Afternoon on 3 - Maestro - Herbert von Karajan and Friends - Episode 4

Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary in 2008 of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. Featuring Karajan's performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra, an opera he never recorded commercially, plus performances by Mariss Jansons, one of today's leading conductors, who was given great support as a young man by Karajan. Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Caplet: Tout est lumiere Atsuko Suzuki (soprano) Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Daniel Barenboim (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Strauss: Elektra Astrid Varnay (mezzo-soprano) Martha Modl (soprano) Hildegard Hillebrecht (soprano) Eberhard Waechter (baritone) James King (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor).