Category: Beethoven’s 9th

To Save Culture, Artists Must Value Craft Once Again

May 3, 2023
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Commentary Many lament the collective decline of critical thought among young people, not just here in Australia but throughout the Western world. It seems to me that there are a variety of contributing factors to this very real crisis, not least of all social media, an agent which has significantly impaired the concentration of so…

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‘Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Beethoven 9’: Thunderous Applause for Modern Revival 

April 5, 2022
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CHICAGO—In 1824, when Beethoven conducted the premier of his “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125,” the audience went wild with applause, giving the German composer five standing ovations when it ended. On the evening of April 1, when Sir Andrew Davis conducted that symphonic masterwork with the Lyric Opera’s orchestra, a modern audience…

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