Blomstedt Conducts Mozart & Beethoven

October 16, 2023 — 1 hr 55 min listen

This week, Herbert Blomstedt returns to conduct Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony. The broadcast also includes Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride, lead by the Sixth Music Director Fritz Reiner, and Poulenc’s Gloria, featuring vocal soloist Jessica Rivera under the baton of Bernard Heitink, the principal conductor of the CSO from 2006 to 2010.

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Broadcast available through March 5, 2024

Smetana Overture to The Bartered Bride
Fritz Reiner conductor
1955 (RCA)

Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (Eroica)
Herbert Blomstedt conductor
March 2018

Poulec Gloria
Bernard Haitink conductor
Jessica Rivera soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
2007 (CSO Resound)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host

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