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Passion week begins in Vienna with Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge

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Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 31 March 2012
Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36
Beethoven, Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op.85
Vienna Philharmonic
Philippe Jordan, Conductor
Camilla Nylund, Soprano
Johan Botha, Tenor
Gerald Finley, Baritone
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
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