Beethoven Symphony No. 9: Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko at Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

About the Event

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra included Beethoven's 9th Symphony in its program in 1883, the year it was founded. Franz Wüllner established a long tradition of important interpretations of this key classical work in Berlin. Hans von Bülow, who loved Baden‐Baden, once even arranged for a double performance of the work, which was of course also given special interpretations by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado. On taking up his post in August 2019, Kirill Petrenko explained: “There is only one work with which I can begin my work here in Berlin, Beethoven's Ninth.” He is now leaving Baden‐Baden with this work.