Fri Nov. 4 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Celebrate with a performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden.
This concert special led by the New York Philharmonic Music Director Jaap van Zweden inaugurates the newly renovated David Geffen Hall. Recorded October 28, the concert features a performance of “Ode to Joy” as the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony along with a world premiere work by Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón celebrating the ritual of gathering around music and art. Presenting a celebratory look at the orchestra’s future.
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