BBC Proms 2012 - 18. Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven cycle reaches its climax with a youthful take on the traditional annual Proms performance of the Ninth, perhaps the richest, most provocative statement in Western art music.

An impressive team of soloists joins the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to project the finale's inclusive vision of hope, reconciliation and hard-won triumph. What better to mark today's opening of the London 2012 Olympics than Beethoven's ultimate hymn to universal brotherhood?

Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (77 mins)

Anna Samuil soprano
Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano
RenΓÇÜ Pape bass
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor


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