There are traces of music that might have been included in the finished Symphony No. 8 in other works by Franz Schubert, and Schubert actually lived for six more years after completing what we have now of the “Unfinished” symphony; he simply didn’t come back to the symphony after completing those two movements. Hear it tonight at 7, our Evening Masterwork on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Evening Masterworks: Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in b “Unfinished” for May 22, 2024
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