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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Party 2015 New Year’s Eve Concert with Simon Rattle and Anne-Sophie Mutter
For this New Year’s Eve Concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker presented themselves in French musical garb: Under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle, the programme included orchestral works by Chabrier, Poulenc, Massenet and Ravel. With links to the Philharmoniker that go back over many years, star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave sparkling performances of Saint-Saëns’s Introduction et Rondo capriccioso and the Tzigane by Maurice Ravel.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Anne-Sophie Mutter
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