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Academic Festival Overture, Op 80

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Recording date: 01 October 2000
Date of broadcast: 02 May 2001

A concoction of German student drinking songs, Brahms wrote the Academic Overture as thanks to Breslau University for awarding him an honorary degree. Film buffs might recognise the main tune - it appears in Animal House.

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Recording date: 01 October 2000
Date of broadcast: 02 May 2001

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