September 1
Ozawa Conducts Beethoven and Bartók
We remember Seiji Ozawa, who served as the first music director at Ravinia from 1964 until 1968 and as principal conductor for the Festival’s 1969 season. This broadcast features works by Borodin and Schoenberg, along with Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Conductor
Seiji Ozawa
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Concerto
Peter Serkin, piano
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra