Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin – with Claudio Abbado & Mikhail Pletnev
Concert

Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin – with Claudio Abbado & Mikhail Pletnev

Berliner Philharmoniker

Production Date: 01/05/2000
98 Min

For the first Europakonzert of the new millennium – and the tenth since they started – Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker stayed at home in Berlin Philharmonie for a programme culminating in Beethoven's celebratory Ninth Symphony, featuring a top quartet of soloists representing four different countries: Finland, Lithuania, the USA and Germany. For the first half of the concert, conductor and orchestra are joined by Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev in Beethoven's playful Piano Concerto No. 2.

Soloists
Karita Mattila (Soprano), Thomas Moser (Tenor), Mikhail Pletnev (Piano), Eike Wilm Schulte (Baritone), Violeta Urmana (Mezzo-Soprano)
Ensembles
Berliner Philharmoniker, Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Conductor
Claudio Abbado