Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven Symphonies 8 & 9
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Amanda Majeski, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Pavel Černoch, tenor
Andrè Schuen, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
ALL-BEETHOVEN program
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
For all his reputation as a prickly artistic genius whose music crackles with heaven-storming power, Beethoven shared with his teacher Haydn a delightful musical wit, nowhere so clearly demonstrated as in his Eighth Symphony. The cycle concludes with his hugely ambitious and all-embracing Ninth, a revolution in and of itself; it was the first symphony to include chorus, transforming Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” into a hymn for humanity.
Performance Details
Jan 24, 2025, 1:30pm EST
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