The original poem, written in 1785 by German Friedrich Schiller, was immortalized in 1824 when Ludwig van Beethoven used an ...

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By STEVE MARTINDALE For SS Film Festival Society The Salt Spring Film Festival’s annual “Best of the Fests” series begins ...

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Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director Eun Sun ... even youthfully exuberant. Beethoven’s fervent setting of ...

9. As the composer's final symphony, it was revolutionary for incorporating ... The choral section, inspired by Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy, expresses a message of universal brotherhood ...