Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen conducts at Beethovenfest

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Salonen conducts at Beethovenfest

Beethovenhalle, Bonn
Sun 7 Oct 2012 6:00pm

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Martin Grubinger / Matthias Schmitt

Ghanaia II (Africa) for percussion ensemble

Beethoven

Symphony No. 9, Choral

The Choral Symphony is considered to be such a momentous achievement that some posthumous composers, fearing an inability to match the great work, developed a superstitious dread of completing their own ninth symphonies. A complex fusion of poetry and orchestral music, the piece consists of four diverse movements that seem to summarise the entirety of Beethoven’s compositional career. Its finale, incorporating the ‘Ode to Joy’ theme, is a rapturous proclamation of elation, epic in scale and indelibly imbedded into popular culture. Before this Martin Grubinger and Matthias Schmitt’s Ghanaia II, a highly rhythmic work that evokes the sounds of West Africa.