Please enjoy this unique performance of his Marimba Symphony Orchestra playing the Marriage of Figaro Overture!  In 1938, Clair Musser tried to reunite the members of the International Marimba Symphony Orchestra for the NBC nationwide "Magic Key" radio broadcast on July 31, 1938.  This orchestra was composed of about 90 members, including some marimbists who had not previously performed with the IMSO on their European tour.  The program, which featured two selections – the overture to “The Marriage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – was broadcast live from the Civic Theatre in downtown Chicago.

David P Eyler