Opening Concert: An International Call for Unity and Joy

January 20, 2020
18:15–19:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

With a message of freedom, joy and unity, Conductor Marin Alsop leads the European Union Youth Orchestra with the Choir of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and exceptional soloists from China, Japan, South Africa, Brazil and Italy. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, they perform the Scherzo and Finale of his Ninth Symphony, including a new rendition, with a new text...
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