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SymphonyCast 01/09/2012 (Hour 2)


MILHAUD: La creation du monde
de FALLA: Noches en los jardines de Espana
MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit
RAVEL Pavane pour une infant defunte
RAVEL: Bolero


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Rena K. of Egg Harbor Twp, NJ won this week's contest by correctly ID'ing Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune".


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Love it or hate it, Ravel's Bolero has always been a magnet for an opinion. At its premier a woman yelled out that the composer must be insane! To which he replied "Aha! She understood the piece." Listen for yourself.


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