Скачать или смотреть Bach 'Easter Cantata Chorale' - Stokowski arranger / conductor - LSO 1973

Leopold Stokowski was one of the longest-lived of the great 20th century maestros. He conducted for the first time at the age of 12 when he was a choirboy at St. Marylebone's Church in London, the choirmaster having failed to turn up for the evening's choir practice. His conducting career flourished in America, where he settled in 1905, and in his final years he became a much travelled international maestro, conducting for the last time at the age of 95.

However, there were times when old age inevitably got the better of him. One such occasion occurred in April 1973, just after he'd celebrated his 91st birthday. He conducted a London Symphony Orchestra concert at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon, which concluded with Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony. As Easter was approaching, he added an encore in the form of his own transcription of a Chorale from Bach's "Easter Cantata." His frailty was evident in his spoken introduction but the performance was warmly received by the capacity audience and is duly uploaded for posterity here!