An extraordinary programme for an extraordinary night: The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrates the final day of the 20th Century with Grand Finales in the first part and heralds the leap into the 21st Century with an explosion of sparkling music pieces in the 2nd half of the programme.

May 12, 2014 · For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird and the last movement of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder.

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado mark the end of the millennium with a concert programme like few others: a series of some of the most rousing and exciting finales from works ranging from Beethoven's thrilling Seventh Symphony to Schoenberg's massive early cantata, Gurrelieder, featuring actor Klaus Maria Brandauer in the role of ...

For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird and the last movement of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder.

May 27, 2014 · An extraordinary programme for an extraordinary night: The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrated the final day of the 20th Century with Grand Finales in the first part and heralds the leap into the 21st Century with an explosion of sparkling music pieces in the 2nd half of the programme.

In this Gala from Berlin, recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie in 1999, the Berlin Philharmonic presents a varied programme under the baton of Claudio Abbado. Concert.

In this Gala from Berlin, recorded in the Berliner Philharmonie in 1999, the Berlin Philharmonic presents a varied programme under the baton of Claudio Abbado.

The Beethoven Seventh finale brims with energy and is brilliantly played by the Berlin Philharmonic; ditto for the Dvořák Eighth finale, certainly among the best performances on this night.

For the Grand Finales, Claudio Abbado conducts masterpieces like the final movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird and the last movement of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The world-famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer narrates from Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder.

Sep 29, 2014 · None of the performances of these “last movements” are anything less than first rate, and Abbado’s direction is always serious and focused regardless of the torso-laden and …