Symphony No 9 in C major, D944
The first of six daily programmes featuring some of Schubert's finest music, performed by his most acclaimed interpreters. The 'Great' C major
Symphony was never performed in Schubert's lifetime. It was Schumann who discovered it, and he who said, 'Deep down in this symphony there lies more than mere song, more than mere joy and sorrow, as already expressed in music in a hundred other instances.'
Jane Glover introduces a performance given by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur
Recorded in St David 's Hall, Cardiff.
Lighting LEN STEPHENS Sound GEOFF ATKINS
Producer ANDREW QUICK BBC Wales