Great Orchestras: Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra
The last of this week's programmes featuring recent live recordings of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Today, an extract from Mendelssohn's oratorio based on the Biblical account of the prophet Elijah, and Bruckner's valedictory Ninth Symphony- his
"farewell to life" - in a performance conducted by one of the world's leading Brucknerians. With Jonathan Swain.
Mendelssohn Elijah (excerpts) Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor Conductor Bernard Haitink