| Other author/creator | Masur, Kurt, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Schmidt, Harald, host, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Smaczny, Paul, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Wübbolt, Georg, director. |
| Included Work | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story. Mambo. |
| Included Work | Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Prélude. |
| Included Work | Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Liebeslieder, singers (4), piano, 4 hands. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen mit den Leuten; arranged. |
| Included Work | Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Liebeslieder, singers (4), piano, 4 hands. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir; arranged. |
| Included Work | Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935. Apprenti sorcier. |
| Included Work | Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Slovanské tance, op. 72. No. 2; arranged. |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Oh, I can't sit down. |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York. |
| Included Work | Jobim, Antonio Carlos. Garota de Ipanema; arranged. |
| Included Work | Moniuszko, Stanisław, 1819-1872. Halka. Mazur. |
| Included Work | Nicolai, Ott, 1810-1849. Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. Ouverture. |
| Included Work | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Capriccio italien. |
| Other author/creator | EuroArts Music International GmbH. |
| Other author/creator | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, performer. |
| Other author/creator | MDR Fernsehen. |
| Other author/creator | MDR-Chor Leipzig, performer. |
| Portion of title |
Gala concert on the occasion of his 80th birthday |
| Portion of title |
Life in music |
| Contents |
Die lustingen Weiber von Windsor. Ouvertüre / Otto Nicolai (9:37) -- Presentation, moderation (9:37) -- Halka. Mazurka / Stanislaw Moniuszko (4:23) -- Liebeslieder-Walzer : op. 52. no. 11: Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen mit den Leuten (1:06) ; no. 8: Wenn so lind dein Auge mir (2:02) / Johannes Brahms -- Slavonic dance in E minor : op. 72 no. 2 / Antonín Dvorák (6:20) -- Presentation (2:50) -- Capriccio italien : op. 45 / Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (15:42) -- Presentation (2:26) -- West Side story. Mambo / Leonard Bernstein (3:24) -- Presentation (0:40) -- Porgy and Bess. Oh, I can't sit down (1:41) ; There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (4:48) (Harald Schmidt, soloist) / George Gershwin -- Presentation (4:24) -- L'apprenti sorcier / Paul Dukas (12:08) -- Presentation (1:49) -- Carmen. Prelude / Georges Bizet (2:53) -- Presentation (0:57) -- The girl from Ipanema / António Carlos Jobim (3:52). |
| Performer |
Soloist, Harald Schmidt ; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ; MDR Radio Choir ; Kurt Masur, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded live at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, 15-16 June 2007. |
| Other forms | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| Language | The presentations before some works in the concert and the bonus film in German with English subtitles; Gershwin's There's a boat dat's leavin soon for New York sung in English. |
| Issued in other form | Original |
| Issued in other form | Original publisher catalog number 2056328 |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Filmed performances. |
