Organization

Singer

Tenor

Michael König

Conductor

Gustavo Dudamel

Bass

Soloman Howard

Soprano

Julianna Di Giacomo

Contralto

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Alto

Craig Colclough

Countertenor

John Holiday

Boy Solo

LA Phil

Others

London Symphony Chorus

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Lincoln Center

Dudamel Conducts Beethoven 9 & Bernstein

London

United Kingdom

New York City

United States

David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center)

Washington D.C.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Los Angeles

Walt Disney Concert Hall

9. Sinfonie (Beethoven's Ninth),Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, op. 125 (+1 More)

Public

Private

9th Symphony

Chichester Psalms

Approved

Dudamel Conducts Beethoven 9 & Bernstein: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, op. 125 (+1 More)

Beethoven’s Ninth has become a touchstone of Western civilization, a musical icon, even a political symbol. But a masterwork’s reputation or place in history is not why we listen. We listen to Beethoven’s Ninth to experience first-hand, in real time, the power, the vision, the humanity Beethoven has crafted into sound. The Ninth ends in such a way as to make us want to stand and shout for joy. But, with a performance by Dudamel, we get even more. Every pitch, every articulation, every dynamic means something to him, and therefore to our personal experience. And all this focus on detail serves his integrated conception of the piece as a whole. We leave irradiated with aesthetic energy, having been present for a living, breathing work of art.


For three of these performances, the concert begins with Bernstein’s dramatic choral masterpiece, Chichester Psalms. As his text, Bernstein uses psalms in the original Hebrew: Part 1 uses Ps. 100 and 108; Part 2 uses Ps. 2 and 23; and Part 3 uses Ps. 131 and 133. Several sections employ unusual meters, giving the music great rhythmic drive.

English

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Ensemble

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