Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra rehearses for the Beethoven Festival opening

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published February 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM HST

At the first rehearsal of Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 1 and 3, Classical Pacific’s Sharene Taba speaks with Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra French horn players Anna Lenhart and Jamie Sanborn, as well as Maestro Dane Lam.

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