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Mozart's Attic: A pair of Sixth Symphonies

Color drawing by Franz Hegi (1839), depicts Beethoven composing the Pastoral while resting near a stream.
Color drawing by Franz Hegi (1839), depicts Beethoven composing the Pastoral while resting near a stream.

We have a pair of Sixth Symphonies in store this Sunday, and they couldn't be more different.

Beethoven's Sixth gives the lie to his reputation as a curmudgeon with a rare glimpse at his sentient side.

Dmitri Shostakovich completed his Sixth in September, 1939, as the world was barrelling into cataclysmic events.

6:00 p.m. on WFIT 89.5 FM, streaming at WFIT.org, or ask your smart speaker to play WFIT.

Originally from central Massachusetts, Jay has called the Space Coast home for more than 30 years. He began his association with WFIT in the late '90s as a dumpster diver for office furniture in response to a broadcast plea for a new chair from a frustrated disc jockey. (WFIT has come a long way since.)