Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

Name: Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann
Released: 2007-01-30
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Václav Neumann, Anne Gjevang, Günther Neumann, Artur Korn

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Velvet Revolution Concert - Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Neumann

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).