Beethoven in Orbit

October 19, 2007

A NASA astronaut will be taking some music with her into space next month. And no, it’s not on an iPod. Stephanie Wilson, a lifelong fan of the Boston Symphony, approached music director James Levine about the idea of taking something symbolic into orbit, and wound up the recipient of a page from the conducting score of Beethoven’s 9th, signed by Levine and the musicians of the BSO. Read the full story.