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Goldmark's Queen of Sheba for orchestra

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Conductor Kevin Sherwin before an orchestra
Conductor Kevin Sherwin has arranged excerpts of Karl Goldmark's 1875 grand opera Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba) for his ensemble The American Romantics. KBACH's Michael Keelan talked with Sherwin about the opera's significance, the process of arranging it, and stylistic considerations in performing music from the era based on the evidence of early recordings.