Edward Johnson writes…
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Russian Easter Festival Overture” …
Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra – 10 April 2007 … Filmed from behind the orchestra …
Bach-Stokowski: Chorale from the “Easter Cantata” … Leopold Stokowski conducting the Czech Philharmonic – Recorded ‘live’ in Prague, September 1972, when Stokowski was 90 years old …
Mascagni: Easter Hymn from “Cavalleria Rusticana” … Johan de Villiers conducting the Libertas Choir, Soloists and Orchestra – A performance from South Africa with the choir quadraphonically placed round the sides of the hall as well as at the front, involving much shuffling about at the start …
Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in “Easter Parade” …
Happy Easter!
Edward
