San Diego Symphony gives us messy Beethoven
Those unsustained phrases
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San Diego Symphony gives us messy Beethoven
Those unsustained phrases
I take no pleasure in what follows. The San Diego Symphony has now given two perplexing performances of a Beethoven symphony in as many weeks. The fourth symphony was played on the weekend of January ...
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