“All men become brothers”: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 expresses a longing for peace and freedom for many people in the world. What makes its message so pressing and why is it so popular today? Why does it move people so much in so many places - from Tokyo to Kinshasa to Lviv? We visit conductor Oksana Lyniv in Ukraine and Chinese composer Tan Dun to unlock the secrets of the ninth.
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00:00 Introduction
00:51 Why the World Loves this Symphony
01:57 The Ninth and the War
05:15 The Timeless Message of Beethoven's Ninth
07:55 A Stroke of Genius is Born
10:46 Beethoven Moves the World
12:55 A Revolution for Choir and Orchestra
17:07 Jubilation
19:44 The Politics of Beethovens's Ninth
22:53 For a Better World