Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
8.00 Handbills? Haircut? Savings Book...?
Fritz Spiegl recounts some of the problems Beethoven faced when organising the first performance of his Ninth Symphony.
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8.20 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
Mechthild Gessendorf (sop) Hanna Schwarz (mezzo) David Rendall (tenor) Hermann Becht (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir, chorusmaster Richard Cooke
BBC Symphony Chorus, chorusmaster Stephen Jackson
London Philharmonic, led by David Nolan, conducted by Klaus Tennstedt