Classics No. 10 - Symphonic Celebration

J. Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
L. van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 can be called “the Ultimate Symphony.” Musically, no other piece in music history has had a greater impact on later composers. If heard in Olympic ceremonies, Tiananmen Square in Beijing or during the fall of the Berlin Wall, this symphony is more than music. With its “Ode to Joy” and its themes of freedom and brotherhood, it has
inspired millions of people all over the world.

“Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.”
Michael Bakunin, quoted in Edmund Wilson, To the Finland Station (1940)