Listen! MIT Symphony Orchestra
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As a student, you may have appreciated MIT resources such as the MIT Libraries' journal holdings or live concerts on campus. You can still enjoy some of these benefits online. Today, Slice explores one facet—the 146 recordings of the MIT Symphony Orchestra.
Housed on Tech TV, the collection of recorded performances by the student orchestra led by professional conductors dates primarily from the 1960s through the 1980s but recordings are still being added.
Search by most popular recordings to find these gems:
The 1967 performance of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 with Sonia Guterman PhD '71, who is now a patent attorney, and Barbara Kuchuk, flutes, and Stuart Schulman '70, violin.
The 1980 performance of Beethoven's Elegischer Gesang for Four Voices and String Quartet, op. 118 with guest conductor Neal Stulberg.
A 1995 piece by Mozart, the Concerto No. 1 in G for Flute and Orchestra, was conducted by David Epstein with Patricia Lee '94 on flute.
Want to hear this year's concerts live on campus? Check the 2012-13 MITSO concert season. Performances are free to the MIT community; $5 to others.
Comments
Bonny Kellermann
Wed, 08/08/2012 5:43pm
It may be worth noting that the reason that recordings from the 1960's through 1980's are primarilly available is because these are the years when David Epstein was conductor of MITSO and he taped every performance. When he died, those tapes were donated to MIT by his widow. MITSO alums then donated the money to digitize the tapes to make them available.
Bonny Kellermann, former MITSO member