Tracing Beethoven's Steps in Bogotá: Gustavo Dudamel

For the first time ever in his career, Gustavo Dudamel will conduct all nine Beethoven symphonies in numerical order on five successive nights. From July 8-12, Gustavo, his Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar from Caracas, and audiences at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, will trace together the steps of Beethoven's genius. In part one, I wrote about why it was a great thing to hear and play all nine symphonies on successive nights and why Bogotá was a great place to do it...