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    Kleiber 88

    The brilliant conductor Carlos Kleiber would have been 88 years old today. One never needs an excuse to watch or listen to this great musician, but here’s one anyway. He leads the Bavarian State Orchestra in the “Thunder and Lightning”

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    Carlos Kleiber conducts ‘The Huntsmen’s Chorus’

    This has long been one of my favorite pieces of Kleiberiana — “The Huntsmen’s Chorus” from Weber’s “Der Freischutz.” It’ll make you feel good. You’re welcome.

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    Video: Overture to ‘Die Fledermaus’

    Pacific Symphony opens its Pops season tonight and tomorrow with a program headlined by David Foster. But conductor Albert-George Schram and the orchestra begin the program with the Overture to “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss, Jr., which for my money

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    Kleiber conducts ‘Thunder and Lightning’

    An old standby. If this isn’t my favorite classical video, I can’t think which one is. The great Carlos Kleiber conducts the “Thunder and Lightning” Polka by Johann Strauss, Jr. This is stupendous conducting but most everything has already been

    pacificsymphony July 8, 2017 classical music, Video No Comments Read more

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