Ionarts-at-Large: Mariss Jansons' Beethoven Cycle

I have lost track of Mariss Jansons’ Beethoven Cycle with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. It started some time in 2008 and was—and continues to be—spiced up with world premieres especially commissioned for the occasion. I remember Symphonies Three, Seven, Eight, and Nine (see sidebar); not the others. Either I missed them and their respective commissioned works, or they are being