From the Archives - Surprise symphonies

By Frank Byrne,

Brooke Knoll

Published March 17, 2022 at 9:47 AM CDT

Hear symphonies by two contemporaries of Beethoven: one by an aspiring French symphonist, and another that suffered a case of mistaken identity for decades.

Compositions and Recordings

Symphony No. 2 in D Major
by Etienne Mehul
Michel Swierczewski with the Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation

Symphony in C "Jena"
by Friedrich Witt
Matthias Bamert with the London Mozart Players

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Frank Byrne

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives on 91.9 Classical KC.

Brooke Knoll

Brooke Knoll is the digital audience specialist and afternoon host for Classical KC. You can reach her at brooke@classicalkc.org.