Radio 3 in Concert: Extraordinary Experience

Herbert Blomstedt made his conducting debut in 1954 and last week celebrated his 92nd birthday (he's older by 20 months than even Bernard Haitink). The Swedish-American conductor still enjoys a busy international career, with a long list of honorary posts to his name and guesting with the world's finest orchestras. He's become famous for his benchmark interpretations of the Austro-German classics and championing of Scandinavian repertoire, as here in this concert recorded in Munich in May, with Blomstedt leading one of Germany's premiere orchestras. Georgia Mann presents. Sibelius: Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63. 8.10 Interval Music (from CD). Berwald: Piano Quartet in E flat: First mvt. Adagio: Allegro ma non troppo. Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Donna Agrell (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn) Ronald Brautigam (piano). 8.20 Stenhammar: Intermezzo (from Sången, Op 44). Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 (Scottish). Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)