With a heroic and romantic flair that one often finds in Wagner and Strauss, Johan Wagenaar’s Cyrano de Bergerac Overture explores the various traits of the title character from Edmon Rostand’s play . We then hear Beethoven’s thunderous Fifth Symphony, a work that appeared on the Philharmonic’s first program as well as on the its first commercial recording with Music Director Jaap van Zweden. Alec Baldwin is your host.
WAGENAAR: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture
Program notes: https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/5a13f49b-f0aa-4a7b-ad67-9e27ad3b0f23-0.1/fullview#page/2/mode/2up
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Program notes: https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/26536339-73cd-4a90-8712-6090073103f1-0.1/fullview#page/8/mode/2up
This broadcast is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.
