Beethoven’s “9th Symphony” from Berlin on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus plus vocal soloists are led by Kirill Petrenko.
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus plus vocal soloists are led by Kirill Petrenko.
I knew it was coming.
Vocal soloists are Eva-Marie Westbroek and Elina Garanca. You'll also hear Beethoven's "4th Symphony".
The early works by the "2nd Viennese School of Composers" (Schoenberg, Webern and Berg) on this program are closer in style to Brahms' music than their later works.
Sir SImon Rattle conudcts the group in Beethoven's two F major symphoneis, the 8th and the 6th, the "Pastoral".