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Sound Frontiers: Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

An archive recording from 2011 of Claudio Abbado conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D 'Haffner'. Bruckner: Symphony No 5 in B flat.

Sound Frontiers: Archive recording of Claudio Abbado conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony and Bruckner's 5th Symphony.

Recorded on 11th October, 2011.
Presented by Ian Skelly

Hand-picked by Abbado himself, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra comprised renowned soloist and chamber musicians from around the globe sitting side by side with 40 members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. priding themselves on idea of "friendship, freedom and a joy in making music". Following their residency at the Lucerne Festival every summer the orchestra tours some of the world's musical capitals and its stop in London was one of the highlights of the season.

Mozart: Symphony no.35 in D major 'Haffner'

7.55pm Interval.

8.15pm
Bruckner: Symphony no.5 in B flat

Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor).

2 hours, 25 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphony No 35: Haffner

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No 5

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, Op.90 (Dumky)

    Ensemble: The Czech Trio.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Gloria (St Cecilia Mass, H.22.5)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Purcell; Handel; Haydn - To Saint Cecilia.
    • Naive.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Oct 2016 19:30