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I'm going to be playing conducting in Gishtad with the Lauson Chamber Orchestra. We're

going to be doing Beethoven's Second Symphony, which will be coming up on the podcast pretty soon.

And also Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with Bertrand Schmaieu, a wonderful pianist who I've worked with

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