Daniel Barenboim Instagram – Beethoven’s 9th symphony premiered 200 years ago today in Vienna. The German composer’s works have long been a key part of the Divan repertoire. Maestro @dbarenboim has recently written an opinion piece on the power and teachings of this masterpiece.
✍️ “By all accounts, Beethoven was courageous, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of the Ninth. One could paraphrase much of the work of Beethoven in the spirit of Gramsci by saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to overcome it renders life worth living.”
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🎥 Video: Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and soloists Anna Samuil, Waltraud Meier, Michael König, René Pape. BBC Proms 2012. | Posted on 07/May/2024 18:58:01
