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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Celebrating Simon Rattle

Radio 3 Live in Concert: Celebrating Simon Rattle: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Celebrating Simon Rattle

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Simon Rattle conducts the CBSO. Beethoven: Symphony No 8; Symphony No 9.

Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a concert given in Frankfurt. Beethoven: Symphony No 8; Symphony No 9.

Celebrating Simon Rattle: the complete Beethoven symphony cycle from 1995, recorded in Frankfurt with the CBSO. Tonight: Symphonies 8 and 9.

Beethoven: Symphony No 8
Symphony No 9
CBSO
Conductor Simon Rattle

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This cycle of Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures was recorded in Frankfurt when Sir Simon Rattle was Chief Conductor of the CBSO, and has never been broadcast before. It is a fascinating record of one of the most successful partnerships between conductor and orchestra in the history of British music.

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Tom Service celebrates Simon Rattle with a complete Beethoven symphony cycle from 1995

Tom Service celebrates conductor Simon Rattle with a complete Beethoven symphony cycle from 1995. He leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Frankfurt in a hitherto unbroadcast performance

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