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W.Va. Symphony magical with massive Bruckner, bejeweled Mozart
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I don't believe that Bruckner's massive Symphony No. 8 in C minor had ever been played in Charleston. If not, it received its local premier performance Friday night at the Clay Center from the West Virginia Symphony.
Spanning nearly an hour and a half, with a brass section expanded by four horn players that also play Wagner tubas (which look like little left-handed tubas), the piece is, at turns, monumental and fleeting.
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W.Va. Symphony magical with massive Bruckner, bejeweled Mozart
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I don't believe that Bruckner's massive Symphony No. 8 in C minor had ever been played in Charleston. If not, it received its local premier performance Friday night at the Clay Center from the West Virginia Symphony.
Spanning nearly an hour and a half, with a brass section expanded by four horn players that also play Wagner tubas (which look like little left-handed tubas), the piece is, at turns, monumental and fleeting.
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