Arguably, perhaps the GRANDEST CLASSICAL work EVER.... BEETHOVENS NINTH SYMPHONY is performed here on Christmas Day 1989 as the BERLIN WALL had just been brought down.... Maestro Leonard Bernstein had instructed the singer to substitute the word FREEDOM in the script where Beethoven had written JOY in celebration.... This Ode to Freedom is utterly amazing and always brings me to my knees in honor and respect and awe and JOY that there is truly an incredibly wondrous and beautifully remarkable world out there, within us and without us....... After having received very favorable performances in Vienna, Beethoven was very anxious to have this Masterpiece premiere in Berlin... And on May 7, 1824 it did....But although another Conductor led the orchestra and choir due to Beethovens ever worsening condition of deafness, he nevertheless, stood by the conductor, on the stage and even on his very knees to feel the tempo through the wooden stage and tried to lead the performers with the proper tempo and due to his enthusiasm tried very much to guide them himself through the performance.... As it turns out, by the time the piece ends, he is inevitably off by a few measures and continues to try and guide them on ward, not knowing that the audience was already standing and cheering and applauding and throwing their hats in the air and waving their hankies in sheer acceptance and glee and JOY at the unbelievable creation the deaf Maestro had just premiered.... Because of that, the contralto Caroline Unger walked over and turned Beethoven around to accept the audiences cheers and applause. According to one witness, the public received the musical hero with the utmost respect and sympathy, listened to his wonderful, gigantic creations with the most absorbed attention and broke out in jubilant applause, often during sections, and repeatedly at the end of them. The whole audience acclaimed him through standing ovations five times; there were handkerchiefs in the air, hats, raised hands, so that Beethoven, who could not hear the applause, could at least see the ovation gestures. DO YOURSELF A MIRACULOUS FAVOR...and spend the time to listen and watch this rare performance of one of the worlds and one of historys finest creation anywhere, anytime....... Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven ~
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:41:03 +0000
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