Svoboda - Overture of the Season

Tomas Svoboda

Overture of the Season, Op. 89

(145 orchestras - 95 conductors - 281 performances)

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OVERTURE OF THE SEASON for Orchestra, Op. 89 (1978)
[8:42] (45p.) (TCS-11)
Instr.: 3222/4331/Timp/2pc(chimes;susp.cym a2)/strings.
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Prague Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic)
Heyward, Jonathan (May 30, 2017)

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra (Japan)
James DePreist

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Marx Pales

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Thomas G. Hind

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