In its second concert of the season, the Binghamton Philharmonic presents "Ascend", a program including music by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and emerging composer Jessie Montgomery (pictured above). Music Director Daniel Hege joins us to talk about discovering the music of Jessie Montgomery, the astonishing artistry of Mozart's Symphony No.41, and Wagner's Christmas present to his wife, and the conductor who taught himself to play the trumpet in the middle of a lake so that he could participate in the premiere.
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Photo credit: Binghamton Philharmonic and Alice G. Patterson