Afternoon on 3 - Maestro - Herbert von Karajan and Friends - Episode 1

Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary in 2008 of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. Including rare radio archive recordings of Karajan conducting 'his' orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as the Vienna Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Plus recent concert performances by some of today's leading conductors - especially those associated with the Berlin Philharmonic and with the BBC orchestras. Including: Strauss: Don Juan Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) Berlioz: Te Deum Marius Brenciu (tenor) Iveta Apkalna (organ) Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus master - Simon Halsey) Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus master - Robert Blank) Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir Berlin Radio Children's Chorus Berlin Girls' Chorus Berlin Sing-Akademie Girls' Chorus Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 9 Elisabeth Grummer (soprano) Marga Hoffgen (contralto) Ernst Haefliger (tenor) Gottlob Frick (bass) St Hedwig's Cathedral Chorus Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor).