From the Radio Room ... with Zubin Mehta

11 January 2012

From the Radio Room … with Zubin Mehta

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Former Philharmonic Music Director Zubin Mehta joined us in the radio room this afternoon to discuss Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8, being performed by the Orchestra tomorrow through Saturday.

Speaking on this epic piece, Mr. Mehta recalled hearing it for the very first time on a recording. “The adagio,” he said, “It shattered me. It just shattered me.”

Hear this episode of The New York Philharmonic This Week on January 25 on WQXR in the New York area.