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My review of Saturday’s Regina Symphony Orchestra concert…
…featuring Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and a brand-new viola concerto by local player and composer Jonathan Ward, is in today’s LeaderPost.
It begins:
What do you program for the final masterworks concert of the 100th season of a symphony orchestra?
It would be hard to improve on the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s answer to that question: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Every movement has iconic moments, and (in my opinion) if Beethoven had written nothing else in his life but the final movement, it would have been enough.
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2009/05/my-review-of-saturdays-regina-symphony-orchestra-concert-4/
