New Year’s Eve with Beethoven’s Ninth

Ring in the new year with Beethoven’s iconic Ninth Symphony, a classical masterwork that celebrates the unity of all mankind. The piece ends with the development of the ever-hopeful “Ode to Joy” theme, with a choir of voices singing the words of a poem by Friedrich Schiller. And like any good New Year’s party, the symphony ends with a kiss... “You millions, I embrace you./This kiss is for all the world!”

• Members of Oregon Chorale Jason Sabino, Conductor
• Members of Pacific Youth Choir Chris Maunu, Conductor
• Members of Portland State University Choirs Ethan Sperry, Conductor
• Laura Wilde Soprano
• Isabel Signoret Mezzo Soprano
• Matthew White Tenor
• Norman Garrett Baritone