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The Solti Centenary Concert

Concert from Symphony Center, Chicago marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace.

A celebratory concert from Symphony Center, Chicago marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace, the only orchestra which Solti ever founded, made up of players from the world's leading symphony orchestras. Lady Valerie Solti, the conductor's widow, introduces the concert, which features vocal soloists Angela Gheorghiu and Rene Pape and works by Mozart, Verdi, Strauss, Mahler and Bartok which chart the course of Solti's musical career.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Fri 16 Nov 2012 19:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Director Peter Maniura
Orchestra World Orchestra for Peace
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Singer Angela Gheorghiu
Singer Rene Pape
Participant Valerie Solti
Narrator James Naughtie

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