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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn these trying times, never forget beauty exists. And it can come anywhere..
canetoad
(17,175 posts)I felt shivers when the violas and violins joined - then the chorale...
Fantastic. Thank you.
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)sir pball
(4,758 posts)I know it's taken from the 9th but I'm not sure what part..
Amazing, regardless.
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)" Ode to Joy", is one of the most well known of all of Beethoven's works...as is the 9th Symphony.
Please, Please, and Please...if you have a chance to hear the entire 9th Symphony live, with an orchestra and chorus, then you must see and hear it. You will never forget it.
sir pball
(4,758 posts)In 2013. By the New York Philharmonic.
dweller
(23,649 posts)🙏🏻
✌🏼
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Thank you!
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,397 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)that the music got to him and he clearly enjoys it.
... Beethoven would appreciate it!! I read he couldn't hear what he wrote when he wrote the 9th. That is even more amazing. But here we are almost 200 years later, watching a show on a computer, based on music that was written by a composer that couldn't hear what he wrote. It is so inspiring that a child enjoys it not knowing the writer or anything about it. except...it feels great..
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)He climbed up to see the music, and he FELT IT!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,397 posts)MLAA
(17,318 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)sir pball
(4,758 posts)It's just beautiful.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)love of community............
Great musicians and fantastic video work........
That little girl sure got her money's worth!
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 20, 2019, 11:14 PM - Edit history (4)
..in public square for folks; young and old, from all walks of life to stop in the midst of what they had planned for day and just enjoy the moment. When young child climbed up light post and began conducting as well as other children having a fun time--made me smile.
Simplemente hermoso, just beautiful!
Thank you so much for sharing. Paz.
Cartoonist
(7,320 posts)Ludwig Van stole that riff from Mozart.
sir pball
(4,758 posts)that I'm sure he wouldn't have minded an old deaf guy stealing one riff
Cartoonist
(7,320 posts)He did a lot more with that theme than Mo.
sir pball
(4,758 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)It is amazing how music restores the soul, even during troubled times. It was great to see even babies feeling the vibes of the music.
Hekate
(90,769 posts)It always makes me weep.
Thank you.
Hekate
(90,769 posts)As has been pointed out, the tune has been picked up by the EU. I also learned it as a hymn in the Unitarian Church.
Here's the original with English translation....
AN DIE FREUDE/ ODE TO JOY
This is the familiar version of the poem as used by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony.
Freude, Schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuer-trunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder,
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.
Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen,
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund!
Freude trinken alle Wesen
An den Brüsten der Natur;
Alle Guten, alle Bösen
Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.
Küsse gab sie uns und Reben,
Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod;
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott.
Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels Prächt'gen Plan,
Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.
Seid umschlungen, Millionen!
Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
Brüder über'm Sternenzelt
Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.
Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?
Such' ihn über'm Sternenzelt!
Über Sternen muss er wohnen.
Joy! A spark of fire from heaven,
Daughter from Elysium,
Drunk with fire we dare to enter,
Holy One, inside your shrine.
Your magic power binds together,
What we by custom wrench apart,
All men will emerge as brothers,
Where you rest your gentle wings.
If you've mastered that great challenge:
Giving friendship to a friend,
If you've earned a steadfast woman,
Celebrate your joy with us!
Join if in the whole wide world there's
Just one soul to call your own!
He who's failed must steal away,
shedding tears as he departs.
All creation drinks with pleasure,
Drinks at Mother Nature's breast;
All the just, and all the evil,
Follow down her rosy path.
Kisses she bestowed, and grape wine,
Friendship true, proved e'en in death;
Every worm knows nature's pleasure,
Every cherub meets his God.
Gladly, like the planets flying
True to heaven's mighty plan,
Brothers, run your course now,
Happy as a knight in victory.
Be embracéd, all you millions,
Share this kiss with all the world!
Way above the stars, brothers,
There must live a loving father.
Do you kneel down low, you millions?
Do you see your maker, world?
Search for Him above the stars,
Above the stars he must be living.
This is a slightly revised version of a translation I produced for the programme notes of a performance of Beethoven's Ninth by Wokingham Choral Society in 2001, under the baton of Edward Gardner.
Link. http://saxonica.com/~mike/OdeToJoy.html