This was the concert with which the Berliner Philharmoniker founded the tradition of the Europakonzert. The first of these performances took the orchestra and its chief conductor to Prague in 1991, where an all-Mozart programme marked the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. In addition to Symphonies Nos. 29 and 35, the concert included virtuoso arias with the soprano Cheryl Studer who at that time was at the peak of her career.


EUROPAKONZERT 1991
Live from the Smetana Hall Prague


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)


Don Giovanni:
Overture
Donna Anna’s Aria


Symphony No. 29 in A major KV 201
Recitative and Rondo, KV 505: “Ch‘io mi scordi di te ?” – “Non temer, amato bene”


Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 ”Haffner“


BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER · CLAUDIO ABBADO
CHERYL STUDER soprano · BRUNO CANINO piano