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A Simon Rattle programme

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A Simon Rattle programme

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have uploaded one of their recent concerts – a fabulous programme that could have been designed only by one conductor – its present chief. The rundown:

György Ligeti »Atmosphères«
Richard Wagner Vorspiel zu »Lohengrin«
Anton Webern Sechs Stücke, op. 6
(Fassung von 1928)
Richard Wagner Vorspiel und Liebestod aus »Tristan und Isolde«
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll

There’s also an intelligent interview in the middle.

Watch now.

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