Name: Beethoven's 9th symphony
Start: 2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Municipal

Organization

Conductor

Pedro-Pablo Prudencio

Singer

Soprano

Carolina García

Mezzo-soprano

María Luisa Merino Ronda

Tenor

Pedro Espinoza

Bass-baritone

Sergio Gallardo

Ópera Nacional de Chile

Orchestra

Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago

Spanish

Beethoven's 9th symphony

Santiago

Chile

Teatro Municipal

Beethoven's 9th symphony: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, op. 125 Beethoven

Public

9th Symphony

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

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Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

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Illustrator

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Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

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Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

El Año Beethoven. El próximo 16 de diciembre se cumplirán dos siglos y medio desde el nacimiento del compositor alemán y ese concepto se ha instalado en diferentes países para celebrarlo, con múltiples actividades, publicaciones y conciertos. 

No hace falta explicarlo: 2020 es el Año Beethoven y Pedro Pablo Prudencio, director residente de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, usa la frase durante una conversación sin necesidad de un preámbulo: “Venía el Año Beethoven y teníamos que abrir con la Novena Sinfonía, era lo mínimo que podíamos hacer”. 

Se refiere a tres conciertos que se realizarán entre el 15 y el 17 de enero en el Teatro Municipal de Santiago, las primeras presentaciones del año para la agrupación, acompañada esta vez por el Coro del Municipal de Santiago, el Coro Crecer Cantando y cuatro solistas: la soprano Carolina García Valentín, la mezzosoprano María Luisa Merino, el tenor Pedro Espinoza y el barítono Sergio Gallardo. 

“La Novena es casi obligatoria, más para un teatro que tiene coro y orquesta y que trabaja con solistas. Es una obra ideal para abrir el año y conmemorar a Beethoven. Además, no la hacíamos hace bastante tiempo, así que con mayor razón”, agrega Prudencio. 

Casi no hace falta decir que la Novena es una de las obras con mayor peso en la historia de la música. Algunas de sus rupturas han quedado oscurecidas, paradojalmente, por su popularidad. Por primera vez, por ejemplo, una sinfonía incorporó un coro para cantar versos de Friedrich Schiller y el alcance de ese pasaje es comparable al de un éxito de la música pop. Pocas personas no lo reconocen. 

Y la obra completa tuvo un carácter especial desde el primer día. Fue estrenada en Viena en mayo de 1824, con un Beethoven que “dirigió” prácticamente sordo y que reaparecía en público luego de doce años. Hasta dio pie a la “Maldición de la novena sinfonía”, según la cual los compositores morían luego de alcanzar ese número de piezas en su repertorio. Schubert, Dvořák y Mahler habrían sido víctimas del maleficio, aunque hay decenas de ejemplos que también lo desmienten.

español

The Beethoven Year. Next December 16 will mark two and a half centuries since the birth of the German composer and this concept has been installed in different countries to celebrate it, with multiple activities, publications and concerts. 

There is no need to explain it: 2020 is Beethoven Year and Pedro Pablo Prudencio, resident conductor of the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra, uses the phrase during a conversation without the need for a preamble: “Beethoven Year was coming and we had to open with the Ninth Symphony , It was the least we could do." 

It refers to three concerts that will be held between January 15 and 17 at the Municipal Theater of Santiago, the first presentations of the year for the group, accompanied this time by the Municipal Choir of Santiago, the Crecer Cantando Choir and four soloists. : the soprano Carolina García Valentín, the mezzo-soprano María Luisa Merino, the tenor Pedro Espinoza and the baritone Sergio Gallardo. 

“The Ninth is almost mandatory, especially for a theater that has a choir and an orchestra and that works with soloists. It is an ideal work to open the year and commemorate Beethoven. Also, we haven't done it for a long time, so all the more reason”, adds Prudencio. 

It almost goes without saying that the Ninth is one of the most weighty works in the history of music. Some of his breakups have been overshadowed, paradoxically, by his popularity. For the first time, for example, a symphony incorporated a chorus to sing verses by Friedrich Schiller, and the scope of that passage is comparable to that of a pop hit. Few people do not recognize it. 

And the complete work had a special character from the first day. It was premiered in Vienna in May 1824, with a Beethoven who "directed" practically deaf and who reappeared in public after twelve years. He even gave rise to the “Curse of the Ninth Symphony”, according to which composers died after reaching that number of pieces in their repertoire. Schubert, Dvořák and Mahler would have been victims of the curse, although there are dozens of examples that also deny it.

English

Beethoven's 9th symphony by Beethoven, From (2020/2020), Conductor Pedro-Pablo Prudencio, Teatro Municipal, Santiago, Chile

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