Richard Osborne presents nine programmes celebrating the conductor's 80th birthday.
7: The California Connection From 1978 to 1986 Giulini was chief conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. With the help of reminiscences from
Giulini's principal guest conductor in Los Angeles, Simon Rattle , this week's programme examines the achievements of a time that included celebrated recordings of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, Brahms's Second
Symphony, Ravel's
"Mother Goose" Suite and Verdi's Falstaff.