Other works will include Beethoven's "Eroica," which he famously un-dedicated to Napoleon; Shostakovich's "Chamber Symphony," written as he weathered intense pressure from Soviet authorities, and US composer John Corigliano's 1988 "Symphony No. ""We all know New York is a city of immigrants, and that is our pride and our strength," she said.Van Zweden said he was intimately aware of New York's immigrant history. As a cash-strapped student at The Julliard School, he said he lived in Spanish Harlem and would play soccer in Central Park with Mexican and Puerto Rican youngsters. "I learned the city from the street where I'm from, I would say. And it was wonderful.

Source: Egypt Today February 14, 2018 07:07 UTC