Concert
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa at Suntory Hall in 1986 Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker on the guest performance in Tokyo in 1986

Chief conductor Herbert von Karajan was supposed to lead the Berliner Philharmoniker at the inauguration of the newly built Suntory Hall in Tokyo – but Seiji Ozawa stood in for him as he fell ill. Members of the orchestra remember this special guest performance.
© NHK 1986
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