Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Music to Egmont and Mozart's Requiem at Lucerne Festival

Synopsis

The opening of the Lucerne Festival 2012, Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in the first part present a most powerful composition dedicated to Goethe’s hero Egmont, the Incidental Music to ‘Egmont’ by Beethoven. The second part of the program includes Mozart’s last composition, the Requiem in D Minor, which was left unfinished due to the early death of the composer.

Additional Info

• No: 9844
• Composer: Beethoven, Mozart
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Choir
• Artists: Juliane Banse, Anna Prohaska, Sara Mingardo, Maximilia Schmitt, Rene Pape, Bruno Ganz (narrator)
• Production year: 2012
• Run time: 01:50:00
• Director: Michael Beyer
• Producers: A production of ACCENTUS MUSIC in co-production with SF/ARTE, NHK and medici.tv
• Format: HDTV 16:9