LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (*1770 -1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral" Op. 125
Leonard Bernstein's, Historical Performance of Fall of Berlin Wall. German and international orchestras, children and adult choirs, joined on Berlin 1989 for the Celebration Of Freedom Concert.
MVTS:
00:00, I. Allegro ma non troppo
17:58, II. Molto vivace
30:01, III. Adagio molto e cantabile
* Ode to Joy/ Ode To Freedom
50:33, IV. Presto - Allegro assai
59:14, V. Recitative - Allegro assai

* In the 4th movement, "Ode To Joy" (Ode An die Freude), Leonard Bernstein feels authorized by the power of this event to make a significant change in the Schillers Poem, "Ode an die Freude". In set of the word "Freude/ Joy" the Choir will each time sing, "Freiheit/ Freedom"

POEM "Ode an Die Freude" by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 -1805).
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

PERFORMERS:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Staatskapelle Dresden
Orchestra of the Leningrad Kirov Theatre
London Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Orchestre de Paris
Choir of the Bayerischen Rundfunks
Children Chorus of Dresden Philharmonie
Chorus Masters:
Wolfgang Seeliger; Jörg Peter Weigle; Wolfgang Berger.
SOLOISTS:
June Anderson, Soprano
Sarah Walker, Mezzo-Soprano
Klaus König, Tenor
Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Bariton

MUSICAL DIRECTION: LEONARD BERNSTEIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0IS-vlwCI

(Live - Remastered)


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