Grosses Concert zum Jahreswechsel

Date & Time

Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 19:30

Venue

Gewandhaus Leipzig, Großer Saal (Leipzig)

Was 2024 like Allegro ma non troppo? D major or D minor? With timpani and trumpets or homogeneous strings? How will 2025 be? Sempre stringendo or più piano? Will we leave the old tones behind and intone new, more joyful ones? No matter what 2024 was like, it ends well with the Ninth. And no matter what 2025 will be like, it begins better with the Ninth.
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Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (www.gewandhausorchester.de)

Musicians

Gewandhausorchester	Orchestra
Chor der Oper Leipzig	Choir
GewandhausChor	Choir
GewandhausKinderchor	Choir
Andris Nelsons	Conductor
Emily Magee	Soprano
Gerhild Romberger	Alto
Werner Güra	Tenor
Ain Anger	Bass

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven

9. Sinfonie d-Moll op. 125

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