Herbert von Karajan
Friday 11 July 2008 14:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
Playlist:
5/5. 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
2.10pm
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Christian Poltera (cello)
Lars Vogt (piano)
2.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 5
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
3.20pm
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)
3.30pm
Bruckner: Symphony No 9
Berlin Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
