New Year's Eve concert on 30 December 2024
Richard Wagner was fascinated by it throughout his life, while Hermann Hesse rejected its "vulgar" finale. In the 1920s, the German workers' singing movement celebrated it with mass events, while Claude Debussy saw it devalued by the general public.
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Thomas Mann's Adrian Leverkühn even wanted to take it back forever. Since 1948, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra has regularly performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the turn of the year – not out of tradition, but because this work continually inspires people worldwide to rise up and reach for the stars.
Concert broadcast to the Zeiss Planetarium – New Year's Eve concert from the concert on December 30, 2024.
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, with final chorus based on Schiller's ode ‘To Joy’
Cast:
Vladimir Jurowski – conductor
Mirjam Mesak – soprano
Emily d’Angelo – alto
Christopher Sokolowski – tenor
Christof Fischesser – bass
Berlin Radio Choir
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Participating artists
Vladimir Jurowski
Mirjam Mesak
Emily d`Angelo
Christopher Sokolowski
Christof Fischesser
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Dates
December 2025
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