Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rias Kammerchor, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Claudio Abbado
The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate the last day of the 20th century with Grand Finales in the first part of this extraordinary concert, and herald the leap into the 21st century with an explosion of sparkling music in the second half of the programme. For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethovens 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinskys Firebird and the last movement of Mahlers 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenbergs Gurrelieder.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Op.92 (Allegro con brio)
Antonin Dvorak: Smyphony No.8 Op.88 (Allegro non troppo)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 (Rondo Finale)
Igor Stravinsky: Excerpts from Firebird
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et chloe (Danse generale)
Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Op.78 (Alexanders entry into Pskov)
Arnold Schonberg: Gurre-Lieder (“Seht die Sonne”)
Paul Lincke: Grigri (Overture, Flies), Bergeres (March, Brandbrief-Galopp, Berliner Luft)
Siegfried Translateur: Sportpalast-Walzer
Ernst Fischer: Sparkling Champagne
Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Overture)
Walter Kollo: “Solang noch untern Linden”