
Furtwängler: Symphony No. 1 in B Minor
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1/7Performer Biography
Fawzi Haimor, the chief conductor of the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, was born in Chicago and raised in the Middle East and San Francisco.
Performer Biography
Fawzi Haimor founded the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra and served as its first Music Director.
Recording & Production
The Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen has released numerous CD and radio recordings, including world premiere recordings.
Composer Biography
Furtwängler greatly admired Ludwig van Beethoven, seeing him as the prototype of the 'grappling composer' and the absolute center of his own musical cosmos.
Composition History
Furtwängler's first Symphony in B minor was completed in score form, but after a rehearsal in 1943, he was so depressed by the result that he abandoned it.
Composer Biography
Wilhelm Furtwängler, a celebrated conductor, also composed, and intended to deliver a lecture in 1954 as a composer, not a conductor.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Furtwängler believed that true creative activity operates only in a state of innocence, a quality he felt was lost in modern music.













