On Demand
Mad About Music
Sunday, May 05, 2002
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Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt and Gilbert Kaplan listen to Bach and discuss the benefits of private financing for the arts.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050. First Movement. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 426 089-2.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Goldberg Variations: Excerpt. Glenn Gould, piano. CBS Records / Masterworks MK 37779.
Giuseppe Verdi:
Nabucco. "Va pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves). Atlantic Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80152
George Frideric Handel:
The Water Music, HWV 348-350: Excerpt. Chamber Soloists of Washington. Edward Carroll. SONY SB2K 63269.
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125: Excerpt. Berlin Philharmonic. Herbert von Karajan. Deutsche Grammophon 439 006-2.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto for 4 Pianos and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065. Third Movement. Hamburg Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Gerhard Oppitz and Helmut Schmidt. Deutsche Grammophon 415 655-2
John Lennon and Paul McCartney:
Yesterday. The Beatles. EMI Records Ltd. / Capitol CDP 7243 5 29325 2 8
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Former Chancellor of West Germany Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974-1982, Helmut Schmidt is a leading European statesman and a high-ranking commentator on East-West issues. He is internationally recognized as an authority on defense, foreign policy, and economic decision-making.
He began his political career in 1953 when he was elected to the Bundestag. Schmidt was Social Democrat leader in the Bundestag (1967-69) and in 1968 became party vice chairman. When the Social Democrat-Free Democrat coalition government was formed in 1969, he became minister of defense under Chancellor Willy Brandt. In 1972 he was made finance minister. Schmidt was elevated to the post of chancellor in May 1974 in the wake of Brandt's resignation as a result of a spy scandal.
Helmut Schmidt came to his Chancellorship as an economist who put his tough-minded pragmatism to work making West Germany an economic leader in Western Europe. He promoted better ties with East Germany and the USSR; cultivated ties with France, and economic cooperation among western European nations, while maintaining close relations with the U.S. He and the French President helped establish annual world economic summits of leaders from industrialized countries. In 1982 the Free Democrats withdrew from the coalition and Schmidt's government was brought down by a vote of no-confidence.
Today, Mr. Schmidt is publisher of the German weekly Die Zeit. He also heads the Interaction Council Committee, a group of influential world leaders that meets to discuss items dominating the international economic and financial agendas. Chancellor Schmidt also serves as co-chairman of the Committee for the Monetary Union of Europe.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050. First Movement. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 426 089-2.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Goldberg Variations: Excerpt. Glenn Gould, piano. CBS Records / Masterworks MK 37779.
Giuseppe Verdi:
Nabucco. "Va pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves). Atlantic Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80152
George Frideric Handel:
The Water Music, HWV 348-350: Excerpt. Chamber Soloists of Washington. Edward Carroll. SONY SB2K 63269.
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125: Excerpt. Berlin Philharmonic. Herbert von Karajan. Deutsche Grammophon 439 006-2.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto for 4 Pianos and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065. Third Movement. Hamburg Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Gerhard Oppitz and Helmut Schmidt. Deutsche Grammophon 415 655-2
John Lennon and Paul McCartney:
Yesterday. The Beatles. EMI Records Ltd. / Capitol CDP 7243 5 29325 2 8
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Former Chancellor of West Germany Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974-1982, Helmut Schmidt is a leading European statesman and a high-ranking commentator on East-West issues. He is internationally recognized as an authority on defense, foreign policy, and economic decision-making.
He began his political career in 1953 when he was elected to the Bundestag. Schmidt was Social Democrat leader in the Bundestag (1967-69) and in 1968 became party vice chairman. When the Social Democrat-Free Democrat coalition government was formed in 1969, he became minister of defense under Chancellor Willy Brandt. In 1972 he was made finance minister. Schmidt was elevated to the post of chancellor in May 1974 in the wake of Brandt's resignation as a result of a spy scandal.
Helmut Schmidt came to his Chancellorship as an economist who put his tough-minded pragmatism to work making West Germany an economic leader in Western Europe. He promoted better ties with East Germany and the USSR; cultivated ties with France, and economic cooperation among western European nations, while maintaining close relations with the U.S. He and the French President helped establish annual world economic summits of leaders from industrialized countries. In 1982 the Free Democrats withdrew from the coalition and Schmidt's government was brought down by a vote of no-confidence.
Today, Mr. Schmidt is publisher of the German weekly Die Zeit. He also heads the Interaction Council Committee, a group of influential world leaders that meets to discuss items dominating the international economic and financial agendas. Chancellor Schmidt also serves as co-chairman of the Committee for the Monetary Union of Europe.
