Music: W.A. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte - Ah, guarda, sorella, K.588, 1789-90.

Artwork: François Boucher: 'La Lettre d'amour', 1750. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

W.A. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte - Ah, guarda sorella / François Boucher: 'La Lettre d'amour', 1750.

TSO Principal Bass Jeff Beecher goes backstage to ask what TSO Musicians are listening to this holiday season. Featuring: Gabriel Radford, Julie Ranti, Timothy Dawson and Virginia Chen Wells.

Music courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Photo by Christopher Wahl.

What TSO Musicians are listening to this holiday season

This 5th episode of Through The Stage Door, a new podcast produced by the International Beethoven Project and hosted by George Lepauw, is dedicated to Beethoven’s 246th birthday. Biographical details of Beethoven’s birth and early years precede the reading of several revealing letters he wrote to patrons, friends and family. Toasts by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago, Mr. Herbert Quelle (and a harmonica riff on the Ode to Joy), and the Commissioner for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events of the City of Chicago, Mr. Mark Kelly, are included in this podcast episode, which concludes with a performance of Beethoven’s well-known “Tempest” Sonata Opus 31 Nr. 2 in d minor, as performed live at the Beethoven Birthday Bash, December 16th, 2016, at the Chicago Cultural Center, by pianist and this podcast’s host, George Lepauw. Because some of the recordings were made in live situations without full audio control, the quality of some segments is less than ideal. But the goal is to make you, the listener, feel part of the event, and we think you will get that sense. This last Beethoven Birthday Bash event is the 7th annual such event organized by the International Beethoven Project in Chicago.

Through The Stage Door is a podcast produced by the International Beethoven Project, a Chicago-based non-profit organization dedicated to creativity, engagement, and progress in the arts, inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s groundbreaking example as an artist and force for good.

Through The Stage Door Episode 5 - Beethoven's 246th Birthday

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W.A. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte - Ah, guarda sorella / François Boucher: 'La Lettre d'amour', 1750.

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