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KSUT presents 'Opus'

New program of classical music performance airs Sunday evenings at 7 on KSUT.

O·pus
noun \??-p?s\

1. Any artistic work, especially one on a large scale. A piece of music written by a major composer.

2. KSUT's Sunday evening program of classical music performance.

Opus presents the most exciting classical music performances in the world, from Vail to Vienna, to Salzburg and Santa Fe. Hear orchestras, ensembles and soloists perform great works before appreciative audiences.

KSUT's Opus airs Sundays from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
 


PROGRAM GUIDE: Opus 07/18/15: Salzburg Festival Part 2

This year’s highlights include the fantastic keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout performing an all-Mozart program with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, led by Ivor Bolton. Also featured in this season’s program is the Vienna Philharmonic with two astounding programs; one with Maestro Riccardo Muti at the podium performing Schubert and Bruckner, and the other with Gustavo Dudamel, who brings works by Strauss and others. Also included this season is an optional fifth program, with baritoneChristianGerhaher performing works by Schubert and Rihm.

 

Salzburg Festival 2014 will include commentary by conductors, administrators, and performers at this year’s Festival, as well as conversations with concert-goers and critics from around the globe. The world’s stars have been drawn to Salzburg for decades, not only for the large-scale concerts in the Grosses Festspielhaus and Felsenreitschule, but for the intimacy and acoustic excellence of the historic Golden Hall of the Mozarteumand the Haus für Mozart.

 

The world’s first and most renowned international music festival, the Salzburg Festival continues its over 90-year history of producing and presenting great orchestras, soloists, opera, and theatre in the historic and picturesque Austrian town where Mozart was born.

 

The Salzburg Festival radio program will include commentary by conductors, administrators and performers at this year’s Festival, as well as conversations with concert-goers and critics from around the globe. The world’s stars have been drawn to Salzburg for decades, not only for the large-scale concerts in the Grosses Festspielhaus and Felsenreitschule, but for the intimacy and acoustic excellence of the historic Golden Hall of the Mozarteum and the Haus für Mozart. We know you will want to join us for this rare opportunity to visit this remarkable festival!

 

This week Riccardo Muti conducts Schubert's Symphony No. 4 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 6.

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SAL #15-02 SALZBURG FESTIVAL
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TOTAL TIME: 1:58:29
Host: Kerry Frumkin
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Orchestra: The Vienna Philharmonic
Underwriter: The Salzburg Festival Society

MUSICAL CONTENT:
35:10 Schubert: Symphony No.4 in C Minor D 417
"The Tragic"
1:01:14 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A
10:41 Schubert: Grand Randeau in A Major D 951
(Argerich and Freire)