Back on May 7, 1824, the Viennese audience was blown away with awe and excitement as they experienced Beethoven’s ninth and ultimate symphony. The score completely revolutionized the standards of the genre, not just in its sheer magnitude, but also in Beethoven’s inclusion of solo voices and a choir alongside the orchestra.
Beethoven believed that music could unleash change and revolution, and set the example himself. His Ninth Symphony unites his genius and his guiding worldview: the idea of human solidarity and universal brotherhood into one musical masterpiece.
programme
Florent Caron Darras
Unité Lieu (world premiere) (commissioned by La Cité musicale-Metz)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
soloists:
Léonie Renaud, soprano
Isabelle Druet, mezzo soprano
Uwe Sticker, tenor
Lars Moller, baritone
with the support of Beside Tax Shelter and the Belgian Tax Shelter
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Ode to Joy
Beethoven distilled the idea of universal brotherhood from the text by German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller. Discover his writing, and read the translation of Ode an die Freude.
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