Beethoven: The Joy

His everlasting impact

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A Global Ode To Joy

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Beethoven goes pop

Tributes to Beethoven

A changing world, the same joy

Two takes of joy

Let freedom live!

Hear it with your eyes

...and now see every detail for yourself

The future of Beethoven

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A Global Ode To Joy

Reimagining the world's tune for 2020

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Beethoven goes pop

Discover how Beethoven's influence has spread across pop culture

There Are Much More Beethoven Fans In Pop Than We Thought

Tracing Beethoven in Hip Hop, Metal and Jazz

The Sound Of Dystopia

Why Hollywood loves Beethoven

An Actor Prepares For Beethoven

Liev Schreiber on performing "Egmont" in 2020

Tributes to Beethoven

Celebrating the composer's 250th birthday in a challenging year

Ravenna Festival's Homages To The Master

A series of events that revealed different the facets of his works

Happy Birthday Beethoven: Highlights From His Home Town

The creative events in Bonn that celebrate the composer's birthday

A changing world, the same joy

An iconic melody and the joy it can bring in difficult times

How The 9th Symphony And Its "Ode To Joy" Came To Life

Although commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, the piece was not premiered in London

A Very Special Relationship

How the Beethoven enthusiasm in Japan spread from a PoW camp

Share This Kiss With All The World!

The 9th Symphony and other Beethoven treasures at Berlin's State Library

The Best And Worst "Ode To Joy" Drafts

Tracing the evolution of the "Ode to Joy" melody

Two takes of joy

Listen to one of music's most iconic tunes with two world-class ensembles

How Orchestras Are Playing It Today...

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe with conductor Bernard Haitink

...How Orchestras Have Played It In Beethoven's Times

La Chambre Philharmonique with conductor Emmanuel Krivine

Let freedom live!

How the Ode to Joy became an Ode to Freedom in 1989 Berlin

All-Stars For Freedom

Hear it with your eyes

A visual journey through the music of Beethoven

Over The Conductor's Shoulder

Watch the Berlin Philharmonic rehearse Beethoven's 9th Symphony

With The Eyes Of The Artist

Learn how the piece inspired Gustav Klimt's monumental Beethoven Frieze

...and now see every detail for yourself

Discover the whole artwork down to the smallest golden pigment

The future of Beethoven

Taking the legacy into the 21st century

Holding The Fire High!

The programme #bebeethoven as a window into the future

The Beauty Of The Interfaces

A look at the new technologies in tomorrow's music

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The Music

The notes that everyone knows

The Man

Who was Ludwig van B.?