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The Christmas Day Concert

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Live from Amsterdam
This year's traditional concert from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam consists of Symphony No 5 by Gustav Mahler with Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor Bernard Haitink. For viewers who prefer something really different on Christmas Day what could be more suitable than a Mahler symphony? This one contains the beautiful slow movement made famous for a wider public as the theme music for the Visconti film "Death in Venice".
Introduced by Tony Scotland Produced by Dutch television (NOS)
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3. Viewers with stereo Radio 3 may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away.
Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.

Contributors

Musicians:
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Introduced By:
Tony Scotland
Source: Radio Times

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