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Beethoven's Ninth

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio
Published September 8, 2011 at 6:00 PM MDT
1820 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler
1820 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler

This Friday and Saturday, the Utah Symphony will perform an Beethoven Ninth Symphony under the direction of Maestro Thierry Fischer. We're taking the opportunity to rebroadcast our conversation on the story behind the most famous piece of classical music in Western culture. Our guest is the Harvard professor Thomas Forrest Kelly - who says that to appreciate the Ninth Symphony, you have to hear it the way audiences did when it was first performed in Vienna, in 1824.  (Rebroadcast)Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, Utah Symphony will perform Beethoven's Ninth - along with John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls. Both performances begin at 8:00 p.m. For tickets and information, call 801-533-NOTE or click here
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Doug Fabrizio
Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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