Six programmes about the great
Austrian conductor who died in 1989, in which biographer Richard Osborne looks at the musician and the man behind the myth.
2: Mountain Man. Though often dubbed a jet-set conductor. Herbert von Karajan was an intensely private man who loathed cities and distrusted the social glitterati. Richard Osborne discusses Karajan's preoccupation with mountains, the sea, flying and other forms of high-speed locomotion. Mahler Symphony No 6 (excerpts) Mozart Symphony No 33 in B flat, K319 (1st mvt)
Berlin Philharmonic
Haydn Von Deiner Gut', 0 Herr und Gott (The Creation)
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Vienna Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic
Debussy Jeux de Vagues (La Mer) Berlin Philharmonic
Sibelius Symphony No 4 (1st mvt) Philharmonia
Glenn Gould The Idea of North
(excerpt)
Strauss An Alpine Symphony (excerpts) Berlin Philharmonic
James Galway reviews Richard Osborne 's biography of Karajan on Radio 2 at 7pm