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JOY AND GRANDEUR: THE NINTH SYMPHONY
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its iconic “Ode to Joy,” closes this festival on a majestic note. A monumental fresco, it is an exhortation for universal peace and brotherhood. In 2003, the score was designated as one of UNESCO’s official cultural heritage treasures.
Kent Nagano, conductor
Erin Wall, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Petri Lindroos, bass
Andrew Megill, chorus master of the OSM
Chœur de l’OSM / The OSM Chorus
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Beethoven, “Elegiac Song,” Op. 118
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125