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Bizet's Roma

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published July 8, 2015 at 4:14 PM CDT

Bizet's Roma is a confusing piece of music to discuss. Originally conceived as a symphony, it is often considered to be a suite for orchestra (which is the description we give it today). The composition itself took over ten years, and Bizet was never fully satisfied; thus, it is often described as incomplete. We have today, then, the complete incomplete orchestral-suite symphony, Roma. The Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine performs under the baton of Roberto Benzi.

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Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

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