Open Rehearsal: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Beethoven)
James Burton, conductor (Bruckner)
Ambur Braid, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, tenor
Davone Tines, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
BRUCKNER Ecce sacerdos magnus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Regrettably, Hannu Lintu has canceled his Tanglewood appearances, after recently sustaining a leg injury. We are grateful that Ludovic Morlot is available at short notice to conduct the BSO’s performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Performance Details
Aug 24, 2024, 10:30am EDT
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
Ecce sacerdos magnus
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
The Ninth Symphony, forming and dissolving before our ears in its beauty and terror and simplicity and complexity, is itself Beethoven’s embrace for the millions, from East to West, high to low, naive to sophisticated.
