Symphony No 6

Symphony No 6

It is a sobering thought that the first public performance of any symphony by Schubert took place after his death, at a memorial concert in December 1828. The work in question was the Symphony No.6 in C major, composed ten years earlier but previously only played through once, by an amateur orchestra. What was heard at the 1828 concert was thus music by a relatively untroubled 20-year-old composer paying tribute to one of his heroes at the time: Rossini. 'He is undeniably an exceptional genius',
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