Charles Wuorinen's Symphony No. 8 ("Theologoumena"), which received its world premiere during a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert last night at Symphony Hall, will be broadcast and streamed live today on WGBH-FM and wgbh.org. The radio station's web page lists the broadcast at 1pm; the BSO site says the concert begins at 1:30pm. The program also includes Haydn's Symphony No. 22, "The Philosopher," and Brahms's Symphony No. 4. And amazingly enough, you'll also have a second chance to hear the piece: WCRB-FM and wcrb.com will be streaming Saturday night's concert at 8pm.
Wuorinen's symphony is thematically related to Theologoumenon, a symphonic poem that Levine premiered in a concert with the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in January (covered here). That piece was without question one of Wuorinen's most beautiful creations, which makes these broadcasts all the more enticing. The same Met Orchestra concert included a fabulous rendition of Brahms's Symphony No. 3.
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