A historic performance of Beethoven’s ninth symphony with the famous ‘Ode to Joy’ chorus in the final movement.

On Christmas Day 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Leonard Bernstein conducted a special performance of the work with musicians from the great orchestras of Germany, Russia, France, Britain and the USA. A celebration of freedom in the newly united city.

 

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