The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Rings in the New Year

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1977 concert was conducted by Herbert von Karajan and featured Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and the Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

Cast

Herbert von Karajan

Self - Conductor

Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Self - soprano

Agnes Baltsa

Self - Contralto

René Kollo

Self - Tenor

José van Dam

Self - Bass