Summer Night Concert from Vienna Season 2011 Episode 1 - 2011

Airdate: 2011-Jul-08

Episode summary:

Katie Derham introduces the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing its Summer Evening Concert in the uniquely magnificent gardens of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna. The celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev presents music by Mussorgsky, Liszt, Sibelius and Paganini, with virtuoso violin soloist Benjamin Schmid. Dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet illustrate colourful scenes from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The concert finishes in rousing fashion with music by the waltz king Johann Strauss.

About Summer Night Concert from Vienna series:

Spectacular summer-night concerts from the grounds of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna.