Grafenegg: Anniversary Gala 2016: Beethoven No. 9

Synopsis

The Grafenegg Festival celebrates its 10 years’ anniversary! On this occasion, the Tonkünstler Orchestra, under the baton of Yutaka Sado, is joined by 22 alumni of the European Union Youth Orchestra and accompanied by top soloists Klaus Florian Vogt, René Pape, Camilla Nylund and Elena Zhidkova. The jubilee includes this year’s Composer in Residence Christian Jost’s two commissioned works Fanfare and An die Hoffnung as well as Beethoven’s Overture Coriolan. With Beethoven’s 9th Symphony the evening reaches ist climax. Due to the performance of “the excellent bass René Pape, the fabulous soprano Camilla Nylund and the great mezzo-soprano Elena Zhidkova along with the Wiener Singverein, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony turned out to be simply sensational. Jubilation!” (Kurier)

Additional Info

• No: A045500600000
• Composer: L.v. Beethoven, Christian Jost
• Conductor: Yutaka Sado
• Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
• Artists: Klaus Florian Voigt, Camilla Nylund, Elena Zhidkova, René Pape
• Production year: 2016
• Run time: 01:45:00
• Producers: ORF, UNITEL
• Format: HDTV 16:9