Hear What Happened At Boston's Symphony Hall After JFK's Assassination

[Anita]

Here's an excerpt from an article by Anastasia Tsioulcas, Nov. 21, 2013

"One of the most moving documents to emerge from the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination is a radio broadcast. It's WGBH's audio of what was supposed to be just another Friday afternoon concert given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra— which turned into an eloquent elegy for JFK.

James Inverne, former European performing arts correspondent for Time magazine (and my former boss at Gramophone magazine, where he was editor and I was North America editor), has delved deep into what he rightly calls "one of the most emotional pieces of radio ever recorded" — and emerged with an extraordinary story."

Read more and listen to the broadcast at http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadenc...assination