Live Concert From The Church Of St. Nicolai, Leipzig

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the "peace prayers" and the "peaceful revolution" that began exactly one month before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Herbert Blomstedt conducts a concert from the Church of St. Nicholai with the Gewandhausorchester and Thomancer Chor Leipzig, presenting Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) "Symphony No. 5," J.S. Bach's (1685-1750) "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," "Furchte dich nicht," "Chaconne (from Partita No. 2 in D Minor," "Dona nobis pacem (from Mass in B Minor), and Felix Mendelssohn's (1809-1847) "Hore Isreal and Furchte dich nicht (from Elias)," accompanied by soloists Victoria Mullova, Nancy Argenta, and Jurgen Wolf.