Album :

Composer : Giacomo Puccini

Catalog : 92845 CD

Conductor : Lorin Maazel

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

1:41 PM

Flute Concerto (same as violin concerto)

Artist : Emmanuel Pahud, flute

Album :

Composer : Aram Khachaturian (arr. Rampal)

Catalog : 57563 CD

Conductor : David Zinman

Orchestra : Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

1:52 PM

Wedgewood Blue

Artist :

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Composer : Albert W. Ketelbey

Catalog : 444786 CD

Conductor : Eric Rogers

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

2:01 PM

Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Op 42

Artist : Mary Preston, organ

Album :

Composer : Charles-Marie Widor

Catalog : 113 CD

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Label : Reference

2:07 PM

Danse Macabre Op 40

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 63313 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

2:16 PM

BARBER OF SEVILLE: Largo al Factotum

Artist : Leo Nucci, baritone

Album :

Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 467632 CD

Conductor : Giuseppe Patane

Orchestra : Orch del Teatro Com di Bologna

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Label : London/Dec

2:23 PM

OTELLO: Piangea cantando (Willow Song)..

Artist : Katia Ricciarelli, soprano

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 1148 CD

Conductor : Lamberto Gardelli

Orchestra : Orchestra

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Label : VAI Audio

2:36 PM

Chimes of St. Genevieve

Artist :

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Composer : Marin Marais

Catalog : 61002 CD

Conductor : Donald Fraser

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

2:39 PM

Sinfonia Piccola

Artist :

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Composer : Heikki Suolahti

Catalog : 9506 CD

Conductor : Kari Tikka

Orchestra : Finnish Radio Symphony Orch

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Label : YLE

3:00 PM

Violin Concerto in E

Artist : Daniel Hope, violin

Album :

Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 4777463 CD

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:17 PM

DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN: Suite

Artist :

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 8005 CD

Conductor : Erich Leinsdorf

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

3:43 PM

Festpolonese Op 12

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Composer : Johan Svendsen

Catalog : 45128 CD

Conductor : Ole Kristian Ruud

Orchestra : Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

4:06 PM

Ballad Without Words Op 56

Artist :

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Composer : Kurt Atterberg

Catalog : 553 CD

Conductor : Jun'ichi Hirokami

Orchestra : Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Bis

4:28 PM

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Overture

Artist :

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 97033 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

4:38 PM

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano, Alvaro....

Artist : Richard Tucker, tenor

Album :

Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 4776540 CD

Conductor : Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Orchestra : Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

4:48 PM

Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra in F

Artist : Josef Kiss, oboe

Album :

Composer : Gaetano Donizetti

Catalog : 557492 CD

Conductor : Laszlo Kovacs

Orchestra : Camerata Budapest

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Label : Naxos

5:06 PM

In Italien Overture Op 49

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Composer : Carl Goldmark

Catalog : 550745 CD

Conductor : Stephen Gunzenhauser

Orchestra : RTE National Sym Orch Ireland

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Label : Naxos

5:21 PM

Humoresque for Orchestra

Artist :

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Composer : Arthur DeGreef

Catalog : 4013 CD

Conductor : Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestra : Flemish Radio Orchestra

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Label : EtCetera

5:28 PM

PORGY AND BESS: Suite Catfish Row

Artist :

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 431625 CD

Conductor : James Levine

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

5:52 PM

Autumn in New York

Artist : Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Album :

Composer : Vernon Duke

Catalog : 7780 CD

Purchase:

Label : E1 Music

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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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Credit Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera

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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