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Masur Conducts Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

DW staff (ob/kjb)September 12, 2008

The opening bars of Beethoven's 5th Symphony in C minor are possibility the most famous few measures in all of classical music.

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Kurt Masur
The last concert in the Beethoven symphony series was broadcast live to the publicImage: Barbara Frommann

The work was first performed in Vienna in 1808 under the direction of Beethoven himself and it achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterwards. The Fifth Symphony remains one of the most popular symphonies of all time.

Performing is the Orchestre National de France, conducted by the legendary Kurt Masur. This concert was part of a series where the complete nine symphonies of Beethoven were presented as part of the 2008 Beethoven Festival in Bonn.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, performed by Kurt Masur and the Orchestre National de France (MP3 / 36:57)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67 (»Schicksalssymphonie«) *** So 7.9. 20 Uhr Beethovenhalle Orchestre National de France Directeur musical: Kurt Masur Kurt Masur Dirigent
8. September 200836:52 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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