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Beethoven's 2nd with the Memphis Symphony

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra presents works by Stravinsky, Cantaloube, and Beethoven in the second Paul and Linnea Bert Classic Accents concert, Sunday January 22 at 2:30 at Germantown Performing Arts Center.

The program features Stravinsky's Pulcinella, Cantaloube's Songs of the Auvergne, featuring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, and concludes with Beethoven's Second Symphony. In this interview, Memphis Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor Robert Moody and singer Elizabeth Bishop (friends since childhood) discuss playing Stravinsky 2 weeks in a row, the challenges of singing a little-known but beautiful set of songs in a language almost no one knows, and the place of the Beethoven 2nd symphony in the classical repertoire.

For tickets and information, memphissymphony.org or 901-527-2525.

I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.