Kurt Masur : gala concert on the occasion of his 80th birthday /

To celebrate his 80th birthday, Kurt Masur led the Gewandhaus Orchestra in a special gala concert in June 2007. For his birthday concert, Masur, currently principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, chose a varied, celebratory programme with works b...

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Corporate Authors: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Performer), MDR-Chor Leipzig (Performer)
Other Authors: Masur, Kurt (Conductor), Schmidt, Harald, 1957- (Performer, Singer), Smaczny, Paul (Producer), Wübbolt, Georg (Director), Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875, Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935, Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Jobim, Antonio Carlos, Moniuszko, Stanisław, 1819-1872, Nicolai, Otto, 1810-1849, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Format: Video
Language:German
English
Language Notes:The presentations before some works in the concert and the bonus film in German with English subtitles; Gershwin's There's a boat dat's leavin soon for New York sung in English.
Published: [Leipzig] : EuroArts, 2007.
Series:Classical music in video
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:To celebrate his 80th birthday, Kurt Masur led the Gewandhaus Orchestra in a special gala concert in June 2007. For his birthday concert, Masur, currently principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, chose a varied, celebratory programme with works by composers highlighting his conducting career in the United States, France and Germany.
Physical Description:1 online resource (93 min.).