Sweden: Community Picks Vol. 8

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Round 1 · 1786 AD
Novice
Premiere of Mozarts The Marriage of Figaro
The acclaimed opera premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna, where its controversial themes of class conflict and witty social satire received so many encores that the Emperor later restricted them to save the singers' voices.
Round 2 · 1824 AD
Novice
Beethoven Conducts the Premiere of the Ninth Symphony
Performing at Vienna's Theater am Karntnertor, the profoundly deaf composer had to be turned around by the alto soloist to see the thunderous standing ovation he could no longer hear from the audience.
Round 3 · 1870 AD
Casual
Franz Liszt Sight Reads Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto
During a meeting at the monastery of Sant Onofrio in Rome, Liszt famously played Grieg's new concerto perfectly at sight from a manuscript, enthusiastically encouraging the younger composer by telling him he possessed the true genius.
Round 4 · 1808 AD
Novice
Beethoven Conducts the Premiere of the Fifth Symphony
Performing in a frigid Theater an der Wien, Beethoven debuted his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies during a marathon four-hour concert that remains one of the most legendary and endurance-testing premieres in the history of classical music.
Round 5 · 1747 AD
Casual
Johann Sebastian Bach improvises at Sanssouci Palace
Visiting the Prussian court, Bach masterfully improvised a complex three-part fugue on a difficult musical theme provided by King Frederick the Great, which eventually inspired his famous collection known as The Musical Offering.