Beethoven Festival Symphony No. 9

Updated May 13, 2020: This event has been canceled due to COVID-19.

In his Ninth Symphony, Beethoven models the ultimate courage of an artist, transcending his profound deafness and all preconceptions about the limits of a symphony. Every measure of vulnerability and power builds to the most uplifting arrival in the history of music, when the Seattle Symphony Chorale rises to proclaim the rousing “Ode to Joy.”

Part of the Beethoven Festival—a three-week celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Featuring performances of all nine symphonies alongside new works created, inspired or performed by community members.