The Berliner Philharmonikers New Years Eve Concert 1999

The annual New Years Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond On New Years Eve the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala Together the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new The 1999 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Klaus Maria Brandauer Rias Kammerchor and Rundfunkchor Berlin On the programme Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A major op 92 Allegro con brio Antonín Dvořák Symphony No 8 in G major op 88 Allegro ma non troppo Gustav Mahler Symphony No 5 Rondo Finale Igor Stravinsky Firebird parts Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Danse générale Sergei Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky op 78 Alexanders entry into Pskov Arnold Schönberg GurreLieder Excerpts Paul Lincke Folies Bergères March Paul Lincke BrandbriefGalopp Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives Of Windsor Overture Walter Kollo Solang noch untern Linden