A Beethoven Bicentenary: The Ninth Symphony at 200

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, in Vienna on May 7, 1824. In this lecture, music historian Robert Holzer will help us explore the architecture of this monumental work and consider how its structure has given rise to the myriad meanings — among them ones of challenge, of consolation and of hope — that listeners have found in it over the past two centuries.

Saturday, May 25, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
William L. Harkness Hall, Room 201 (Sudler Hall), 100 Wall Street
Yale University
New Haven
New Haven CT 06520