Ode

For orchestra - Proceed to purchase if you would like to buy a study score.   Conductor's Score and Performance Parts for RENTAL ONLY. Please send an email to info@aphramusic.com to request a rental application form. Approximate Duration: 11' PROGRAM NOTES Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is one of the rare works of the repertoire that has attained, in addition to its vaulted musical status, a cultural and even political significance. The exalted setting of Schiller's "Ode to Joy" forever associated the work with a hope for peace and brotherhood, and generations of musicians have turned to the work at historic moments as the most universal expression of peace. But the hope for peace so magnificently expressed in Beethoven's final symphony - written during a relative calm in the 19th Century - was ultimately frustrated by the events of the 20th Century. Two world wars and many tragedies later, Beethoven's great hope is needed as much as ever. But one wonders, with an eye to events past and p