Renaud Capucon, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur
Peaceful Revolution
Video Director: Michael Beyer - Artist: Renaud Capucon, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur - Soloist: Renaud Capucon - Producer: EuroArts Music International in co-production with MDR/ARTE - Conductor: Kurt Masur - Chorus: Thomanerchor Leipzig - Featured Artist: Renaud Capucon, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig & Kurt Masur - Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy & Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Peaceful Revolution
On October 9, 1989 in the DDR, 70.000 people demonstrated peacefully. This demonstration was a cry for freedom. Thanks to Kurt Masur, who was one of six prominent inhabitants of Leipzig to introduce the notion of 'peaceful revolution', the demonstration passed without bloodshed. On the same night, Masur conducted Johannes Brahms' 'Second Symphony' at Leipzig's Nikolaikirche. The following demonstrations partly caused the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, which paved the way for the reunion of the two Germanies. On the 20th anniversary of the first peaceful demonstration, Masur once again conducts the Gewandhausorchester in Brahms' 'Second Symphony'.