Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra People's artist of USSR, professor Arnold Katz, is very important. The repertoire of the orchestra includes the following compositions: W. A. Mozart Symphony №41 "Jupiter" and "Requiem", L. Beethoven Symphony №1, F. Schubert Symphony №8 "Unfinished". D. Shostakovich Symphony №9, E. Grieg Concerto for piano with the orchestra, M. Mussorgsky Symphony picture "The Night On The Bald Mountain", P. Tchaikovsky concerts for piano and violin with the orchestra and Overture-fantasy "Romeo and Juliet", overtures by G. Rossini, compositions by A. Vivaldi, T. Albinoni, G. Bizet, C. Saint-Saëns, R. Wagner, M. Glinka, A. Dvořák and other composers. Concerts of the orchestra
Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven) tradition in making the last movement the weightiest of the four. The work was begun in the summer of 1812, immediately after the completion of the Seventh Symphony. At the time Beethoven was 41 years old. As Antony Hopkins has noted, the cheerful mood of the work betrays nothing of the grossly unpleasant events that were taking place in Beethoven's life at the time, which involved his interference in his brother Johann's love life. The work took Beethoven only four months to complete, and is, unlike many of his works, without dedication. The premiere took place on 27 February 1814,