Organization

Conductor

François-Xavier Roth

Chorus master

Simon Halsey

Singer

Christian Tetzlaff

Violine

Soprano

Jenny Daviet

Contralto

Anaïk Morel

Alto

Tenor

Sebastian Kohlhepp

Bass

Mika Kares

London Symphony Orchestra

Others

London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

Ode to Joy: Roth Conducts Beethoven

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Ode to Joy: Roth Conducts Beethoven: Viola Concerto Jörg Widmann (+1 More)

Public

Viola Concerto

9th Symphony

Approved

François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, plus a modern classic with master-violinist Christian Tetzlaff

Everyone knows Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. But to feel its full beauty and power, you need to hear it the way Beethoven intended – as the life-affirming climax to one of the mightiest adventures in all music, the turbulent, tragic, but ultimately triumphant Ninth Symphony. It’s music that transcends time, so today François Xavier Roth pairs it with a 21st-century classic by one of Beethoven’s biggest fans – the inimitable Jörg Widmann.

It’s played today by the violinist for whom Widmann wrote it, back in 2007, Christian Tetzlaff. One critic called him ‘the finest violinist performing before the public today’, but Roth, too, is known for the freshness and emotional power of his Beethoven. This should be quite a journey.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble