Beethoven's 9th symphony premiered 200 years ago today in Vienna. The German composer's works have long been a key part of the Divan repertoire. Maestro Daniel Barenboim has recently written an opinion piece on the power and teachings of this masterpiece. ✍️ "By all accounts, Beethoven was courageous, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of the Ninth. One could paraphrase much of the work of Beethoven in the spirit of Gramsci by saying that su

🎶🤩 Considered one of the pillar of music history, let's enjoy the second movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony! A universally-known melody, performed here with gusto by Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the BBC Proms! 🎶🤩 https://cutt.ly/oHpzsgp | medici.tv