By Thomas Schüle
Professor of Music Management and Musicology at Liceo Conservatory of Music, Theater and Dance
Director, International Relations at INTERKULTUR
Former Vice Director Sales at Staatsoper Stuttgart
I´m off to Vienna to sing Beethoven's 9th with the Vienna Singakademie and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra!
Tuesday, May 7, 2024, marks the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven's world-famous Ninth Symphony. ARTE and ORF are taking this as an opportunity for a unique European TV music event and broadcasting the four movements of "the Ninth" live (time-shifted) one after the other from four European cities, interpreted by four top orchestras, each under top-class musical direction. Viewers can experience this extraordinary concert event in front of the TV screen.
The Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons opens the evening in Leipzig with the first movement. It continues with the Orchestre de Paris, which can be heard in the Philharmonie de Paris with the second movement under Klaus Mäkelä. The third movement will be interpreted by Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. For the fourth and final movement, ARTE returns to the city of the world premiere, Vienna. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra will perform under Petr Popelka. Exciting!
