The Unesco Beethoven Symphony No.9 for Peace

Synopsis

In 2018, marking the exact 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War 1, the all-star World Orchestra for Peace gave two UNESCO designated performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Symbolically one in each of the UK and Germany – for the BBC Proms in London and for the Würth Music Foundation in Künzelsau. Founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti to reaffirm, in his words, “the unique strength of music as an ambassador for peace”, leading players from the world’s finest orchestras gave this performance at ‘the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month’, 100 years after the guns fell silent in 1918. The performance is preceded by moving words of welcome and introduction from Prof. Würth and Lady Solti, both highlighting the need for brotherhood and joy amongst all nations, as reflected in the words of Schiller’s Ode in the choral finale.

Additional Info

• No: 749508
• Composer: L.v. Beethoven
• Conductor: Donald Runnicles
• Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace, Würth Philharmoniker
• Artists: Erin Wall, Annika Schlicht, Attilio Glaser, René Pape, Members of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
• Production year: 2019-06
• Run time: 01:22:00

Disc Infos

• Subtitles: G, E, F, Ko, Jp
• Booklet: E, G, F
• No. of Discs: 1
• Run time: 82 mins
• Disc Format: DVD 9
• Picture: NTSC
• Audio: PCM Stereo
• Bonus Material: Welcome and introductions from Prof. Dr. Reinhold Würth, Charles Kaye (Director/co-founder of the World Orchestra for Peace), Lady Valerie Solti (Patron of the World Orchestra for Peace)
• Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
• Price Code: CME 11
• Item No.: 749508
• UPC No.: 814337014957
• Release Date: 2019-06

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