listen. ladies and gentlemen, we have a press report over the wires. we hope that it is unconfirmed, but we have to doubt it. that the president of the united states has been the victim of an assassination. we will play the funeral march from beethoven s third symphony. the first gasp from the crowd when they are told that president kennedy is dead, obviously just shock and
we will play the funeral march from beethoven s third symphony. as we continue our special coverage of the anniversary of the kennedy assassination, those old enough to remember know exactly where we are when we heard the news. in his new documentary airing tonight on nbc, nbc correspondent tom brokaw got some powerful answers. where were you when you heard john f. kennedy had been assassinated?
we will play the funeral march from beethoven s third symphony. the first gasp from the crowd when they are told that president kennedy is dead, obviously just shock and surprise. the second gasp when the conductor introduces the funeral march is almost a more heartbreaking sound, because it almost sounds angry from people who cannot believe that they have just been told. last week, time magazine interviewed the boston symphony orchestra s longtime librarian, who was tasked that day by the conductor, just ten minutes before the performance, to find and then collate and distribute to the orchestra the music for that movement of beethoven s
day. and the audio recording captured the conductor s announcement and the response from the audience. listen. ladies and gentlemen, we have a press report over the wires. we hope that it is unconfirmed, but we have to doubt it. that the president of the united states has been the victim of an assassination. we will play the funeral march from beethoven s third symphony.
the heist. 1:24 in the morning in boston, the day after st. patrick s day in 1990. two dressed as police officers made their way in and tied up the guards on duty and took them down to the basement. during the next 81 minutes they committed one of the largest property thefts in history, taking 13 different artworks, now worth about half a billion dollars. imagine if you could never hear beethoven s fifth or any great piece of music that you enjoy and it is just dedicated to memory. that s the same when you lose a painting like the ones we lost, singular master works but some of the world s greatest artists. the thieves entered the first floor and went to the blue room and stole a monet painting and then to the second floor. in the dutch room they stole six paintings, some of them cut out of the frames. among them, three rembrandts