Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Presented by Louise Fryer. Series marking the 2008 centenary of the birth of conductor Herbert von Karajan. In a recording from 1950, he conducts movements from Bach's B minor Mass.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the 2008 centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.

In a performance recorded at a Bach Festival in Vienna in 1950, Karajan conducts movements from Bach's B minor Mass, with the great British contralto Kathleen Ferrier. Plus an all-Beethoven concert under Bernard Haitink and a Bruckner Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Christian Poltera (cello)
Lars Vogt (piano)

Beethoven: Symphony No 5
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Bach: Mass in B minor (excerpts)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Grand Chorus of the 'Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wiener Symphoniker'
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony No 9
Berlin Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Fri 11 Jul 2008 14:00

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Jul 2008 14:00