Bonus! John and James discuss Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and gigs

About this episode

John and James discuss Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and the experience of performing it at various gigs.

John Banther and James Jacobs discuss Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and performing it at gigs, which for James reaches into the hundreds at weddings! Plus, we enjoy a full performance with the Berlin Philharmonic.

People in this episode

Host: John Banther

Topics covered

• Mozart
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• performing
• weddings

Keywords

• Berlin Philharmonic
• gigs
• classical music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

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