Bach-Stokowski: Prelude in Eb minor - Czech Philharmonic

In 1972, 90-year-old Leopold Stokowski travelled to Prague to conduct the Czech Philharmonic in two concerts, the same programme for each. He was already very frail and suffered a heavy fall on the way which caused him to miss the first rehearsal. However, he persisted in going ahead with the aid of crutches and part of one of the concerts was televised. The first half of the programme consisted of several of his own Bach arrangements and here is one of them, the Prelude No. 8 in E flat minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Incidentally, sitting alongside the conductor's podium, down on Stokowski's left, was Ainslee Cox, his Assistant Conductor, on hand to help the Maestro if any difficulties occurred.