Finnish composer's symphony "Hiroshima" to be played in city again

Yumi Notohara, leader of a civic group working for the preservation of music related to the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, talks about "Symphony No. 2 Hiroshima" composed by Erkki Aaltonen (1910-1990) of Finland about four years after the western Japanese city was hit. The symphony, first played in Hiroshima in 1955, will be performed there again on Nov. 16 by the Hiroshima Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by performances by the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra twice in December-- in Nishinomiya neighboring Osaka on Dec. 5 and in Hiroshima on Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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