Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

Overview

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).

Keywords

Cast

Václav Neumann

Conductor

Anne Gjevang

Alto

Günther Neumann

Tenor

Artur Korn