Beethoven's Symphony Nr. 9 at Philharmonie Berlin

About the Event

The Neue Philharmonie Hamburg under the direction of conductor Marco Parisotto invites the audience to experience Beethoven's great masterpiece, the 9th Symphony, at the turn of the year. The final movement features the European anthem with the final chorus “Ode to Joy”. This is a loud appeal for international understanding, cohesion and peace, not least due to the current situation.
The event shines with a breathtaking richness of sound — during the first three movements, the different timbres of the orchestra come into their own particularly impressively, until the orchestra, accompanied by the choir and soloists, intones the Ode to Joy in the fourth and longest movement. The combination of choir, orchestra and soloists lends the performance a unique expressiveness. With the Neue Philharmonie Hamburg under the direction of conductor Marco Parisotto, internationally renowned and experienced musicians are on stage.
The poem “To Joy” by Friedrich Schiller accompanied and inspired Beethoven throughout his life. He had the idea of setting the poem to music ten years before he composed his 9th Symphony. But it was only during the years of work on his last symphony that he took up this idea again and created a masterpiece that not only influenced composers of future generations, but also world events. The symphony was premiered in Vienna in May 1824 and would go down in history as a key musical work and the anthem of the European Union.