The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra turn Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” into a climactic tour de force. Independent of its original 1824 symphonic setting, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” has become an anthem of ...
The choral finale of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 9, composed in 1824, was a revolutionary moment that fundamentally transformed the culture of 19th-century Europe. Beethoven had for some time wanted ...