Beethoven’s 9th Symphony had its premiere in May 1824 – the same year as BRLSI was established.
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https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/200-years-of-beethovens-9th-symphony/Best known for its iconic choral finish, based on Schiller’s Ode to Joy, it became the gold standard for symphonies for composers in and beyond the German-speaking world.
Find out the background to this extraordinary work in an illustrated talk as part of our bicentenary series – in English – by Sabine Purshouse. Sabine plays violin or viola parts in classical symphonic repertoire with amateur orchestras.