Archive On 4 - Five And The Fascists

Shortened repeat from Saturday at 8pm

In 1929 five leading European conductors - Toscanini, Klemperer, Furtwangler, Kleiber and Walter - met at the Berlin Festival at the height of the Weimar Republic, shortly before Hitler took power. Robert Giddings explores the confrontation between creativity and fascism through the decisions made by five musical giants.

Producer Sara Davies Shortened rpt on Monday at 3pm