Summary: Podcast host Mark Travis explores the two symphonic works on this program: Haydn's Symphony No. 96 — one of the so-called "London" symphonies written by the composer during his first visit to the capital city — and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7, which signaled the end of the composer's decades-long struggle to gain acceptance in the music community. Principal Oboe Liang Wang discusses the joyful simplicity of the third-movement oboe solo in Haydn's Symphony No. 96.
