Christine Schäfer, Emanuel Ax, Berliner Philharmoniker & Bernard Haitink
Europakonzert 1999 from Krakow
Artist: Christine Schäfer, Emanuel Ax, Berliner Philharmoniker & Bernard Haitink - Conductor: Bernard Haitink - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann & Frédéric Chopin - Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Europakonzert 1999 from Krakow
The Europakonzert has been a tradition of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1991. The musicians commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra's founding on May 1, 1882 by playing in different European cities every year. This concert was recorded at St. Mary's Church in Kraków, Poland, where Bernard Haitink wielded the baton over the Berlin Philharmonic along with soloists Christine Schäfer (soprano) and Emanuel Ax (piano). The performance features Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165, and Et incarnatus est from Mass in C minor, K. 427. Pianist Emanuel Ax shines in Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. The show ends with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38.