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MUSIC: "Ode To Joy" by Beethoven

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The Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

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is the most ambitious of his great revolutionary works.

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There are few symphonies in the history of classical music

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that reach out over the centuries

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with such memorable and universal appeal.

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With each successive symphony,

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Beethoven broke the mould that he had created,

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and with the Ninth, his last,

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he wrote a work of well over an hour in duration,

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using chorus and soloists in the final movement,

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which is the setting of Schiller's Ode To Joy,

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and evokes universal human brotherhood.

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In this classic recording from the 2004 BBC Proms, Sir Simon Rattle

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brought the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to London

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and united them with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

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and four world-class soloists.

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This performance took place

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just two years after Rattle took up his role as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic,

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and it's fascinating to hear them perform this great work -

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the summit of symphonic repertoire.

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It's the peak.

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There are other symphonies which are more...which are more perfect...

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where there's not so many edges.

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Part of the glory of the Ninth

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is that this was a man who had written

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eight great symphonies already

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and had had an enormous emotional, psychological, physical crisis

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in between the Eighth Symphony and this.

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And so it's someone looking at the world in a very different way,

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in a much more cosmic way,

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and in a way where simply the idea

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that there are edges and grotesqueries and uglinesses

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simply doesn't matter.

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Then he'd really release the reins.

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So here is Simon Rattle from his 2004 Proms performance to conduct

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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MUSIC STARTS

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APPLAUSE

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MUSIC STARTS

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MURMURING

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MUSIC RESTARTS DRAMATICALLY

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HE SINGS IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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HE SINGS IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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THEY SING IN GERMAN

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THEY ALL SING IN GERMAN

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

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in this classic performance from 2004.

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The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

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with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,

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and the soloists were Christiane Oelze, soprano,

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Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano,

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Timothy Robinson, tenor,

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and John Relyea, bass.

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APPLAUSE CONTINUES

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