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Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Concert from Symphony Center, Chicago marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace. Show more

Marking the centenary of his birth, this film re-examines the life of controversial conductor Georg Solti using archive footage and interviews with classical music's biggest names. Show more

Music Matters

Cavalli's L'Ormindo, Women Conductors, Scriabin

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Tom Service reviews a new production of Cavalli's opera L'Ormindo, learns about a new conducting course for women and surveys the life and music of composer Alexander Scriabin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Dmitri Alexeev
Interviewed Guest:
Marina Frolova-Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Valery Gergiev

Duration: 1 hour, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Katie Derham introduces 2018's open-air concert from the magnificent gardens of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra led by Valery Gergiev. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Sophie Raworth is joined by key political personalities and cultural figures including prime minister David Cameron, BBC director general Tony Hall and conductor Valery Gergiev. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sophie Raworth
Interviewed Guest:
David Cameron
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Valery Gergiev
Producer:
Libby Jukes
Broadcast Assistant:
Hannah Copeland

BBC Proms

2014

BBC Proms Masterworks: Strauss and Mahler

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

First transmitted in 2014. The World Orchestra for Peace perform Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Die Frau ohne Schatten to celebrate Richard Strauss' 150th birthday year. Show more

BBC Proms

2013

Proms on Four: Friday Night at the Proms - National Youth Orchestra USA

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

The National Youth Orchestra of the USA under conductor Valery Gergiev perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Joshua Bell as soloist and Shostakovich's 10th Symphony. Show more

BBC Proms

2010

World Orchestra for Peace

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Katie Derham introduces as the World Orchestra for Peace led by conductor Valery Gergiev play Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony, which includes the heart-rending Adagietto. Show more