Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 30, 2007

Runtime

1h 25m

Original Title

Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

Description

Václav Neumann leads the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Prague Philharmonic Choir, with soloists Gabriela Be?a?ková, Anne Gjevang, Günther Neumann, and Arthur Korn. This historic concert of December 14, 1989, given in support of the “Velvet Revolution” in Czechoslovakia, was attended by many prominent personalities, including Václav Havel, just weeks before he became the President of Czechoslovakia (later, the Czech Republic).